Climate twins of Fort Myers, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Fort Myers's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Fort Myers vs its climate twin
Top match: Maitland, FL
| Month | Fort Myers | Maitland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 75.0°F | 54.3°F | 2.43 in | 71.2°F | 51.8°F | 2.61 in |
| February | 78.0°F | 56.6°F | 1.78 in | 74.3°F | 54.3°F | 2.06 in |
| March | 81.1°F | 59.6°F | 2.07 in | 78.4°F | 58.3°F | 2.74 in |
| April | 85.3°F | 64.3°F | 2.44 in | 83.2°F | 62.8°F | 2.70 in |
| May | 89.5°F | 69.1°F | 3.46 in | 88.2°F | 68.7°F | 3.66 in |
| June | 91.0°F | 73.6°F | 9.66 in | 90.7°F | 73.4°F | 8.17 in |
| July | 91.6°F | 74.7°F | 9.38 in | 91.9°F | 75.0°F | 8.07 in |
| August | 91.7°F | 75.1°F | 10.43 in | 91.8°F | 75.3°F | 7.66 in |
| September | 90.0°F | 74.3°F | 9.00 in | 89.5°F | 73.9°F | 6.55 in |
| October | 86.6°F | 69.4°F | 3.08 in | 84.4°F | 68.3°F | 3.24 in |
| November | 81.3°F | 61.8°F | 1.78 in | 77.8°F | 60.1°F | 1.73 in |
| December | 77.3°F | 57.3°F | 1.90 in | 73.1°F | 54.5°F | 2.28 in |
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →