Climate twins of Gallup, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Gallup'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: Gallup vs its climate twin
Top match: Santa Fe, NM
| Month | Gallup | Santa Fe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 43.8°F | 16.3°F | 0.91 in | 43.0°F | 17.9°F | 0.55 in |
| February | 48.1°F | 20.4°F | 0.86 in | 48.0°F | 21.3°F | 0.49 in |
| March | 56.7°F | 24.4°F | 0.85 in | 56.6°F | 26.4°F | 0.74 in |
| April | 64.6°F | 31.5°F | 0.60 in | 64.3°F | 32.4°F | 0.60 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 40.2°F | 0.66 in | 73.7°F | 40.8°F | 0.89 in |
| June | 84.7°F | 49.4°F | 0.34 in | 84.1°F | 50.1°F | 0.87 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 57.0°F | 2.02 in | 85.8°F | 55.1°F | 2.26 in |
| August | 84.3°F | 55.3°F | 2.36 in | 83.4°F | 53.7°F | 2.04 in |
| September | 78.7°F | 46.8°F | 1.22 in | 77.5°F | 46.8°F | 1.39 in |
| October | 67.5°F | 34.0°F | 1.06 in | 66.3°F | 35.4°F | 1.34 in |
| November | 54.7°F | 24.1°F | 0.77 in | 53.0°F | 24.4°F | 0.79 in |
| December | 44.1°F | 16.1°F | 0.87 in | 42.6°F | 17.6°F | 0.83 in |
Cities that consider Gallup their climate twin
These US cities have Gallup in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Gallup would feel familiar.
- Santa Fe, NM (ranks Gallup #1)
- Moriarty, NM (ranks Gallup #1)
- Boulder, UT (ranks Gallup #2)
- Jemez Springs, NM (ranks Gallup #2)
- Henrieville, UT (ranks Gallup #3)
- Cannonville, UT (ranks Gallup #3)
- Estancia, NM (ranks Gallup #1)
- Encino, NM (ranks Gallup #3)
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 →