Climate twins of Greenville, SC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Greenville'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: Greenville vs its climate twin
Top match: Emerson, GA
| Month | Greenville | Emerson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 51.5°F | 30.0°F | 4.42 in | 50.9°F | 29.0°F | 4.92 in |
| February | 55.7°F | 32.5°F | 3.54 in | 55.3°F | 31.6°F | 4.43 in |
| March | 63.5°F | 38.7°F | 4.30 in | 63.4°F | 38.6°F | 4.97 in |
| April | 72.0°F | 47.1°F | 4.23 in | 72.2°F | 46.4°F | 4.53 in |
| May | 77.5°F | 56.3°F | 3.80 in | 78.8°F | 56.0°F | 3.90 in |
| June | 83.8°F | 64.9°F | 4.42 in | 84.9°F | 63.9°F | 4.01 in |
| July | 86.7°F | 68.3°F | 4.61 in | 88.0°F | 67.3°F | 4.90 in |
| August | 85.7°F | 67.7°F | 4.37 in | 87.4°F | 67.0°F | 4.13 in |
| September | 79.8°F | 61.9°F | 4.03 in | 82.2°F | 61.0°F | 3.94 in |
| October | 70.3°F | 49.5°F | 3.92 in | 72.6°F | 49.1°F | 3.42 in |
| November | 61.3°F | 39.0°F | 3.97 in | 61.6°F | 37.9°F | 3.94 in |
| December | 53.8°F | 33.0°F | 5.12 in | 53.6°F | 32.4°F | 4.69 in |
Cities that consider Greenville their climate twin
These US cities have Greenville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Greenville would feel familiar.
- Emerson, GA (ranks Greenville #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 →