Climate twins of Highlands, NC
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Highlands'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: Highlands vs its climate twin
Top match: Tivoli, NY
| Month | Highlands | Tivoli | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 42.3°F | 23.9°F | 7.99 in | 32.4°F | 12.2°F | 4.87 in |
| February | 46.4°F | 26.3°F | 6.90 in | 34.9°F | 13.4°F | 3.98 in |
| March | 53.7°F | 31.7°F | 7.60 in | 42.4°F | 19.9°F | 5.66 in |
| April | 62.1°F | 38.6°F | 6.98 in | 55.2°F | 30.8°F | 5.20 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 46.8°F | 6.60 in | 66.6°F | 42.1°F | 4.76 in |
| June | 74.8°F | 54.2°F | 7.16 in | 74.9°F | 50.6°F | 6.00 in |
| July | 77.7°F | 57.7°F | 7.09 in | 80.3°F | 55.2°F | 5.47 in |
| August | 76.1°F | 56.7°F | 7.10 in | 78.7°F | 53.9°F | 6.26 in |
| September | 71.4°F | 51.1°F | 7.98 in | 71.9°F | 47.8°F | 6.34 in |
| October | 62.5°F | 40.8°F | 6.47 in | 59.1°F | 37.4°F | 6.96 in |
| November | 53.1°F | 31.6°F | 7.76 in | 47.3°F | 28.3°F | 4.94 in |
| December | 45.1°F | 27.1°F | 8.65 in | 36.8°F | 19.2°F | 7.23 in |
Cities that consider Highlands their climate twin
These US cities have Highlands in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Highlands would feel familiar.
- Kake, AK (ranks Highlands #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 →