Climate twins of Hilliard, FL

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Hilliard'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: Hilliard vs its climate twin

Top match: Apalachicola, FL

Month Hilliard Apalachicola
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 66.6°F 43.7°F 3.83 in 64.0°F 43.7°F 4.31 in
February 70.2°F 46.5°F 3.37 in 67.2°F 45.9°F 4.19 in
March 76.3°F 50.9°F 3.73 in 71.8°F 51.7°F 5.06 in
April 82.7°F 56.7°F 3.50 in 77.5°F 57.5°F 3.41 in
May 88.4°F 63.8°F 3.28 in 85.4°F 65.0°F 3.09 in
June 92.6°F 70.4°F 6.96 in 89.5°F 72.6°F 6.31 in
July 94.4°F 72.7°F 7.07 in 91.5°F 74.6°F 6.43 in
August 93.2°F 72.9°F 7.76 in 90.6°F 74.6°F 8.40 in
September 89.5°F 69.7°F 5.59 in 88.4°F 71.3°F 5.89 in
October 82.6°F 61.1°F 3.41 in 82.3°F 61.9°F 4.38 in
November 74.7°F 51.7°F 1.89 in 73.9°F 51.3°F 3.26 in
December 68.4°F 46.3°F 2.77 in 67.0°F 46.1°F 3.16 in

Cities that consider Hilliard their climate twin

These US cities have Hilliard in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Hilliard would feel familiar.

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 →