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.
- Apalachicola, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Windermere, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Montverde, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Bay Lake, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Ocoee, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Lake Buena Vista, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Oakland, FL (ranks Hilliard #3)
- Winter Garden, FL (ranks Hilliard #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 →