Climate twins of Kanab, UT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Kanab'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: Kanab vs its climate twin
Top match: Nucla, CO
| Month | Kanab | Nucla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 49.4°F | 24.9°F | 1.71 in | 44.9°F | 16.7°F | 0.85 in |
| February | 54.0°F | 27.8°F | 1.92 in | 51.2°F | 23.2°F | 0.92 in |
| March | 62.2°F | 32.6°F | 1.40 in | 61.3°F | 30.3°F | 1.05 in |
| April | 69.2°F | 37.3°F | 0.88 in | 68.3°F | 36.0°F | 0.88 in |
| May | 78.7°F | 44.7°F | 0.59 in | 78.9°F | 45.3°F | 0.88 in |
| June | 89.7°F | 52.5°F | 0.29 in | 91.2°F | 53.9°F | 0.50 in |
| July | 94.2°F | 60.6°F | 1.25 in | 97.0°F | 61.5°F | 1.00 in |
| August | 91.5°F | 59.5°F | 1.42 in | 93.5°F | 59.5°F | 1.25 in |
| September | 84.8°F | 52.0°F | 1.62 in | 85.3°F | 50.1°F | 1.51 in |
| October | 72.7°F | 41.2°F | 1.51 in | 72.0°F | 37.4°F | 1.24 in |
| November | 59.3°F | 31.4°F | 0.97 in | 57.4°F | 27.6°F | 0.86 in |
| December | 48.5°F | 24.6°F | 1.37 in | 44.9°F | 18.5°F | 0.97 in |
Cities that consider Kanab their climate twin
These US cities have Kanab in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Kanab would feel familiar.
- Payson, AZ (ranks Kanab #1)
- Star Valley, AZ (ranks Kanab #1)
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 →