Climate twins of Knoxville, TN
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Knoxville'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: Knoxville vs its climate twin
Top match: Woodbury, TN
| Month | Knoxville | Woodbury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.9°F | 26.4°F | 5.23 in | 49.5°F | 26.7°F | 5.03 in |
| February | 52.5°F | 29.3°F | 5.12 in | 53.9°F | 29.1°F | 4.98 in |
| March | 61.3°F | 35.7°F | 5.28 in | 62.8°F | 35.3°F | 5.38 in |
| April | 70.8°F | 43.8°F | 5.25 in | 72.3°F | 43.2°F | 4.92 in |
| May | 78.5°F | 53.8°F | 4.53 in | 79.8°F | 52.6°F | 4.82 in |
| June | 85.5°F | 62.0°F | 3.96 in | 86.9°F | 61.8°F | 5.18 in |
| July | 88.3°F | 66.2°F | 5.82 in | 89.5°F | 65.7°F | 6.26 in |
| August | 87.9°F | 64.8°F | 3.42 in | 89.4°F | 64.0°F | 3.78 in |
| September | 82.9°F | 58.6°F | 4.13 in | 84.4°F | 56.9°F | 4.11 in |
| October | 72.3°F | 45.7°F | 3.05 in | 74.4°F | 44.4°F | 3.33 in |
| November | 60.6°F | 34.7°F | 4.10 in | 62.6°F | 34.3°F | 3.92 in |
| December | 51.1°F | 29.7°F | 5.91 in | 52.8°F | 29.9°F | 5.86 in |
Cities that consider Knoxville their climate twin
These US cities have Knoxville in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Knoxville would feel familiar.
- Auburntown, TN (ranks Knoxville #1)
- Woodbury, TN (ranks Knoxville #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 →