Climate twins of Las Cruces, NM
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Las Cruces'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: Las Cruces vs its climate twin
Top match: Hagerman, NM
| Month | Las Cruces | Hagerman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 58.9°F | 29.6°F | 0.48 in | 57.3°F | 28.1°F | 0.36 in |
| February | 64.1°F | 33.5°F | 0.36 in | 63.2°F | 32.5°F | 0.35 in |
| March | 71.3°F | 39.2°F | 0.26 in | 71.0°F | 39.4°F | 0.54 in |
| April | 78.5°F | 45.7°F | 0.22 in | 79.4°F | 47.0°F | 0.57 in |
| May | 87.1°F | 54.2°F | 0.38 in | 87.8°F | 56.7°F | 1.14 in |
| June | 96.2°F | 63.7°F | 0.65 in | 96.2°F | 65.7°F | 1.28 in |
| July | 95.6°F | 69.1°F | 1.77 in | 96.5°F | 69.9°F | 1.82 in |
| August | 93.6°F | 67.7°F | 1.73 in | 94.6°F | 68.6°F | 1.68 in |
| September | 88.4°F | 61.1°F | 1.41 in | 87.6°F | 61.2°F | 1.55 in |
| October | 79.6°F | 48.3°F | 0.82 in | 77.7°F | 48.8°F | 1.33 in |
| November | 67.9°F | 36.6°F | 0.42 in | 65.7°F | 36.3°F | 0.45 in |
| December | 58.1°F | 29.7°F | 0.64 in | 56.5°F | 28.3°F | 0.56 in |
Cities that consider Las Cruces their climate twin
These US cities have Las Cruces in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Las Cruces would feel familiar.
- Hagerman, NM (ranks Las Cruces #3)
- Clarkdale, AZ (ranks Las Cruces #3)
- Cottonwood, AZ (ranks Las Cruces #3)
- Duncan, AZ (ranks Las Cruces #3)
- Virden, NM (ranks Las Cruces #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 →