Climate twins of Lompoc, CA

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

Top match: Marina, CA

Month Lompoc Marina
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 64.7°F 43.2°F 3.29 in 63.4°F 41.2°F 3.26 in
February 65.1°F 44.2°F 3.66 in 64.1°F 42.2°F 2.98 in
March 67.3°F 46.0°F 2.80 in 66.2°F 43.7°F 2.45 in
April 68.2°F 47.4°F 0.90 in 67.3°F 45.0°F 1.07 in
May 69.2°F 50.6°F 0.34 in 68.3°F 48.6°F 0.49 in
June 70.7°F 52.9°F 0.06 in 70.2°F 51.2°F 0.08 in
July 72.5°F 55.5°F 0.02 in 70.9°F 53.9°F 0.01 in
August 73.3°F 56.0°F 0.01 in 72.5°F 54.2°F 0.04 in
September 74.8°F 54.9°F 0.05 in 74.7°F 52.5°F 0.06 in
October 74.1°F 51.1°F 0.67 in 74.2°F 48.8°F 0.61 in
November 69.6°F 46.0°F 1.21 in 68.1°F 43.4°F 1.58 in
December 63.3°F 42.1°F 2.40 in 62.4°F 40.2°F 2.75 in

Cities that consider Lompoc their climate twin

These US cities have Lompoc in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Lompoc 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 →