Climate twins of London, KY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches London'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: London vs its climate twin
Top match: Madison, WV
| Month | London | Madison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.2°F | 26.7°F | 3.89 in | 44.8°F | 24.6°F | 3.60 in |
| February | 49.7°F | 29.7°F | 4.02 in | 48.7°F | 26.9°F | 3.51 in |
| March | 58.4°F | 36.2°F | 4.57 in | 57.7°F | 33.0°F | 4.43 in |
| April | 69.3°F | 44.9°F | 4.65 in | 70.1°F | 41.7°F | 4.37 in |
| May | 76.7°F | 54.1°F | 5.04 in | 77.5°F | 52.4°F | 5.41 in |
| June | 83.5°F | 62.4°F | 5.06 in | 84.2°F | 61.0°F | 4.47 in |
| July | 86.3°F | 66.3°F | 5.16 in | 87.2°F | 65.4°F | 5.42 in |
| August | 85.6°F | 64.8°F | 3.97 in | 86.2°F | 64.1°F | 4.26 in |
| September | 80.0°F | 57.6°F | 3.55 in | 81.0°F | 56.9°F | 3.41 in |
| October | 69.5°F | 45.4°F | 3.29 in | 70.3°F | 44.2°F | 3.25 in |
| November | 57.9°F | 35.5°F | 3.52 in | 58.6°F | 33.4°F | 3.19 in |
| December | 48.5°F | 30.3°F | 4.54 in | 48.3°F | 28.4°F | 4.23 in |
Cities that consider London their climate twin
These US cities have London in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, London would feel familiar.
- Madison, WV (ranks London #1)
- Danville, WV (ranks London #1)
- Scottsville, KY (ranks London #1)
- Rochester, KY (ranks London #1)
- West Logan, WV (ranks London #1)
- Chapmanville, WV (ranks London #1)
- Logan, WV (ranks London #1)
- Mitchell Heights, WV (ranks London #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 →