Climate twins of Mancos, CO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mancos'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: Mancos vs its climate twin
Top match: Tusayan, AZ
| Month | Mancos | Tusayan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 40.0°F | 12.4°F | 1.38 in | 43.9°F | 15.8°F | 1.23 in |
| February | 43.7°F | 17.0°F | 1.27 in | 46.9°F | 17.2°F | 1.21 in |
| March | 52.9°F | 22.7°F | 1.14 in | 54.5°F | 22.0°F | 1.20 in |
| April | 60.8°F | 27.8°F | 1.04 in | 61.2°F | 25.3°F | 0.69 in |
| May | 69.9°F | 34.9°F | 1.04 in | 70.7°F | 31.6°F | 0.61 in |
| June | 80.8°F | 42.8°F | 0.58 in | 82.5°F | 38.0°F | 0.40 in |
| July | 85.0°F | 50.5°F | 1.64 in | 84.9°F | 49.0°F | 1.66 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 49.4°F | 1.79 in | 82.8°F | 49.4°F | 2.06 in |
| September | 75.1°F | 41.6°F | 1.90 in | 76.9°F | 40.4°F | 1.37 in |
| October | 63.9°F | 31.0°F | 1.42 in | 65.6°F | 30.0°F | 1.34 in |
| November | 51.0°F | 21.5°F | 1.22 in | 53.8°F | 20.8°F | 0.77 in |
| December | 40.5°F | 14.0°F | 1.25 in | 44.2°F | 14.1°F | 0.82 in |
Cities that consider Mancos their climate twin
These US cities have Mancos in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mancos would feel familiar.
- Tusayan, AZ (ranks Mancos #1)
- Alton, UT (ranks Mancos #2)
- Questa, NM (ranks Mancos #3)
- Tropic, UT (ranks Mancos #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 →