Climate twins of Mankato, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Mankato'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: Mankato vs its climate twin
Top match: Seneca, KS
| Month | Mankato | Seneca | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.1°F | 14.2°F | 0.78 in | 34.8°F | 14.6°F | 0.62 in |
| February | 41.8°F | 17.5°F | 0.91 in | 39.4°F | 18.2°F | 0.98 in |
| March | 53.0°F | 26.7°F | 1.63 in | 52.9°F | 28.5°F | 2.14 in |
| April | 63.3°F | 36.7°F | 2.60 in | 63.0°F | 39.0°F | 3.16 in |
| May | 73.4°F | 48.0°F | 4.24 in | 72.9°F | 52.2°F | 4.35 in |
| June | 84.7°F | 60.0°F | 3.78 in | 82.5°F | 61.8°F | 3.98 in |
| July | 90.5°F | 65.9°F | 4.17 in | 86.5°F | 64.7°F | 3.69 in |
| August | 87.8°F | 62.7°F | 3.55 in | 85.0°F | 63.0°F | 3.36 in |
| September | 79.3°F | 52.7°F | 2.38 in | 78.3°F | 53.4°F | 2.51 in |
| October | 67.2°F | 40.5°F | 1.98 in | 66.0°F | 41.2°F | 2.56 in |
| November | 52.7°F | 27.0°F | 1.30 in | 50.8°F | 29.0°F | 1.78 in |
| December | 39.9°F | 18.3°F | 0.96 in | 39.0°F | 19.7°F | 1.33 in |
Cities that consider Mankato their climate twin
These US cities have Mankato in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Mankato would feel familiar.
- Quinter, KS (ranks Mankato #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 →