Climate twins of Missoula, MT
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Missoula'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: Missoula vs its climate twin
Top match: Rexford, MT
| Month | Missoula | Rexford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 34.1°F | 19.8°F | 1.24 in | 32.3°F | 19.3°F | 0.92 in |
| February | 39.0°F | 21.9°F | 1.11 in | 38.6°F | 21.1°F | 0.72 in |
| March | 49.1°F | 27.4°F | 1.19 in | 49.2°F | 27.5°F | 0.90 in |
| April | 56.8°F | 33.0°F | 1.68 in | 59.5°F | 34.1°F | 1.00 in |
| May | 66.5°F | 40.8°F | 2.26 in | 69.9°F | 41.9°F | 1.78 in |
| June | 73.4°F | 46.9°F | 2.61 in | 76.6°F | 48.5°F | 2.53 in |
| July | 85.1°F | 52.2°F | 0.99 in | 86.5°F | 52.7°F | 1.13 in |
| August | 84.0°F | 51.0°F | 1.03 in | 86.0°F | 51.2°F | 1.05 in |
| September | 73.1°F | 43.6°F | 1.14 in | 74.8°F | 43.9°F | 1.27 in |
| October | 56.5°F | 33.7°F | 1.42 in | 57.4°F | 35.1°F | 1.24 in |
| November | 41.2°F | 26.2°F | 1.41 in | 41.4°F | 27.4°F | 1.24 in |
| December | 32.9°F | 19.6°F | 1.35 in | 31.4°F | 20.8°F | 1.22 in |
Cities that consider Missoula their climate twin
These US cities have Missoula in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Missoula would feel familiar.
- Eureka, MT (ranks Missoula #1)
- Rexford, MT (ranks Missoula #1)
- Ferdinand, ID (ranks Missoula #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 →