Climate twins of Monroe City, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Monroe City'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: Monroe City vs its climate twin
Top match: Mayview, MO
| Month | Monroe City | Mayview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 36.0°F | 17.6°F | 1.82 in | 36.4°F | 18.4°F | 1.37 in |
| February | 39.9°F | 21.2°F | 2.01 in | 41.6°F | 22.5°F | 1.77 in |
| March | 52.0°F | 31.5°F | 2.92 in | 53.1°F | 32.5°F | 2.84 in |
| April | 63.9°F | 41.9°F | 4.28 in | 63.6°F | 43.1°F | 4.24 in |
| May | 73.1°F | 53.6°F | 5.04 in | 73.6°F | 54.5°F | 5.30 in |
| June | 82.5°F | 62.8°F | 5.36 in | 82.8°F | 63.9°F | 4.88 in |
| July | 86.2°F | 66.2°F | 4.58 in | 86.7°F | 67.6°F | 5.04 in |
| August | 85.0°F | 63.6°F | 3.77 in | 85.5°F | 65.3°F | 3.94 in |
| September | 78.9°F | 54.8°F | 3.92 in | 78.5°F | 56.5°F | 4.04 in |
| October | 66.7°F | 44.0°F | 3.30 in | 66.5°F | 44.5°F | 3.16 in |
| November | 52.7°F | 32.2°F | 2.65 in | 52.3°F | 33.2°F | 2.46 in |
| December | 40.7°F | 23.2°F | 2.04 in | 40.6°F | 23.4°F | 1.83 in |
Cities that consider Monroe City their climate twin
These US cities have Monroe City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Monroe City would feel familiar.
- Mayview, MO (ranks Monroe City #1)
- Lake Lafayette, MO (ranks Monroe City #2)
- Centerview, MO (ranks Monroe City #3)
- Chilhowee, MO (ranks Monroe City #3)
- Excelsior Springs, MO (ranks Monroe City #2)
- Holt, MO (ranks Monroe City #2)
- Homestead, MO (ranks Monroe City #2)
- Kearney, MO (ranks Monroe City #2)
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 →