Climate twins of Montreal, WI
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Montreal'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: Montreal vs its climate twin
Top match: Presque Isle, ME
| Month | Montreal | Presque Isle | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 20.3°F | 3.2°F | 2.31 in | 22.3°F | 3.3°F | 2.53 in |
| February | 24.9°F | 4.3°F | 1.69 in | 25.9°F | 5.3°F | 1.92 in |
| March | 36.0°F | 14.8°F | 1.96 in | 35.7°F | 16.0°F | 2.35 in |
| April | 48.8°F | 28.0°F | 2.90 in | 49.6°F | 29.3°F | 2.79 in |
| May | 63.5°F | 41.1°F | 3.56 in | 65.2°F | 41.3°F | 3.29 in |
| June | 73.3°F | 51.1°F | 3.81 in | 73.7°F | 50.4°F | 3.81 in |
| July | 77.1°F | 55.9°F | 4.07 in | 78.5°F | 56.3°F | 3.66 in |
| August | 75.5°F | 54.2°F | 3.72 in | 77.3°F | 54.5°F | 3.81 in |
| September | 67.3°F | 46.5°F | 3.76 in | 69.1°F | 46.8°F | 3.51 in |
| October | 52.9°F | 34.4°F | 3.94 in | 54.5°F | 36.3°F | 4.16 in |
| November | 37.6°F | 22.8°F | 3.03 in | 40.0°F | 26.0°F | 3.06 in |
| December | 25.7°F | 10.9°F | 2.61 in | 28.2°F | 12.5°F | 3.16 in |
Cities that consider Montreal their climate twin
These US cities have Montreal in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Montreal would feel familiar.
- Presque Isle, ME (ranks Montreal #1)
- Negaunee, MI (ranks Montreal #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 →