Climate twins of Nevada City, CA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nevada 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: Nevada City vs its climate twin
Top match: Cave Junction, OR
| Month | Nevada City | Cave Junction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 50.6°F | 35.4°F | 10.87 in | 48.9°F | 32.5°F | 11.36 in |
| February | 52.8°F | 35.2°F | 10.49 in | 54.6°F | 33.3°F | 8.47 in |
| March | 57.0°F | 37.2°F | 9.86 in | 60.2°F | 34.4°F | 8.58 in |
| April | 62.5°F | 39.9°F | 5.24 in | 66.6°F | 36.7°F | 4.11 in |
| May | 70.6°F | 47.1°F | 2.88 in | 75.5°F | 42.3°F | 2.09 in |
| June | 79.4°F | 53.7°F | 0.94 in | 83.5°F | 46.5°F | 0.82 in |
| July | 87.2°F | 59.7°F | 0.03 in | 94.2°F | 51.9°F | 0.25 in |
| August | 86.7°F | 59.0°F | 0.14 in | 93.8°F | 49.4°F | 0.28 in |
| September | 81.8°F | 55.2°F | 0.53 in | 87.1°F | 44.3°F | 0.83 in |
| October | 70.6°F | 47.3°F | 2.87 in | 71.9°F | 38.8°F | 3.49 in |
| November | 57.0°F | 39.6°F | 6.19 in | 55.2°F | 35.8°F | 7.96 in |
| December | 48.3°F | 34.6°F | 12.22 in | 47.3°F | 32.6°F | 12.95 in |
Cities that consider Nevada City their climate twin
These US cities have Nevada City in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Nevada City would feel familiar.
- Cave Junction, OR (ranks Nevada City #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 →