Climate twins of New Bedford, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches New Bedford'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: New Bedford vs its climate twin
Top match: Bellport, NY
| Month | New Bedford | Bellport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.1°F | 20.7°F | 3.72 in | 39.2°F | 23.9°F | 2.97 in |
| February | 40.9°F | 21.7°F | 3.04 in | 41.0°F | 24.7°F | 3.10 in |
| March | 47.3°F | 27.9°F | 4.82 in | 47.4°F | 31.1°F | 4.62 in |
| April | 57.4°F | 36.4°F | 4.01 in | 57.7°F | 39.6°F | 4.06 in |
| May | 67.4°F | 46.0°F | 3.29 in | 67.6°F | 49.4°F | 3.47 in |
| June | 76.3°F | 55.0°F | 3.61 in | 76.6°F | 59.5°F | 3.70 in |
| July | 82.5°F | 61.6°F | 3.04 in | 82.5°F | 65.7°F | 3.24 in |
| August | 81.2°F | 60.0°F | 3.83 in | 81.2°F | 64.5°F | 3.04 in |
| September | 74.0°F | 52.4°F | 3.64 in | 74.4°F | 57.2°F | 3.90 in |
| October | 63.5°F | 41.8°F | 4.56 in | 63.9°F | 45.9°F | 3.99 in |
| November | 53.5°F | 33.3°F | 4.26 in | 53.9°F | 36.7°F | 3.65 in |
| December | 44.1°F | 26.0°F | 4.12 in | 44.5°F | 29.3°F | 4.50 in |
Cities that consider New Bedford their climate twin
These US cities have New Bedford in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, New Bedford would feel familiar.
- Bellport, NY (ranks New Bedford #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 →