Climate twins of New York, NY
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches New York'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 York vs its climate twin
Top match: Betterton, MD
| Month | New York | Betterton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 39.7°F | 27.5°F | 3.53 in | 41.5°F | 25.3°F | 3.26 in |
| February | 42.4°F | 29.1°F | 2.97 in | 44.1°F | 27.1°F | 2.78 in |
| March | 49.7°F | 35.2°F | 4.37 in | 52.5°F | 33.1°F | 4.10 in |
| April | 60.5°F | 44.8°F | 3.85 in | 64.8°F | 43.2°F | 3.49 in |
| May | 70.5°F | 54.4°F | 4.03 in | 73.2°F | 52.7°F | 3.98 in |
| June | 79.3°F | 64.0°F | 4.44 in | 82.1°F | 62.4°F | 4.28 in |
| July | 84.8°F | 70.3°F | 4.85 in | 86.4°F | 67.7°F | 4.84 in |
| August | 83.3°F | 68.9°F | 3.92 in | 84.4°F | 65.8°F | 4.21 in |
| September | 76.5°F | 62.4°F | 3.92 in | 78.2°F | 58.8°F | 4.84 in |
| October | 65.0°F | 51.2°F | 4.02 in | 66.9°F | 46.5°F | 4.17 in |
| November | 54.3°F | 41.4°F | 3.23 in | 55.5°F | 36.8°F | 3.27 in |
| December | 44.5°F | 33.2°F | 4.00 in | 45.8°F | 30.2°F | 3.89 in |
Cities that consider New York their climate twin
These US cities have New York in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, New York would feel familiar.
- North East, MD (ranks New York #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 →