Climate twins of Nogales, AZ

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Nogales'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.

Rank 1 closest
Columbus, NM
similarity distance: 1.921 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Sunland Park, NM
similarity distance: 2.025 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Van Horn, TX
similarity distance: 2.028 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Nogales vs its climate twin

Top match: Columbus, NM

Month Nogales Columbus
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 65.8°F 34.1°F 0.84 in 59.1°F 31.3°F 0.56 in
February 67.6°F 35.9°F 0.78 in 65.0°F 35.6°F 0.39 in
March 73.3°F 40.3°F 0.63 in 72.7°F 41.1°F 0.37 in
April 79.4°F 44.4°F 0.28 in 80.6°F 47.9°F 0.15 in
May 87.7°F 52.1°F 0.15 in 88.8°F 57.3°F 0.28 in
June 96.9°F 62.4°F 0.54 in 97.5°F 67.3°F 0.95 in
July 94.1°F 66.9°F 4.18 in 96.3°F 70.1°F 2.65 in
August 92.2°F 65.6°F 3.41 in 94.0°F 68.8°F 1.87 in
September 90.3°F 60.5°F 1.53 in 89.5°F 63.1°F 1.19 in
October 83.1°F 49.5°F 0.65 in 81.3°F 51.2°F 0.78 in
November 73.3°F 40.1°F 0.62 in 68.2°F 38.4°F 0.49 in
December 64.9°F 33.9°F 1.01 in 58.6°F 31.2°F 0.60 in

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 →