Climate twins of Paris, MO
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Paris'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: Paris vs its climate twin
Top match: Topeka, IL
| Month | Paris | Topeka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 35.7°F | 17.1°F | 1.77 in | 33.5°F | 16.4°F | 2.20 in |
| February | 40.9°F | 20.8°F | 2.06 in | 38.8°F | 20.4°F | 2.18 in |
| March | 52.7°F | 30.6°F | 2.88 in | 51.2°F | 30.2°F | 2.72 in |
| April | 64.4°F | 41.0°F | 4.25 in | 63.8°F | 40.9°F | 4.22 in |
| May | 73.7°F | 52.3°F | 5.26 in | 74.5°F | 52.8°F | 5.08 in |
| June | 82.9°F | 61.9°F | 5.29 in | 84.6°F | 61.6°F | 4.73 in |
| July | 86.6°F | 65.6°F | 4.53 in | 88.1°F | 65.1°F | 4.18 in |
| August | 85.0°F | 62.9°F | 4.22 in | 86.0°F | 62.9°F | 4.02 in |
| September | 78.8°F | 53.9°F | 3.90 in | 80.4°F | 53.5°F | 3.26 in |
| October | 66.8°F | 42.7°F | 3.29 in | 67.8°F | 42.0°F | 3.37 in |
| November | 52.4°F | 31.2°F | 2.64 in | 52.4°F | 31.8°F | 2.73 in |
| December | 40.2°F | 22.5°F | 1.99 in | 39.1°F | 21.8°F | 2.35 in |
Cities that consider Paris their climate twin
These US cities have Paris in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Paris would feel familiar.
- Bates City, MO (ranks Paris #3)
- Oak Grove, MO (ranks Paris #3)
- Fleming, MO (ranks Paris #3)
- Napoleon, MO (ranks Paris #3)
- Levasy, MO (ranks Paris #3)
- Camden, MO (ranks Paris #1)
- Orrick, MO (ranks Paris #3)
- Sibley, MO (ranks Paris #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 →