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.

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 →