Climate twins of Peru, KS
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Peru'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: Peru vs its climate twin
Top match: Umber View Heights, MO
| Month | Peru | Umber View Heights | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 45.5°F | 21.6°F | 1.29 in | 43.0°F | 23.3°F | 1.95 in |
| February | 50.5°F | 25.1°F | 1.73 in | 48.4°F | 26.6°F | 2.15 in |
| March | 60.1°F | 34.4°F | 2.80 in | 57.9°F | 35.4°F | 3.06 in |
| April | 69.5°F | 44.0°F | 4.30 in | 67.9°F | 45.1°F | 4.82 in |
| May | 77.2°F | 54.5°F | 6.15 in | 76.3°F | 56.2°F | 5.90 in |
| June | 85.7°F | 64.2°F | 5.58 in | 85.1°F | 66.0°F | 5.14 in |
| July | 91.5°F | 68.8°F | 3.82 in | 90.0°F | 70.1°F | 4.32 in |
| August | 91.3°F | 66.8°F | 3.50 in | 89.8°F | 68.2°F | 3.63 in |
| September | 83.1°F | 58.1°F | 3.52 in | 81.9°F | 59.7°F | 4.13 in |
| October | 72.0°F | 45.8°F | 3.84 in | 70.6°F | 47.9°F | 3.88 in |
| November | 59.3°F | 34.1°F | 2.15 in | 58.0°F | 37.4°F | 3.38 in |
| December | 48.1°F | 25.1°F | 1.86 in | 47.3°F | 28.3°F | 2.52 in |
Cities that consider Peru their climate twin
These US cities have Peru in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Peru would feel familiar.
- Stockton, MO (ranks Peru #3)
- Umber View Heights, MO (ranks Peru #3)
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 →