Climate twins of Pima, AZ
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pima'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: Pima vs its climate twin
Top match: Socorro, TX
| Month | Pima | Socorro | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 62.0°F | 30.3°F | 0.71 in | 58.6°F | 34.5°F | 0.39 in |
| February | 66.8°F | 33.9°F | 0.66 in | 64.1°F | 38.9°F | 0.40 in |
| March | 74.3°F | 39.3°F | 0.45 in | 71.9°F | 45.5°F | 0.24 in |
| April | 82.5°F | 45.5°F | 0.21 in | 80.0°F | 53.3°F | 0.17 in |
| May | 91.4°F | 53.6°F | 0.18 in | 88.7°F | 62.1°F | 0.43 in |
| June | 100.0°F | 62.6°F | 0.27 in | 97.1°F | 70.6°F | 0.73 in |
| July | 99.0°F | 69.4°F | 1.35 in | 95.8°F | 73.0°F | 1.58 in |
| August | 96.9°F | 68.0°F | 1.84 in | 94.0°F | 71.8°F | 1.67 in |
| September | 93.2°F | 61.0°F | 1.08 in | 88.3°F | 65.4°F | 1.52 in |
| October | 84.4°F | 48.3°F | 0.75 in | 79.4°F | 54.0°F | 0.59 in |
| November | 71.7°F | 37.4°F | 0.51 in | 67.0°F | 42.0°F | 0.43 in |
| December | 61.1°F | 30.2°F | 0.77 in | 57.8°F | 34.4°F | 0.63 in |
Cities that consider Pima their climate twin
These US cities have Pima in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pima would feel familiar.
- Anthony, NM (ranks Pima #3)
- Anthony, TX (ranks Pima #3)
- Vinton, TX (ranks Pima #3)
- Mesilla, NM (ranks Pima #3)
- Las Cruces, NM (ranks Pima #3)
- Columbus, NM (ranks Pima #3)
- Clint, TX (ranks Pima #3)
- San Elizario, TX (ranks Pima #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 →