Climate twins of Pittsfield, MA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Pittsfield'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: Pittsfield vs its climate twin
Top match: Franklinville, NY
| Month | Pittsfield | Franklinville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 30.1°F | 13.9°F | 2.67 in | 30.7°F | 13.5°F | 3.33 in |
| February | 33.1°F | 15.0°F | 2.52 in | 32.8°F | 13.3°F | 2.49 in |
| March | 41.7°F | 23.1°F | 3.08 in | 41.4°F | 20.3°F | 2.98 in |
| April | 55.2°F | 33.8°F | 3.38 in | 55.0°F | 31.7°F | 3.46 in |
| May | 67.0°F | 44.4°F | 3.79 in | 67.4°F | 42.5°F | 3.81 in |
| June | 74.6°F | 53.1°F | 4.58 in | 75.3°F | 52.0°F | 4.13 in |
| July | 79.3°F | 58.0°F | 4.18 in | 79.2°F | 56.1°F | 4.59 in |
| August | 77.6°F | 56.5°F | 3.82 in | 77.8°F | 54.8°F | 4.00 in |
| September | 70.4°F | 48.9°F | 4.50 in | 71.3°F | 48.1°F | 4.28 in |
| October | 58.3°F | 38.5°F | 4.56 in | 59.2°F | 37.9°F | 4.28 in |
| November | 46.6°F | 29.2°F | 3.52 in | 46.5°F | 29.1°F | 3.69 in |
| December | 35.5°F | 20.9°F | 3.63 in | 35.9°F | 21.2°F | 3.55 in |
Cities that consider Pittsfield their climate twin
These US cities have Pittsfield in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Pittsfield would feel familiar.
- Franklinville, NY (ranks Pittsfield #1)
- East Aurora, NY (ranks Pittsfield #1)
- Rome, NY (ranks Pittsfield #2)
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 →