Climate twins of Ponce de Leon, FL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Ponce de Leon'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: Ponce de Leon vs its climate twin
Top match: Gulfport, MS
| Month | Ponce de Leon | Gulfport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 62.3°F | 39.5°F | 5.04 in | 61.3°F | 42.4°F | 4.87 in |
| February | 65.8°F | 43.4°F | 5.07 in | 64.8°F | 46.2°F | 4.44 in |
| March | 72.7°F | 48.0°F | 5.18 in | 70.4°F | 51.8°F | 5.22 in |
| April | 79.2°F | 54.0°F | 4.30 in | 76.5°F | 58.4°F | 5.51 in |
| May | 86.4°F | 63.1°F | 3.99 in | 83.6°F | 66.4°F | 4.74 in |
| June | 90.3°F | 70.2°F | 7.10 in | 88.7°F | 73.2°F | 6.89 in |
| July | 92.3°F | 72.4°F | 7.50 in | 90.4°F | 74.9°F | 7.21 in |
| August | 91.4°F | 71.7°F | 6.95 in | 90.7°F | 74.6°F | 6.53 in |
| September | 88.3°F | 67.4°F | 6.04 in | 87.8°F | 70.6°F | 5.18 in |
| October | 80.5°F | 57.4°F | 3.58 in | 79.9°F | 60.1°F | 3.71 in |
| November | 71.3°F | 46.6°F | 4.43 in | 70.0°F | 49.2°F | 4.03 in |
| December | 64.3°F | 41.8°F | 5.45 in | 63.5°F | 44.6°F | 4.49 in |
Cities that consider Ponce de Leon their climate twin
These US cities have Ponce de Leon in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Ponce de Leon would feel familiar.
- Prichard, AL (ranks Ponce de Leon #2)
- Saraland, AL (ranks Ponce de Leon #2)
- Satsuma, AL (ranks Ponce de Leon #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 →