Climate twins of Reno, NV

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Reno'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: Reno vs its climate twin

Top match: Arlington, OR

Month	Reno			Arlington
	High	Low	Precip	High	Low	Precip
January	45.8°F	27.4°F	1.27 in	40.8°F	29.7°F	1.47 in
February	49.9°F	29.4°F	1.04 in	46.9°F	30.6°F	0.98 in
March	56.8°F	33.8°F	0.87 in	55.6°F	35.7°F	0.83 in
April	62.5°F	37.6°F	0.49 in	63.7°F	42.0°F	0.61 in
May	72.3°F	45.6°F	0.62 in	73.2°F	50.1°F	0.75 in
June	82.7°F	53.6°F	0.50 in	79.7°F	56.6°F	0.48 in
July	92.7°F	61.3°F	0.30 in	89.5°F	63.2°F	0.10 in
August	90.8°F	60.0°F	0.23 in	88.9°F	62.0°F	0.15 in
September	82.0°F	53.1°F	0.24 in	80.0°F	53.1°F	0.33 in
October	68.2°F	42.6°F	0.61 in	65.5°F	42.0°F	0.81 in
November	54.3°F	32.9°F	0.72 in	50.4°F	34.4°F	1.13 in
December	44.8°F	26.8°F	1.20 in	41.1°F	29.9°F	1.66 in

Cities that consider Reno their climate twin

These US cities have Reno in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Reno would feel familiar.

Arlington, OR (ranks Reno #2)
Umatilla, OR (ranks Reno #2)
Boardman, OR (ranks Reno #3)
Kennewick, WA (ranks Reno #2)
Caliente, NV (ranks Reno #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 →