Climate twins of Richmond, LA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Richmond'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: Richmond vs its climate twin
Top match: Minden, LA
| Month | Richmond | Minden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 59.6°F | 38.4°F | 5.63 in | 57.9°F | 34.2°F | 5.27 in |
| February | 63.9°F | 41.0°F | 5.54 in | 61.9°F | 37.2°F | 5.01 in |
| March | 71.5°F | 48.4°F | 5.34 in | 69.9°F | 44.3°F | 5.66 in |
| April | 79.1°F | 56.0°F | 6.65 in | 77.4°F | 51.5°F | 6.45 in |
| May | 86.0°F | 64.8°F | 4.49 in | 84.3°F | 61.7°F | 4.89 in |
| June | 91.6°F | 71.5°F | 3.85 in | 90.9°F | 69.7°F | 4.93 in |
| July | 94.2°F | 73.8°F | 4.29 in | 94.2°F | 72.9°F | 3.68 in |
| August | 94.8°F | 73.3°F | 3.86 in | 94.7°F | 71.9°F | 3.24 in |
| September | 90.2°F | 67.6°F | 3.28 in | 89.3°F | 65.4°F | 3.69 in |
| October | 81.3°F | 56.3°F | 4.43 in | 79.2°F | 52.9°F | 4.68 in |
| November | 69.9°F | 46.0°F | 4.68 in | 68.1°F | 42.7°F | 4.36 in |
| December | 61.9°F | 40.3°F | 5.83 in | 59.8°F | 36.3°F | 5.73 in |
Cities that consider Richmond their climate twin
These US cities have Richmond in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Richmond would feel familiar.
- Provencal, LA (ranks Richmond #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 →