Climate twins of Spokane, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Spokane'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: Spokane vs its climate twin
Top match: La Grande, OR
| Month | Spokane | La Grande | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 37.8°F | 25.8°F | 2.00 in | 39.3°F | 24.6°F | 1.67 in |
| February | 42.5°F | 26.7°F | 1.32 in | 44.0°F | 26.8°F | 1.23 in |
| March | 51.3°F | 31.7°F | 1.82 in | 51.6°F | 30.6°F | 1.72 in |
| April | 59.6°F | 36.6°F | 1.50 in | 58.7°F | 35.2°F | 1.83 in |
| May | 69.7°F | 44.1°F | 1.70 in | 67.8°F | 42.5°F | 2.24 in |
| June | 75.8°F | 50.4°F | 1.48 in | 74.9°F | 48.7°F | 1.37 in |
| July | 87.1°F | 56.0°F | 0.67 in | 86.2°F | 54.5°F | 0.60 in |
| August | 86.2°F | 54.5°F | 0.54 in | 87.0°F | 52.8°F | 0.67 in |
| September | 76.0°F | 46.8°F | 0.68 in | 77.3°F | 44.8°F | 0.67 in |
| October | 60.3°F | 38.0°F | 1.46 in | 62.4°F | 35.6°F | 1.58 in |
| November | 45.1°F | 30.7°F | 2.01 in | 47.7°F | 30.0°F | 1.94 in |
| December | 36.9°F | 25.7°F | 2.18 in | 38.7°F | 24.4°F | 1.88 in |
Cities that consider Spokane their climate twin
These US cities have Spokane in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Spokane would feel familiar.
- Island City, OR (ranks Spokane #1)
- La Grande, OR (ranks Spokane #1)
- Eagle, ID (ranks Spokane #1)
- Garden City, ID (ranks Spokane #1)
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 →