Climate twins of Sugar Land, TX
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Sugar Land'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: Sugar Land vs its climate twin
Top match: Eunice, LA
| Month | Sugar Land | Eunice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 64.3°F | 45.3°F | 3.63 in | 59.9°F | 39.8°F | 6.43 in |
| February | 68.1°F | 49.5°F | 2.83 in | 64.2°F | 44.2°F | 4.62 in |
| March | 74.1°F | 55.3°F | 3.49 in | 71.2°F | 50.6°F | 3.91 in |
| April | 80.1°F | 60.4°F | 4.26 in | 77.6°F | 56.9°F | 4.62 in |
| May | 87.1°F | 68.6°F | 5.24 in | 84.7°F | 65.6°F | 5.69 in |
| June | 92.3°F | 74.1°F | 4.22 in | 90.2°F | 71.3°F | 4.84 in |
| July | 95.0°F | 75.7°F | 4.16 in | 92.0°F | 73.2°F | 4.61 in |
| August | 94.2°F | 75.7°F | 5.27 in | 93.0°F | 72.8°F | 4.24 in |
| September | 89.7°F | 71.5°F | 4.42 in | 88.9°F | 67.8°F | 4.90 in |
| October | 83.3°F | 62.0°F | 4.65 in | 80.7°F | 57.2°F | 4.86 in |
| November | 73.6°F | 52.7°F | 3.78 in | 70.0°F | 48.4°F | 4.43 in |
| December | 66.5°F | 46.4°F | 3.76 in | 62.5°F | 41.9°F | 4.79 in |
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 →