Climate twins of Tuscaloosa, AL
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Tuscaloosa'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: Tuscaloosa vs its climate twin
Top match: Flowood, MS
| Month | Tuscaloosa | Flowood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 56.0°F | 35.2°F | 5.13 in | 57.4°F | 36.6°F | 5.42 in |
| February | 60.8°F | 38.3°F | 5.61 in | 62.0°F | 39.8°F | 5.10 in |
| March | 68.3°F | 44.6°F | 5.49 in | 69.4°F | 46.4°F | 5.68 in |
| April | 75.7°F | 51.7°F | 5.43 in | 76.5°F | 53.3°F | 5.84 in |
| May | 83.6°F | 60.1°F | 4.04 in | 83.8°F | 62.1°F | 4.36 in |
| June | 89.6°F | 68.1°F | 5.31 in | 89.9°F | 69.4°F | 4.43 in |
| July | 92.2°F | 71.2°F | 4.88 in | 92.1°F | 72.2°F | 5.02 in |
| August | 91.8°F | 70.6°F | 4.23 in | 92.2°F | 71.5°F | 4.69 in |
| September | 87.4°F | 64.5°F | 3.55 in | 87.8°F | 66.0°F | 3.48 in |
| October | 77.7°F | 52.7°F | 3.60 in | 78.3°F | 54.2°F | 3.80 in |
| November | 66.5°F | 42.1°F | 4.80 in | 67.2°F | 43.6°F | 4.40 in |
| December | 58.3°F | 37.2°F | 5.24 in | 59.6°F | 38.7°F | 5.13 in |
Cities that consider Tuscaloosa their climate twin
These US cities have Tuscaloosa in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Tuscaloosa would feel familiar.
- Richland, MS (ranks Tuscaloosa #1)
- Florence, MS (ranks Tuscaloosa #1)
- Flowood, MS (ranks Tuscaloosa #1)
- Pearl, MS (ranks Tuscaloosa #1)
- Brandon, MS (ranks Tuscaloosa #1)
- Auburn, AL (ranks Tuscaloosa #1)
- Lumpkin, GA (ranks Tuscaloosa #2)
- Richland, GA (ranks Tuscaloosa #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 →