Climate twins of Utqiaġvik, AK
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Utqiaġvik'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: Utqiaġvik vs its climate twin
Top match: Nuiqsut, AK
| Month | Utqiaġvik | Nuiqsut | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | -5.2°F | -17.8°F | 0.14 in | -8.5°F | -23.0°F | 0.32 in |
| February | -5.5°F | -18.3°F | 0.21 in | -8.6°F | -22.8°F | 0.20 in |
| March | -3.8°F | -17.2°F | 0.18 in | -6.9°F | -21.4°F | 0.15 in |
| April | 10.6°F | -2.5°F | 0.18 in | 9.9°F | -5.3°F | 0.40 in |
| May | 26.9°F | 18.5°F | 0.28 in | 29.2°F | 19.0°F | 0.38 in |
| June | 40.9°F | 31.1°F | 0.43 in | 49.9°F | 34.7°F | 0.57 in |
| July | 47.7°F | 35.6°F | 0.98 in | 57.9°F | 41.2°F | 1.14 in |
| August | 44.5°F | 35.1°F | 1.09 in | 51.1°F | 37.7°F | 1.21 in |
| September | 37.1°F | 30.3°F | 0.77 in | 39.8°F | 29.7°F | 0.58 in |
| October | 25.6°F | 16.8°F | 0.54 in | 24.0°F | 13.1°F | 0.16 in |
| November | 11.5°F | -0.1°F | 0.37 in | 8.2°F | -5.9°F | 0.26 in |
| December | -0.4°F | -12.2°F | 0.22 in | -3.5°F | -16.9°F | 0.31 in |
Cities that consider Utqiaġvik their climate twin
These US cities have Utqiaġvik in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Utqiaġvik would feel familiar.
- Nuiqsut, AK (ranks Utqiaġvik #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 →