Climate twins of Vail, CO

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Vail'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.

Rank 1 closest
Jackson, WY
similarity distance: 1.303 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Scofield, UT
similarity distance: 1.422 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Alpine, WY
similarity distance: 1.556 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Vail vs its climate twin

Top match: Jackson, WY

Month Vail Jackson
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 28.5°F 6.6°F 1.98 in 26.1°F 6.3°F 1.45 in
February 33.0°F 9.2°F 2.01 in 30.4°F 9.3°F 1.43 in
March 41.7°F 16.7°F 1.76 in 40.2°F 18.2°F 1.33 in
April 49.4°F 23.8°F 2.41 in 50.2°F 25.8°F 1.46 in
May 60.4°F 31.0°F 2.00 in 60.3°F 31.5°F 1.83 in
June 71.4°F 35.6°F 1.24 in 69.8°F 37.8°F 1.61 in
July 76.7°F 41.6°F 1.77 in 79.1°F 41.4°F 1.10 in
August 74.0°F 40.8°F 1.75 in 78.0°F 39.8°F 1.14 in
September 66.6°F 34.0°F 1.96 in 68.1°F 32.8°F 1.59 in
October 54.1°F 25.2°F 1.83 in 54.5°F 24.9°F 1.57 in
November 37.7°F 15.1°F 2.00 in 37.6°F 15.8°F 1.37 in
December 28.0°F 7.1°F 1.73 in 26.2°F 6.8°F 1.76 in

Cities that consider Vail their climate twin

These US cities have Vail in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Vail would feel familiar.

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 →