Climate twins of Vancouver, WA
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Vancouver'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: Vancouver vs its climate twin
Top match: Hunts Point, WA
| Month | Vancouver | Hunts Point | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 47.5°F | 36.2°F | 5.03 in | 47.4°F | 37.2°F | 5.14 in |
| February | 51.5°F | 36.8°F | 3.68 in | 49.8°F | 37.0°F | 3.54 in |
| March | 56.8°F | 39.7°F | 3.97 in | 53.9°F | 39.2°F | 3.86 in |
| April | 62.0°F | 43.7°F | 2.89 in | 58.8°F | 42.8°F | 2.98 in |
| May | 69.3°F | 49.4°F | 2.51 in | 65.3°F | 48.3°F | 2.16 in |
| June | 74.3°F | 54.1°F | 1.63 in | 70.2°F | 52.7°F | 1.57 in |
| July | 81.9°F | 58.5°F | 0.51 in | 76.5°F | 56.5°F | 0.78 in |
| August | 82.3°F | 58.9°F | 0.54 in | 77.0°F | 57.1°F | 1.00 in |
| September | 76.7°F | 54.1°F | 1.52 in | 71.3°F | 53.2°F | 1.74 in |
| October | 64.4°F | 46.7°F | 3.42 in | 60.5°F | 46.7°F | 3.65 in |
| November | 53.5°F | 40.6°F | 5.45 in | 51.9°F | 40.9°F | 5.85 in |
| December | 46.9°F | 36.2°F | 5.77 in | 46.5°F | 37.0°F | 5.55 in |
Cities that consider Vancouver their climate twin
These US cities have Vancouver in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Vancouver would feel familiar.
- Roseburg, OR (ranks Vancouver #1)
- Butte Falls, OR (ranks Vancouver #1)
- Shady Cove, OR (ranks Vancouver #1)
- Riddle, OR (ranks Vancouver #1)
- Grants Pass, OR (ranks Vancouver #1)
- Rogue River, OR (ranks Vancouver #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 →