Climate twins of Waco, TX

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Waco'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
Gonzales, TX
similarity distance: 1.340 (lower = more similar)
Rank 2 closest
Nocona, TX
similarity distance: 1.659 (lower = more similar)
Rank 3 closest
Terral, OK
similarity distance: 1.659 (lower = more similar)

Side-by-side: Waco vs its climate twin

Top match: Gonzales, TX

Month Waco Gonzales
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 58.5°F 35.7°F 2.72 in 62.1°F 40.1°F 2.37 in
February 61.9°F 40.0°F 2.69 in 65.9°F 43.7°F 2.07 in
March 68.4°F 47.6°F 3.51 in 72.5°F 51.0°F 2.80 in
April 76.1°F 54.3°F 3.16 in 79.3°F 57.3°F 2.82 in
May 82.9°F 64.2°F 4.39 in 85.6°F 66.0°F 4.68 in
June 90.5°F 71.8°F 3.61 in 91.8°F 72.1°F 3.41 in
July 94.5°F 75.0°F 1.85 in 94.3°F 74.0°F 1.95 in
August 95.3°F 74.9°F 2.44 in 95.7°F 73.7°F 2.92 in
September 89.2°F 67.6°F 3.15 in 89.9°F 68.8°F 3.58 in
October 79.7°F 56.7°F 4.30 in 82.1°F 59.0°F 3.94 in
November 68.1°F 46.2°F 2.93 in 71.9°F 49.0°F 2.73 in
December 59.8°F 38.5°F 2.76 in 64.0°F 41.6°F 2.66 in

Cities that consider Waco their climate twin

These US cities have Waco in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Waco 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 →