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Towns like Rapid City, SD

Rapid City has a humid subtropical, dry winters climate (Köppen Cwa), with Jul highs around 84°F and Jan lows near 16°F, and about 20 inches of rain and snow a year. The landscape: mountains in the distance, dry, golden landscape. A typical home costs about $240k.

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Rapid City's closest doppeltowns in the US

1. Spearfish, SD78% match

   TempsSummer afternoons 3°F hotter, winter nights 2°F milder.

   Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (22 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Rapid City, snowy winters (3 months below freezing).

   ScenerySame dry, golden landscape from above, both have mountains in the distance (both the Black Hills), both well inland.

   Climate 73 · Scenery 86 · Typical home $265k, 10% pricier

2. Payson, UT69% match

   TempsSummer afternoons 5°F hotter, winter nights 3°F milder.

   Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (19 in vs 20 in), spread through the year, unlike Rapid City's summer rains, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).

   ScenerySame dry, golden landscape from above, both have mountains in the distance (the Wasatch Range vs the Black Hills), sits on a high plateau, both well inland.

   Climate 61 · Scenery 79 · Typical home $345k, 44% pricier

3. Eagle, ID67% match

   TempsSummer afternoons 3°F hotter, winter nights 6°F milder.

   Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (19 in vs 20 in), spread through the year, unlike Rapid City's summer rains, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).

   ScenerySame dry, golden landscape from above, both have mountains in the distance (the Rocky Mountains vs the Black Hills), both well inland.

   Climate 57 · Scenery 83 · Typical home $534k, 123% pricier

4. Castle Pines North, CO66% match

   TempsSummer afternoons about the same, winter nights about the same.

   Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (19 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Rapid City, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).

   ScenerySame dry, golden landscape from above, both have mountains in the distance (the Front Range vs the Black Hills), both well inland, 3,100 ft higher.

   Climate 61 · Scenery 75 · Typical home $547k, 128% pricier

5. South Ogden, UT66% match

   TempsSummer afternoons 5°F hotter, winter nights 5°F milder.

   Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (19 in vs 20 in), spread through the year, unlike Rapid City's summer rains, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).

   SceneryMixed greenery where Rapid City is dry, golden landscape, both have mountains in the distance (the Wasatch Range vs the Black Hills), sits on a high plateau, both well inland.

   Climate 61 · Scenery 74 · Typical home $311k, 30% pricier

6. Los Alamos, NM62% match

   TempsSummer afternoons 3°F cooler, winter nights 3°F milder.

   Rain & snowSimilar yearly rain and snow (19 in vs 20 in), falling mostly in summer, like Rapid City, snowy winters (2 months below freezing).

   ScenerySame dry, golden landscape from above, big mountains nearby vs mountains in the distance at home (the Rocky Mountains vs the Black Hills), both well inland, 3,900 ft higher.

   Climate 65 · Scenery 57 · Typical home $311k, 30% pricier

Doppeltowns abroad

• Pyatigorsk, Russia (64% match)
• Almaty, Kazakhstan (63% match)
• Qingyang, People's Republic of China (57% match)

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