Rainfall in Fessenheim-le-Bas trails that of 87% of mainland French towns: 636 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −0.2°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. None of the 79 towns of 2,500+ in Bas-Rhin has milder January nights. Waterproofs come out on about 112 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Strasbourg-Entzheim station, 12 km south-east.
A year in Fessenheim-le-Bas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Strasbourg-Entzheim station.
What a year in Fessenheim-le-Bas feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Strasbourg-Entzheim.
About 636 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 26th wettest of 79 towns of 2,500+ in Bas-Rhin.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Strasbourg-Entzheim
A frosty town: 60 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 60 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Strasbourg-Entzheim: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Strasbourg-Entzheim
Strasbourg-Entzheim is 12 km south-east of Fessenheim-le-Bas. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fessenheim-le-Bas itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Strasbourg-Entzheim (67124001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 150 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 189 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Fessenheim-le-Bas compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Bas-Rhin.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fessenheim-le-Bas | Strasbourg-Entzheim | 26.4°C | −0.2°C | 636 mm |
| Marlenheim 3.6 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Truchtersheim 6.1 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Wasselonne 7 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Achenheim 8.8 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Berstett 9.4 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 9.6 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
Fessenheim-le-Bas weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Strasbourg-Entzheim station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | −0.2°C | 2.5°C | 35 mm | 56 |
| February | 7.3°C | 0.0°C | 3.6°C | 34 mm | 86 |
| March | 12.1°C | 2.6°C | 7.4°C | 39 mm | 146 |
| April | 17.0°C | 5.7°C | 11.3°C | 42 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.9°C | 10.1°C | 15.5°C | 77 mm | 209 |
| June | 24.4°C | 13.4°C | 18.9°C | 69 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.9°C | 20.6°C | 72 mm | 240 |
| August | 26.1°C | 14.5°C | 20.3°C | 61 mm | 224 |
| September | 21.6°C | 10.7°C | 16.1°C | 55 mm | 174 |
| October | 15.8°C | 7.2°C | 11.5°C | 60 mm | 100 |
| November | 9.4°C | 3.3°C | 6.3°C | 48 mm | 55 |
| December | 5.9°C | 0.8°C | 3.3°C | 45 mm | 44 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 6.9°C | 11.4°C | 636 mm | 1,747 |
Where Fessenheim-le-Bas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Strasbourg-Entzheim, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Strasbourg-Entzheim, 12 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Bas-Rhin.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Fessenheim-le-Bas’s climate
How warm does Fessenheim-le-Bas get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fessenheim-le-Bas get in winter?
January nights average −0.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 60 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fessenheim-le-Bas get?
About 636 mm a year, less than 87% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (77 mm) and February the driest (34 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Strasbourg-Entzheim (12 km away), averages 1,747 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fessenheim-le-Bas itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fessenheim-le-Bas, Strasbourg-Entzheim, 12 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station STRASBOURG-ENTZHEIM, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fessenheim-le-Bas →
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