Osthoffen is drier than 87% of mainland French towns: 636 mm of rain a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.4°C. Of the 79 towns of 2,500+ in Bas-Rhin, it has the mildest January nights. Wet weather is most frequent in May and least in February. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 60 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Strasbourg-Entzheim station, 7.4 km south-east.
A year in Osthoffen at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Strasbourg-Entzheim station.
What a year in Osthoffen 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 7.4 km south-east of Osthoffen. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Osthoffen itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Strasbourg-Entzheim (67124001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.4 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 150 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 183 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 Osthoffen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osthoffen | Strasbourg-Entzheim | 26.4°C | −0.2°C | 636 mm |
| Achenheim 5.2 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Marlenheim 6.1 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Duttlenheim 6.6 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Holtzheim 6.8 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Oberschaeffolsheim 6.8 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Molsheim 6.8 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
Osthoffen 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 Osthoffen’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Strasbourg-Entzheim, 7.4 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, 7.4 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 Osthoffen’s climate
How warm does Osthoffen 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 Osthoffen 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 Osthoffen 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 (7.4 km away), averages 1,747 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Osthoffen itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Osthoffen, Strasbourg-Entzheim, 7.4 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 Osthoffen →
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