Less rain falls on Saint-Pierre than on 92% of mainland French towns: 621 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.2°C. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 88% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Sélestat Sa station, 12 km south.
A year in Saint-Pierre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Sélestat Sa station.
What a year in Saint-Pierre feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sélestat Sa.
About 621 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 72nd 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: 63 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 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 Sélestat Sa: 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 Sélestat Sa
Sélestat Sa is 12 km south of Saint-Pierre. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Pierre itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Sélestat Sa (67462004) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 173 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 180 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 11 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Strasbourg-Entzheim, 22 km away |
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 Saint-Pierre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre | Sélestat Sa | 26.2°C | −0.3°C | 621 mm |
| Barr 2.9 km | Villé | 26.7°C 0.5°C warmer | −0.4°C about the same | 958 mm |
| Huttenheim 8.4 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 621 mm |
| Obernai 8.7 km | Strasbourg-Entzheim | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Benfeld 9.1 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 621 mm |
| Scherwiller 11 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | −0.3°C about the same | 621 mm |
| Bischoffsheim 11 km | Strasbourg-Entzheim | 26.4°C about the same | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
Saint-Pierre weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Sélestat Sa station; sunshine at Strasbourg-Entzheim.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C | −0.3°C | 2.6°C | 36 mm | 56 |
| February | 7.5°C | 0.2°C | 3.8°C | 34 mm | 86 |
| March | 12.1°C | 2.5°C | 7.3°C | 36 mm | 146 |
| April | 16.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.3°C | 43 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.8°C | 10.0°C | 15.4°C | 78 mm | 209 |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.2°C | 18.9°C | 67 mm | 226 |
| July | 26.2°C | 14.5°C | 20.3°C | 70 mm | 240 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.0°C | 20.0°C | 64 mm | 224 |
| September | 21.5°C | 10.3°C | 15.9°C | 51 mm | 174 |
| October | 16.1°C | 6.8°C | 11.4°C | 58 mm | 100 |
| November | 9.4°C | 2.9°C | 6.2°C | 44 mm | 55 |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.7°C | 3.4°C | 42 mm | 44 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.7°C | 11.4°C | 621 mm | 1,747 |
Where Saint-Pierre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Sélestat Sa, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, 22 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 Saint-Pierre’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pierre get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Pierre get in winter?
January nights average −0.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Pierre get?
About 621 mm a year, less than 92% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (78 mm) and February the driest (34 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Strasbourg-Entzheim (22 km away), averages 1,747 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Pierre itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Pierre, Sélestat Sa, 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 SELESTAT SA, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Pierre →
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