Ranspach-le-Bas has colder winter nights than 93% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.4°C. Only 27°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bale-Mulhouse station, 5.5 km north-east.
A year in Ranspach-le-Bas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bale-Mulhouse station.
What a year in Ranspach-le-Bas feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bale-Mulhouse.
About 764 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 22 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 11th wettest of 52 towns of 2,500+ in Haut-Rhin.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bale-Mulhouse
A frosty town: 70 frosts and 66 days of 25°C a year
On about 70 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 10 days it stays below freezing all day. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, and 19 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bale-Mulhouse: 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 Bale-Mulhouse
Bale-Mulhouse is 5.5 km north-east of Ranspach-le-Bas. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ranspach-le-Bas itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bale-Mulhouse (68297001) |
| Distance from the town | 5.5 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 263 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 324 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 Ranspach-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 Haut-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranspach-le-Bas | Bale-Mulhouse | 26.4°C | −0.8°C | 764 mm |
| Blotzheim 4.2 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 764 mm |
| Hésingue 5.6 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 764 mm |
| Bartenheim 6.1 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 764 mm |
| Hégenheim 6.5 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 764 mm |
| Sierentz 7.3 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 764 mm |
| Saint-Louis 8 km | same station | 26.4°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 764 mm |
Ranspach-le-Bas weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bale-Mulhouse station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C | −0.8°C | 2.3°C | 46 mm | 68 |
| February | 7.4°C | −0.6°C | 3.4°C | 44 mm | 91 |
| March | 12.1°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 47 mm | 146 |
| April | 16.5°C | 4.9°C | 10.7°C | 58 mm | 181 |
| May | 20.4°C | 9.3°C | 14.8°C | 87 mm | 202 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.7°C | 18.5°C | 75 mm | 228 |
| July | 26.4°C | 14.2°C | 20.3°C | 72 mm | 248 |
| August | 26.1°C | 14.0°C | 20.0°C | 80 mm | 234 |
| September | 21.4°C | 10.2°C | 15.8°C | 64 mm | 168 |
| October | 16.0°C | 6.9°C | 11.4°C | 69 mm | 121 |
| November | 9.7°C | 2.8°C | 6.2°C | 61 mm | 70 |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 63 mm | 62 |
| Year | 16.0°C | 6.3°C | 11.1°C | 764 mm | 1,819 |
Where Ranspach-le-Bas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bale-Mulhouse, 5.5 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, Bale-Mulhouse, 5.5 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 Haut-Rhin.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ranspach-le-Bas’s climate
How warm does Ranspach-le-Bas get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.4°C. About 66 days a year reach 25°C, more than 56% of mainland French towns, and about 19 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ranspach-le-Bas get in winter?
January nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 70 nights a year, and about 10 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ranspach-le-Bas get?
About 764 mm a year, more than 53% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (87 mm) and February the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bale-Mulhouse (5.5 km away), averages 1,819 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ranspach-le-Bas itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ranspach-le-Bas, Bale-Mulhouse, 5.5 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 BALE-MULHOUSE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ranspach-le-Bas →
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