Few mainland French towns get less rain than Rumersheim-le-Haut: 595 mm a year
Nights in January average −0.8°C. May is the wettest month, February the driest. Its January nights bite harder than in 93% of mainland French towns. Expect about 71 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Colmar-Meyenheim station, 12 km north-west.
A year in Rumersheim-le-Haut at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Colmar-Meyenheim station.
What a year in Rumersheim-le-Haut feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Colmar-Meyenheim.
About 595 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 16 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 44th wettest of 52 towns of 2,500+ in Haut-Rhin.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Colmar-Meyenheim
A frosty town: 71 frosts and 72 days of 25°C a year
On about 71 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 11 days it stays below freezing all day. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Colmar-Meyenheim: 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 Colmar-Meyenheim
Colmar-Meyenheim is 12 km north-west of Rumersheim-le-Haut. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rumersheim-le-Haut itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Colmar-Meyenheim (68205001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 207 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 214 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 Rumersheim-le-Haut 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumersheim-le-Haut | Colmar-Meyenheim | 26.7°C | −0.8°C | 595 mm |
| Baldersheim 12 km | Mulhouse | 26.4°C about the same | −0.6°C about the same | 748 mm |
| Ensisheim 13 km | same station | 26.7°C about the same | −0.8°C about the same | 595 mm |
| Ruelisheim 13 km | Mulhouse | 26.4°C about the same | −0.6°C about the same | 748 mm |
| Sausheim 13 km | Mulhouse | 26.4°C about the same | −0.6°C about the same | 748 mm |
| Rixheim 14 km | Mulhouse | 26.4°C about the same | −0.6°C about the same | 748 mm |
| Wittenheim 15 km | Mulhouse | 26.4°C about the same | −0.6°C about the same | 748 mm |
Rumersheim-le-Haut weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Colmar-Meyenheim station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −0.8°C | 2.4°C | 33 mm | 71 |
| February | 7.6°C | −0.7°C | 3.5°C | 31 mm | 99 |
| March | 12.6°C | 1.9°C | 7.2°C | 34 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.1°C | 5.1°C | 11.1°C | 43 mm | 189 |
| May | 21.0°C | 9.4°C | 15.2°C | 70 mm | 210 |
| June | 24.7°C | 12.9°C | 18.8°C | 66 mm | 234 |
| July | 26.7°C | 14.4°C | 20.6°C | 63 mm | 251 |
| August | 26.5°C | 14.0°C | 20.3°C | 61 mm | 233 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.2°C | 16.1°C | 51 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.3°C | 6.7°C | 11.5°C | 57 mm | 122 |
| November | 9.8°C | 2.7°C | 6.2°C | 44 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.3°C | 0.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 mm | 63 |
| Year | 16.4°C | 6.3°C | 11.3°C | 595 mm | 1,882 |
Where Rumersheim-le-Haut’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Colmar-Meyenheim, 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, Colmar-Meyenheim, 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 Haut-Rhin.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Rumersheim-le-Haut’s climate
How warm does Rumersheim-le-Haut get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C. About 72 days a year reach 25°C, more than 66% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rumersheim-le-Haut get in winter?
January nights average −0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 71 nights a year, and about 11 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rumersheim-le-Haut get?
About 595 mm a year, less than 96% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (70 mm) and February the driest (31 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Colmar-Meyenheim (12 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rumersheim-le-Haut itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rumersheim-le-Haut, Colmar-Meyenheim, 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 COLMAR-MEYENHEIM, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rumersheim-le-Haut →
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