Saint-Hippolyte has colder winter nights than 92% of mainland French towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.8°C. Wet weather is most frequent in May and least in March. Rain is light here, less than falls on 67% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 63 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Ribeau. - Acaci station, 5.3 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Hippolyte at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Ribeau. - Acaci station.
What a year in Saint-Hippolyte feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ribeau. - Acaci.
About 699 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and March the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 40th 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: 63 frosts and 73 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 73 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ribeau. - Acaci: 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 Ribeau. - Acaci
Ribeau. - Acaci is 5.3 km south-west of Saint-Hippolyte. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Hippolyte itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Ribeau. - Acaci (68269005) |
| Distance from the town | 5.3 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 220 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 231 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Colmar-Meyenheim, 34 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-Hippolyte 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | Ribeau. - Acaci | 26.8°C | −0.7°C | 699 mm |
| Châtenois 5.2 km | Sélestat Sa | 26.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −0.3°C about the same | 621 mm |
| Ribeauvillé 5.5 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 699 mm |
| Sélestat 6.8 km | Sélestat Sa | 26.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −0.3°C about the same | 621 mm |
| Scherwiller 7.5 km | Sélestat Sa | 26.2°C 0.6°C cooler | −0.3°C about the same | 621 mm |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble 13 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 699 mm |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 14 km | Bergheim-Inrae | 25.4°C 1.4°C cooler | −0.3°C about the same | 664 mm |
Saint-Hippolyte weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Ribeau. - Acaci station; sunshine at Colmar-Meyenheim.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | −0.7°C | 2.3°C | 54 mm | 71 |
| February | 7.8°C | 0.1°C | 3.9°C | 48 mm | 99 |
| March | 12.2°C | 2.7°C | 7.4°C | 44 mm | 156 |
| April | 17.2°C | 6.3°C | 11.7°C | 47 mm | 189 |
| May | 21.3°C | 10.3°C | 15.8°C | 72 mm | 210 |
| June | 25.1°C | 13.8°C | 19.5°C | 70 mm | 234 |
| July | 26.8°C | 15.2°C | 21.0°C | 71 mm | 251 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.7°C | 20.4°C | 69 mm | 233 |
| September | 21.8°C | 10.9°C | 16.4°C | 48 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.4°C | 12.0°C | 63 mm | 122 |
| November | 9.5°C | 3.0°C | 6.2°C | 55 mm | 72 |
| December | 5.8°C | 0.1°C | 2.9°C | 57 mm | 63 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 7.0°C | 11.6°C | 699 mm | 1,882 |
Where Saint-Hippolyte’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Ribeau. - Acaci, 5.3 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, Colmar-Meyenheim, 34 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 Saint-Hippolyte’s climate
How warm does Saint-Hippolyte get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 73 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Hippolyte get in winter?
January nights average −0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Hippolyte get?
About 699 mm a year, less than 67% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (72 mm) and March the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Colmar-Meyenheim (34 km away), averages 1,882 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Hippolyte itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Hippolyte, Ribeau. - Acaci, 5.3 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 RIBEAU. - ACACI, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Hippolyte →
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