Winter nights in Rustroff are colder than in 89% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 24.3°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 25°C across the year, low to high. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Malancourt station, 34 km south-west; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Rustroff at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Malancourt station.
What a year in Rustroff feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Malancourt.
About 884 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 17th wettest of 80 towns of 2,500+ in Moselle.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine
A frosty town: 63 frosts and 42 days of 25°C a year
On about 63 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 14 days it stays below freezing all day. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Malancourt: 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 Malancourt
Malancourt is 34 km south-west of Rustroff. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rustroff itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Malancourt (57019001) |
| Distance from the town | 34 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 346 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 218 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, 52 km away |
Rustroff sits 128 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Rustroff to run about 0.8°C warmer than these figures.
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 Rustroff 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 Moselle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustroff | Malancourt | 24.3°C | −0.4°C | 884 mm |
| Cattenom 10 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Manom 16 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Yutz 16 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Hettange-Grande 16 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 884 mm |
| Thionville 18 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
| Bertrange 19 km | Metz-Frescaty | 25.8°C 1.5°C warmer | 0.0°C about the same | 714 mm |
Rustroff weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Malancourt station; sunshine at Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C | −0.4°C | 1.8°C | 86 mm | 51 |
| February | 5.8°C | −0.3°C | 2.7°C | 70 mm | 84 |
| March | 10.4°C | 2.2°C | 6.3°C | 68 mm | 164 |
| April | 15.0°C | 4.9°C | 10.0°C | 53 mm | 202 |
| May | 18.8°C | 8.5°C | 13.7°C | 68 mm | 222 |
| June | 22.2°C | 11.5°C | 16.9°C | 68 mm | 234 |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.6°C | 18.9°C | 71 mm | 258 |
| August | 24.0°C | 13.4°C | 18.7°C | 70 mm | 221 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.2°C | 14.8°C | 70 mm | 189 |
| October | 13.8°C | 7.1°C | 10.4°C | 80 mm | 107 |
| November | 8.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.7°C | 82 mm | 56 |
| December | 4.6°C | 0.6°C | 2.6°C | 100 mm | 46 |
| Year | 14.2°C | 6.2°C | 10.2°C | 884 mm | 1,833 |
Where Rustroff’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Malancourt, 34 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, Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, 52 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 Moselle.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Rustroff’s climate
How warm does Rustroff get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.3°C. About 42 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rustroff get in winter?
January nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 63 nights a year, and about 14 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rustroff get?
About 884 mm a year, more than 75% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (100 mm) and April the driest (53 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Aéroport Metz-Nancy-Lorraine (52 km away), averages 1,833 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rustroff itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rustroff, Malancourt, 34 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 MALANCOURT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rustroff →
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