January in Zilling bites harder than in 92% of mainland French towns
July afternoons average 24.3°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 25°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% 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 Phalsbourg station, 7.1 km east.
A year in Zilling at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Phalsbourg station.
What a year in Zilling feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Phalsbourg.
About 865 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 26 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 36th wettest of 80 towns of 2,500+ in Moselle.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Volmunster
A frosty town: 65 frosts and 44 days of 25°C a year
On about 65 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 19 days it stays below freezing all day. About 44 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Phalsbourg: 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 Phalsbourg
Phalsbourg is 7.1 km east of Zilling. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Zilling itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Phalsbourg (57168001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.1 km east |
| Station altitude | 377 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 275 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Volmunster, 40 km away |
Zilling sits 102 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Zilling to run about 0.7°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 Zilling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zilling | Phalsbourg | 24.3°C | −0.7°C | 865 mm |
| Phalsbourg 4.3 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 865 mm |
| Saverne 12 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 865 mm |
| Sarrebourg 13 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 865 mm |
| Marmoutier 16 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | −0.7°C about the same | 865 mm |
| Dettwiller 19 km | Strasbourg-Entzheim | 26.4°C 2.1°C warmer | −0.2°C about the same | 636 mm |
| Sarre-Union 19 km | Mouterhouse | 26.4°C 2.1°C warmer | −1.5°C 0.8°C colder | 954 mm |
Zilling weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Phalsbourg station; sunshine at Volmunster.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C | −0.7°C | 1.6°C | 68 mm | 50 |
| February | 5.5°C | −0.3°C | 2.6°C | 64 mm | 77 |
| March | 10.0°C | 2.5°C | 6.2°C | 67 mm | 160 |
| April | 14.8°C | 5.5°C | 10.2°C | 54 mm | 205 |
| May | 18.7°C | 9.2°C | 14.0°C | 81 mm | 218 |
| June | 22.4°C | 12.5°C | 17.4°C | 69 mm | 241 |
| July | 24.3°C | 14.5°C | 19.4°C | 72 mm | 246 |
| August | 24.1°C | 14.4°C | 19.3°C | 73 mm | 212 |
| September | 19.6°C | 10.8°C | 15.2°C | 72 mm | 173 |
| October | 13.9°C | 7.2°C | 10.6°C | 83 mm | 105 |
| November | 7.9°C | 3.1°C | 5.5°C | 75 mm | 52 |
| December | 4.7°C | 0.2°C | 2.5°C | 87 mm | 40 |
| Year | 14.2°C | 6.6°C | 10.4°C | 865 mm | 1,778 |
Where Zilling’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Phalsbourg, 7.1 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, Volmunster, 40 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 Zilling’s climate
How warm does Zilling get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.3°C. About 44 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 77% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Zilling get in winter?
January nights average −0.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 65 nights a year, and about 19 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Zilling get?
About 865 mm a year, more than 73% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (87 mm) and April the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Volmunster (40 km away), averages 1,778 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Zilling itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Zilling, Phalsbourg, 7.1 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 PHALSBOURG_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Zilling →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.