Housseras gets more frosts than 94% of mainland French towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.4°C. By rainfall alone, it ranks wetter than 68% of mainland French towns. Temperatures cover 26°C across the year, low to high. An umbrella earns its place on about 130 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Roville station, 11 km north-west.
A year in Housseras at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Roville station.
What a year in Housseras feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roville.
About 833 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 26th wettest of 30 towns of 2,500+ in Vosges.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Epinal
A frosty town: 79 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 79 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roville: 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 Roville
Roville is 11 km north-west of Housseras. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Housseras itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Roville (88402002) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 351 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Epinal, 22 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 Housseras 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 Vosges.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housseras | Roville | 25.4°C | −0.9°C | 833 mm |
| Rambervillers 6.9 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 833 mm |
| Bruyères 11 km | Epinal | 25.1°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 907 mm |
| Raon-l'Étape 14 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
| Baccarat 16 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 833 mm |
| Moyenmoutier 16 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 17 km | Badonviller | 25.3°C about the same | −1.3°C about the same | 1,066 mm |
Housseras weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Roville station; sunshine at Epinal.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C | −0.9°C | 2.1°C | 66 mm | 63 |
| February | 6.7°C | −0.8°C | 3.0°C | 59 mm | 87 |
| March | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 mm | 143 |
| April | 15.5°C | 3.4°C | 9.5°C | 56 mm | 178 |
| May | 19.4°C | 7.6°C | 13.5°C | 76 mm | 207 |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.0°C | 17.0°C | 74 mm | 225 |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 74 mm | 238 |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.8°C | 68 mm | 221 |
| September | 20.5°C | 9.1°C | 14.8°C | 72 mm | 171 |
| October | 15.4°C | 6.3°C | 10.8°C | 77 mm | 113 |
| November | 9.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.9°C | 74 mm | 64 |
| December | 5.8°C | 0.3°C | 3.0°C | 79 mm | 54 |
| Year | 15.2°C | 5.4°C | 10.3°C | 833 mm | 1,760 |
Where Housseras’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Roville, 11 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, Epinal, 22 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 Vosges.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Housseras’s climate
How warm does Housseras get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Housseras get in winter?
January nights average −0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 79 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Housseras get?
About 833 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (79 mm) and April the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Epinal (22 km away), averages 1,760 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Housseras itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Housseras, Roville, 11 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 ROVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Housseras →
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.