Strasbourg weather by month & the best time to visit

🇫🇷 France · city break · oceanic / maritime climate

The best time to visit Strasbourg is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with June and July close behind. Strasbourg averages about 1,800 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 56 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

1,800

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

79/100

Rain / year

758 mm

Snow / year

≈40 cm

Midday UV at peak

6 (high)

Population

440k

Elevation

150 m

When is the best time to visit Strasbourg?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Strasbourg is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Strasbourg?

Strasbourg gets a moderate 1,800 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate September (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #49 of 53 destinations in France for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,146 hours. The year's 758 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Karlsruhe Germany · 43 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
• Saarbrücken Germany · 84 km · best in Sep · 1,664 h sun/yr
• Basel France · 105 km · best in Sep · 1,931 h sun/yr
• Stuttgart Germany · 118 km · best in Sep · 1,776 h sun/yr
• Zurich Switzerland · 138 km · best in Sep · 1,912 h sun/yr
• Luxembourg Luxembourg · 159 km · best in Sep · 1,666 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Metz France · 112 km · 1,802 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Mannheim Germany · 122 km · 1,703 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Strasbourg compares month by month: Strasbourg vs Karlsruhe · Strasbourg vs Basel · Strasbourg vs Saarbrücken · Strasbourg vs Luxembourg · all comparisons