Strasbourg weather

The best months to visit Strasbourg are May, June, July, August. Late November through December 24 the Christkindelsmarik around Place Kleber and Place Broglie is the oldest in France (since 1570) and mulled wine warms the Petite France canals.

July runs the highest averages in Strasbourg, with typical daytime highs of 26°C (79°F). July hits 32C in the Ill River bowl; locals rent bikes to the Rhine ferries at Kehl or picnic at the Parc de l'Orangerie where Alsatian storks nest.

January brings the lowest averages, with daytime highs near 6°C (42°F). January averages 1C and freezing fog blankets the cathedral spire; locals move indoors to winstubs like Chez Yvonne for baeckeoffe stew and Gewurztraminer.

January typically records the highest monthly rainfall — around 86mm on average. May-June thunderstorms flood the pedestrian bridges over the Ill; the Grande Ile's cobbles get slick and the tram Line B slows.

Strasbourg, France has warm summers, cold winters. Strasbourg is French but the food is German and the language flips between them — Alsatian is a Germanic dialect and elderly locals still speak it at the Marche de Noel. Order tarte flambee (flammekueche) at Chez Yvonne, not pizza, and drink Kronenbourg's actual home brew at the source. The European Parliament complex on the north side sits empty three weeks a month — MEPs commute from Brussels only for plenary sessions. Never call the region 'Alsace-Lorraine' — Lorraine is a separate place and locals bristle. You can read the detailed month-by-month breakdown on this page.