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Best Time for the Alsace Wine Route
Sweet spot: March, January, February — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
Harvest: presses running, new-wine festivals village after village — the route at its ripest.
Strasbourg and Colmar host France's grandest Christmas markets — magical, mobbed, and cold; book beds early.
| Month | Temp | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.2–13.2°C | 59 mm | 8.6 h | ❄ |
| February | -17.6–17.9°C | 47 mm | 9.9 h | ❄ |
| March | -15.9–21.9°C | 54 mm | 11.6 h | ❄ |
| April | -5.6–27.1°C | 54 mm | 13.4 h | ❄ |
| May | 0.6–31.2°C | 91 mm | 15.0 h | ❄ |
| June | 3.1–35.9°C | 79 mm | 15.8 h | |
| July | 7.3–37.1°C | 81 mm | 15.5 h | |
| August | 6.5–38.4°C | 82 mm | 14.1 h | |
| September | 0.8–32.1°C | 61 mm | 12.3 h | ❄ |
| October | -5.5–27.4°C | 74 mm | 10.5 h | ❄ |
| November | -8.9–21.4°C | 62 mm | 9.0 h | ❄ |
| December | -14.6–15.4°C | 68 mm | 8.2 h | ❄ |