Best time to visit Colmar

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All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Colmar

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Go in May or Jun — 25C max, 8 rainy days. Jul is the next best.

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Things to do in Colmar

Unterlinden Museum The museum exhibits objects of very different types e.g. furniture, armour, paintings…
St Martin's Church, Colmar Collegiate church located in Haut-Rhin, in France
Bartholdi Museum Dedicated to the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, who was native to Colmar.
Église Sainte-Croix, Kaysersberg Church located in Haut-Rhin, in France
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rouffach Church located in Haut-Rhin, in France
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Church located in Bergheim, Haut-Rhin, France

Tours and tickets in Colmar

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Colmar), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	6°	10d	81%	4.6h	avoid	bitter cold: 6C daily max
Feb	9°	8d	76%	6.2h	ok	9C max, 8 rainy days
Mar	12°	9d	71%	8.2h	ok	12C max, 9 rainy days
Apr	16°	8d	66%	10.1h	good	16C max, 8 rainy days
May	20°	10d	67%	11.2h	sweet spot	20C max, 10 rainy days
Jun	25°	8d	65%	12.4h	sweet spot	25C max, 8 rainy days
Jul	26°	7d	62%	12.8h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Aug	26°	7d	67%	11.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Sep	22°	7d	70%	9.7h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Oct	17°	9d	78%	7.1h	good	17C max, 9 rainy days
Nov	10°	10d	83%	5.1h	avoid	10C max, 10 rainy days
Dec	7°	11d	84%	4.0h	avoid busy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the old town: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in July, August, September and December; quietest from January to April.

Then and now

Colmar's June days now average 25.0°C, 4.2°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	4.0°	5.5°	10.0°	13.7°	18.1°	20.9°	23.9°	23.5°	20.0°	15.4°	8.7°	5.6°
2017–26	5.7°	9.1°	12.2°	15.9°	19.5°	25.0°	26.1°	26.0°	21.6°	16.7°	9.7°	6.8°
Change	+1.6°	+3.6°	+2.2°	+2.2°	+1.4°	+4.2°	+2.1°	+2.5°	+1.6°	+1.3°	+1.0°	+1.3°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

Fly into Bâle / Mulhouse (BSL), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Bâle / Mulhouse.

Bâle / Mulhouse (BSL)	the drive is not measured yet
Strasbourg (SXB)	the drive is not measured yet

The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.

How far Colmar is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C and E plugs at 230 / 400 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for France: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Visa, Mastercard and French CB cards work in almost all shops, restaurants and hotels, and contactless is widespread. Some places post a minimum spend for cards.
UPI, for visitors from India — Only at a few places, through Lyra: Eiffel Tower tickets bought online and the Galeries Lafayette store on boulevard Haussmann in Paris. Bring a card for everything else.
Tipping — Not expected, as service is included by law; locals leave small change or a few euros for good service. Taxi tips are optional.

Getting around Colmar

Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, G7, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

All of Colmar's attractions are concentrated in its old town. For a medieval city, it is surprisingly big, but you can nonetheless get around on foot with no difficulty. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Colmar, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 17 · ambulance 15 · fire 18.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Colmar in pictures

Collégiale Saint Martin cadran solaire (Colmar) — i

Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fox playground, Champ de Mars, Colmar, 2026 — i

DimiTalen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colorful façades, Rue de la Poissonnerie, Colmar, 2026 — i

DimiTalen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colmar Koifhus (7) — i

Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Patinoire (Colmar) — i

Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Colmar is like

Colmar is a city in Alsace, France. Colmar's old town is the main attraction if you come to Colmar. It is stunningly beautiful and well preserved. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: You should allow yourself a day to stroll along Colmar's old streets and many many shops. Make sure to keep an eye out for dates painted onto the side of buildings. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Wandering about Colmar's old streets is the best way to explore it. There is a variety of shops of different sorts. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: If you arrive by plane you will probably use one of the closest airports: Euroairport at Basel (BSL IATA) (with a variety of low cost flights) or Strasbourg (SXB IATA). More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Colmar, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Colmar

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Colmar is in France, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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