Essen weather
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
What is the weather like in Essen? Mostly forecasts Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany from several models and says how far they agree.
Right now
19° Cloudy
- Feels like
- 17°
- Wind
- 11 km/h
- Humidity
- 54%
Forecast from 17/09/2026, 16:02
The outlook
Bring a jacket.
From 22:00 the chance of rain is at least 50 %. The temperature band shows the spread of the ICON ensemble.
Take another look before you head out.
The next hours
| Time | Conditions | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Cloudy | 19° | 6% | 11 km/h |
| 19:00 | Cloudy | 18° | 16% | 10 km/h |
| 20:00 | Cloudy | 18° | 27% | 18 km/h |
| 21:00 | Drizzle | 16° | 44% | 18 km/h |
| 22:00 | Drizzle | 16° | 63% | 12 km/h |
| 23:00 | Drizzle | 16° | 73% | 13 km/h |
| 00:00 | Cloudy | 16° | 68% | 19 km/h |
| 01:00 | Cloudy | 15° | 54% | 17 km/h |
| 02:00 | Cloudy | 15° | 41% | 14 km/h |
| 03:00 | Cloudy | 15° | 31% | 15 km/h |
| 04:00 | Cloudy | 15° | 22% | 12 km/h |
| 05:00 | Cloudy | 15° | 14% | 12 km/h |
The next days
| Day | Conditions | Low / high | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 17/09 | Drizzle | 13° / 19° | 73% | 18 km/h |
| Fri 18/09 | Drizzle | 14° / 19° | 82% | 19 km/h |
| Sat 19/09 | Cloudy | 16° / 21° | 8% | 23 km/h |
| Sun 20/09 | Rain showers | 13° / 20° | 61% | 24 km/h |
| Mon 21/09 | Cloudy | 10° / 18° | 8% | 17 km/h |
| Tue 22/09 | Drizzle | 10° / 15° | 16% | 8 km/h |
| Wed 23/09 | Cloudy | 10° / 18° | 4% | 9 km/h |
| Thu 24/09 | Cloudy | 8° / 19° | 10% | 8 km/h |
| Fri 25/09 | Cloudy | 10° / 21° | 8% | 12 km/h |
| Sat 26/09 | Clear | 13° / 26° | 14% | 13 km/h |
Open Essen in the cockpitThe cockpit carries the band around every hour, the rain radar, and a place you can keep.
Common questions
- How reliable is the forecast for Essen?
- Mostly shows the ensemble band for every hour: the spread of the model runs. A narrow band means a clear situation, a wide one means several outcomes are still open. The further ahead, the wider it almost always gets.
- How often is the weather for Essen updated?
- The weather services run their models several times a day. This page refetches the forecast at least hourly, the cockpit every time it opens.
- Where does the weather data for Essen come from?
- From the national weather services’ models via Open-Meteo. Official warnings for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany come from Deutscher Wetterdienst — in the wording of the source, not in ours.
Sources
- Weather data by Open-Meteo.com · CC BY 4.0
- Official warnings: Deutscher Wetterdienst · GeoNutzV
- Weather news: Deutscher Wetterdienst