Cologne weather

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

What is the weather like in Cologne? Mostly forecasts Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany from several models and says how far they agree.

Right now

19° Cloudy

Feels like
18°
Wind
10 km/h
Humidity
53%

Forecast from 17/09/2026, 15:00

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

TimeConditionsTemperatureRainWind
17:00Cloudy19°0%10 km/h
18:00Cloudy19°1%13 km/h
19:00Cloudy19°3%11 km/h
20:00Cloudy19°10%10 km/h
21:00Cloudy19°28%10 km/h
22:00Cloudy18°52%9 km/h
23:00Drizzle16°67%9 km/h
00:00Drizzle16°67%12 km/h
01:00Drizzle15°60%10 km/h
02:00Cloudy16°49%9 km/h
03:00Cloudy16°35%10 km/h
04:00Cloudy16°19%11 km/h

The next days

DayConditionsLow / highRainWind
Thu 17/09Drizzle13° / 19°67%16 km/h
Fri 18/09Drizzle15° / 20°67%14 km/h
Sat 19/09Cloudy16° / 23°2%16 km/h
Sun 20/09Rain showers14° / 21°46%23 km/h
Mon 21/09Cloudy11° / 18°14%15 km/h
Tue 22/09Drizzle10° / 16°2%7 km/h
Wed 23/09Cloudy / 18°4%9 km/h
Thu 24/09Cloudy / 19°6%8 km/h
Fri 25/09Cloudy / 23°8%9 km/h
Sat 26/09Clear11° / 27°10%9 km/h

Open Cologne 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 Köln?
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 Köln 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 Köln 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