Cologne weather

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Current conditions in Cologne

Estimated current conditions

43°F

Partly cloudy

Feels like 39°F (wind chill)

High 51°F · Low 42°F calc.

Sunrise 7:37 AM Sunset 4:57 PM Daylight 9 h 20 min (calculated)

Weather forecast from MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · Valid 3:00 AM GMT+1 (3 min ago) · Forecast issued Sun, Nov 8, 2:17 AM GMT+1 · Retrieved just now

Forecast area: Model point 50.966, 6.972. Resolution: Global model grid (roughly 10 km outside the Nordic region). Not street-level accuracy.

Today

Next 24 hours

  1. 3 AM 43° — 0.00 in 7 mph SSE Partly cloudy
  2. 4 AM 42° — 0.00 in 7 mph SSE Partly cloudy
  3. 5 AM 42° — 0.00 in 6 mph SE Cloudy
  4. 6 AM 42° — 0.00 in 6 mph SE Cloudy
  5. 7 AM 42° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Partly cloudy
  6. 8 AM 42° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Cloudy
  7. 9 AM 44° — 0.00 in 6 mph SE Partly cloudy
  8. 10 AM 46° — 0.00 in 4 mph SE Partly cloudy
  9. 11 AM 48° — 0.00 in 5 mph SSE Partly cloudy
  10. 12 PM 49° — 0.00 in 5 mph SSE Clear
  11. 1 PM 50° — 0.00 in 5 mph S Partly cloudy
  12. 2 PM 51° — 0.00 in 6 mph SSW Cloudy
  13. 3 PM 51° — 0.00 in 5 mph SSE Partly cloudy
  14. 4 PM 49° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Partly cloudy
  15. 5 PM 47° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Partly cloudy
  16. 6 PM 45° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Partly cloudy
  17. 7 PM 45° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Cloudy
  18. 8 PM 45° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Partly cloudy
  19. 9 PM 45° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Cloudy
  20. 10 PM 44° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Cloudy
  21. 11 PM 43° — 0.00 in 5 mph SSE Cloudy
  22. 12 AM 42° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Cloudy
  23. 1 AM 42° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Clear
  24. 2 AM 41° — 0.00 in 5 mph SE Clear

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Details

Feels like

39°F

NWS wind-chill formula (air ≤ 50°F/10°C, wind ≥ 3 mph/5 km/h)

Precipitation total

0.00 in

Today, remaining hours · Forecast, summed by us · MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Wind

7 mph SSE

Estimated 3:00 AM · MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Humidity

94%

Estimated 3:00 AM · MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

Sea-level pressure

30.23 inHg

Estimated 3:00 AM · MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)

UV index (clear-sky estimate)

0

Assumes no cloud; actual UV may be lower · MET Norway

Sunrise

7:37 AM

Calculated · SunCalc

Sunset

4:57 PM

Calculated · SunCalc

Day length

9 h 20 min

Calculated · sea-level horizon

Not available from this source right now: visibility, air quality (planned).

Tomorrow

Monday, Nov 9: Cloudy

High 48°F · Low 38°F

Weather forecast from MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0

Next 3 Days

Next 3 days
DayConditionsHighLowPrecip. chancePrecip. totalWind
Sun, Nov 8 partial Clear 51°F42°F — 0.00 in 7 mph
Mon, Nov 9 Cloudy 48°F38°F — 0.00 in 8 mph
Tue, Nov 10 Partly cloudy 50°F40°F — 0.01 in 9 mph

High/low are calculated from forecast steps in local time (not provider daily extremes). Daily chance is the highest period chance. “Partial” days are not fully covered by the forecast.

Weather forecast from MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0

Next 7 Days

Next 7 days
DayConditionsHighLowPrecip. chancePrecip. totalWind
Sun, Nov 8 partial Clear 51°F42°F — 0.00 in 7 mph
Mon, Nov 9 Cloudy 48°F38°F — 0.00 in 8 mph
Tue, Nov 10 Partly cloudy 50°F40°F — 0.01 in 9 mph
Wed, Nov 11 Rain 54°F45°F — 0.54 in 11 mph
Thu, Nov 12 Cloudy 52°F43°F — 0.28 in 9 mph
Fri, Nov 13 Clear 47°F35°F — 0.00 in 5 mph
Sat, Nov 14 Partly cloudy 44°F32°F — 0.00 in 4 mph

High/low are calculated from forecast steps in local time (not provider daily extremes). Daily chance is the highest period chance. “Partial” days are not fully covered by the forecast.

Weather forecast from MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0

Full Outlook (10 days)

Full outlook: 10 days available, to Tue, Nov 17
DayConditionsHighLowPrecip. chancePrecip. totalWind
Sun, Nov 8 partial Clear 51°F42°F — 0.00 in 7 mph
Mon, Nov 9 Cloudy 48°F38°F — 0.00 in 8 mph
Tue, Nov 10 Partly cloudy 50°F40°F — 0.01 in 9 mph
Wed, Nov 11 Rain 54°F45°F — 0.54 in 11 mph
Thu, Nov 12 Cloudy 52°F43°F — 0.28 in 9 mph
Fri, Nov 13 Clear 47°F35°F — 0.00 in 5 mph
Sat, Nov 14 Partly cloudy 44°F32°F — 0.00 in 4 mph
Sun, Nov 15 Cloudy 42°F32°F — 0.03 in 8 mph
Mon, Nov 16 Partly cloudy 51°F40°F — 0.07 in 9 mph
Tue, Nov 17 partial Conditions unavailable 58°F46°F — 0.31 in 16 mph

High/low are calculated from forecast steps in local time (not provider daily extremes). Daily chance is the highest period chance. “Partial” days are not fully covered by the forecast. Outlook ends Tue, Nov 17, the last day this provider publishes.

Weather forecast from MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0 · CC BY 4.0

History

Daily history

Yesterday, last week and the same date in each of the past five years will appear here once the daily history archive for million-plus cities is published. The archive is being prepared and checked; until then no historical values are shown, rather than estimates.

Retained window once live: five calendar years ending yesterday (local time).

What to wear

  • Today

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 42°F.
  • Mon, Nov 9

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 38°F.
  • Tue, Nov 10

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 40°F.
  • Wed, Nov 11

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 45°F.
    • Waterproof layer or umbrella Rain is likely: about 13.8 mm of precipitation.
  • Thu, Nov 12

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 43°F.
    • Waterproof layer or umbrella Rain is likely: about 7.2 mm of precipitation.
  • Fri, Nov 13

    • Warm jacket or sweater Cool at around 35°F.
  • Sat, Nov 14

    • Warm coat, hat and gloves Lows near 32°F.
  • Sun, Nov 15

    • Warm coat, hat and gloves Lows near 32°F.

Suggestions are general and rule-based; they are not a safety assessment.

Sunrise, sunset and daylight in Cologne

6 h12 h18 h JFMAMJJASOND
Daylight through 2026. Longest: 16 h 32 min (Thu, Jun 18). Shortest: 7 h 55 min (Sat, Dec 19). Times in Europe/Berlin; astronomical calculation for a sea-level horizon, not a weather forecast.

Sun times calculated with SunCalc (BSD-2-Clause) · BSD-2-Clause, Copyright (c) 2014 Vladimir Agafonkin

About this forecast

Cologne forecasts come from MET Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute). Current conditions are labelled as either a station observation or an estimate from the forecast. Times are shown in Europe/Berlin.

Urban area population: about 1.1 million (UN estimate for 1 July 2025, measuring the whole built-up urban area, which can differ from city-limit figures).

City location: 50.966, 6.972 (population-weighted centre of the urban area). Neighbourhood conditions can differ, especially near water or hills.

City list and populations: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (File 21) · CC BY 3.0 IGO