Annual average climate in Cologne
We offer you the main values of the climatic averages over the whole year in Cologne:
- Minimum annual temperature: 8°C
- Average annual temperature: 12°C
- Maximum annual temperature: 16°C
- Precipitation: 69 mm/month (with 15 rainy days/month)
Monthly climate normals
| Min / Max | Precipitation | |
| January | 1 ° / 6 ° | 68mm / 16 days |
| february | 2 ° / 7 ° | 63mm / 15 days |
| March | 4 ° / 11 ° | 51mm / 14 days |
| April | 7 ° / 17 ° | 49mm / 12 days |
| may | 11 ° / 20 ° | 64mm / 15 days |
| June | 14 ° / 23 ° | 71mm / 13 days |
| July | 16 ° / 25 ° | 87mm / 17 days |
| August | 15 ° / 24 ° | 94mm / 15 days |
| September | 12 ° / 21 ° | 64mm / 13 days |
| October | 9 ° / 16 ° | 64mm / 13 days |
| November | 6 ° / 11 ° | 77mm / 17 days |
| December | 2 ° / 7 ° | 71mm / 18 days |
The weather stats were generated using the values recorded by the KOLN-STAMMHEIM weather station. The latter is located in Germany, 7 km from Cologne and is located at an altitude of 43 meters.
The best time to go (and the one to avoid)
To complete the table above, here is some additional information that should help you decide when is the best time to travel to Cologne, or which periods to ban.
Which are the warmest months in Cologne?
In Cologne, the months of the year with the highest maximum temperatures are:
July (with 25°C), August (with 24°C), June (with 23°C), …
What are the coldest months?
The months of the year with the lowest average temperatures in Cologne are:
January (with 4°C), December (with 5°C), february (with 5°C), …
Which are the driest months in Cologne?
In Cologne, the months of the year with the fewest rainy days are:
April (with 12 rainy days/month), June (with 13 rainy days/month), September (with 13 rainy days/month), …
What are the rainiest months?
The months with the most rainy days in Cologne are:
December (with 18 rainy days/month), November (with 17 rainy days/month), July (with 17 rainy days/month), …
What is the weather around?
Nearby cities with a similar climate
Cities around Cologne can have a more or less similar climate:
Bonn (24 km from Cologne), Solingen (28 km), Leverkusen (11 km), Bergisch Gladbach (14 km), Troisdorf (20 km), Kerpen (19 km), Dormagen (20 km ), Bergheim (22 km away), Langenfeld (19 km away), Hilden (26 km away), …
Around Cologne
You might also be interested in these cities:
Bonn (24 km from Cologne), Düsseldorf (34 km), Wuppertal (38 km), Krefeld (53 km), Duisburg (57 km), Essen (58 km), Aachen ( 63 km away), Bochum (64 km away), Gelsenkirchen (64 km away), Dortmund (74 km away), …
In Germany
Check the weather forecasts for other major cities in Germany:
Berlin (479 km from Cologne), Hamburg (357 km), Munich (456 km), Frankfurt am Main (153 km), Essen (58 km), Dortmund (74 km), Düsseldorf (34 km away), Bremen (270 km away), Hanover (250 km away), Leipzig (381 km away), …
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