Köln (Cologne) weather by month & the best time to visit
🇩🇪 Germany · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Köln (Cologne) is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 77/100), with June and July close behind. Köln (Cologne) averages about 1,545 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 57 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,545
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 77/100
- Rain / year
- 791 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈32 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 1.7M
- Elevation
- 75 m
When is the best time to visit Köln (Cologne)?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Köln (Cologne) is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 74 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Köln (Cologne)?
Köln (Cologne) isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,545 hours of sunshine a year. 77 Sunshine Score points separate September (77) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #29 of 37 destinations in Germany for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,563 hours. The year's 791 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -1° / 30°F | 74 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -1° / 30°F | 62 mm | 1 |
| March | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 59 mm | 2 |
| April | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 44 mm | 3 |
| May | 69 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 64 mm | 4 |
| June | 75 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 68 mm | 5 |
| July | 74 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 75 mm | 5 |
| August | 73 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 79 mm | 4 |
| September | 77 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 57 mm | 3 |
| October | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 2 |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 71 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 77 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Düsseldorf Germany · 54 km · best in Sep · 1,578 h sun/yr
- Dortmund Germany · 80 km · best in Jun · 1,579 h sun/yr
- Weeze Germany · 107 km · best in Sep · 1,580 h sun/yr
- Paderborn Germany · 132 km · best in Jun · 1,463 h sun/yr
- Frankfurt am Main Germany · 137 km · best in Sep · 1,516 h sun/yr
- Eindhoven Netherlands · 139 km · best in Sep · 1,665 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Maastricht Netherlands · 96 km · 1,609 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Liège Belgium · 122 km · 1,608 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Köln (Cologne) compares month by month: Köln (Cologne) vs Frankfurt am Main · Köln (Cologne) vs Düsseldorf · Köln (Cologne) vs Dortmund · Köln (Cologne) vs Luxembourg · all comparisons
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