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Cologne weather in detail: temperature, wind, humidity, clouds and pressure, plus air quality, pollen and comparisons of available forecast models.
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At a glance
Temperature, wind & pressure
What you feel outside: temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity and air pressure.
Temperature & precipitation
10.0 °C
Now · 00:00
- Temperature
- 10.0 °C today 7.0–14.0 °C ↗ 10.9 °C in 24 h
- Feels like
- 7.2 °C today 3.9–10.7 °C
- Precipitation
- 0.0 mm today 0.0–0.9 mm
- Rain probability
- 0 % today 0–49 %
Today
- Maximum today
- 14.0 °C
- Minimum today
- 7.0 °C
- Precipitation today
- 3.5 mm
- Probability today
- 49 %
Wind
11 km/h
Now · 00:00
Higher up
- Wind 80 m
- 20 km/h today 20–28 km/h
- Wind 120 m
- 21 km/h today 21–30 km/h
- Wind 180 m
- 27 km/h today 27–34 km/h
Today
- Maximum today
- 18 km/h
- Maximum gusts today
- 36 km/h
Humidity & dew point
73 %
Now · 00:00
- Relative humidity
- 73 % today 59–90 % ↗ 87 % in 24 h
- Dew point
- 5.4 °C today 3.4–9.0 °C ↗ 8.8 °C in 24 h
- Wet-bulb temperature
- 7.2 °C today 4.9–9.5 °C
- Vapour pressure deficit
- 0.33 kPa today 0.13–0.66 kPa
Air pressure
1022.6 hPa
Clouds, sun & radiation
How much sun gets through: cloud layers, visibility, UV and solar radiation.
Clouds
100 %
Now · 00:00
- Total cloud cover
- 100 % today 0–100 % → 100 % in 24 h
- Low clouds
- 0 % today 0–100 %
- Mid-level clouds
- 0 % today 0–100 %
- High clouds
- 100 % today 0–100 %
Visibility
50.0 km
Now · 00:00
- Visibility
- 50.0 km today 8.7–50.0 km ↘ 9.5 km in 24 h
Sun & UV
6.2 h
Now · 00:00
- UV index now
- 0.0 today 0.0–2.4
Today
- Sunshine today
- 6.2 h
- Daylight
- 10.4 h
- UV index maximum
- 2.4
- Clear-sky UV index
- 2.9
- Sunrise
- 08:03
- Sunset
- 18:29
- Daylight
- 10 h 26 min
- Moon
- First quarter · 63 %
Radiation
0 W/m²
Now · 00:00
- Shortwave
- 0 W/m² today 0–439 W/m²
- Direct
- 0 W/m² today 0–298 W/m²
- Diffuse
- 0 W/m² today 0–159 W/m²
- DNI
- 0 W/m² today 0–641 W/m²
- GTI
- 0 W/m² today 0–439 W/m²
- Extraterrestrial
- 0 W/m² today 0–657 W/m²
Today
- Daily sum
- 6.9 MJ/m²
Air quality & pollen
What you breathe: the air quality index, the individual pollutants and the pollen count.
Air quality
29 · Fair
Indices
- European AQI
- 29
- US AQI
- 59
Pollutants
EU AQI per pollutant
- EU AQI PM2.5
- 29
- EU AQI PM10
- 15
- EU AQI NO₂
- 23
- EU AQI O₃
- 14
- EU AQI SO₂
- 2
Pollen
none today
Now · 00:00
- Alder
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Birch
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Grass
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Mugwort
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
- Ragweed
- 0.0 grains/m³ · low
DWD pollen forecast
Issued: Oct 19, 11:00 · Rhein.-Westfäl. Tiefland
Today
- Hazel none
- Alder none
- Ash none
- Birch none
- Grass none
- Rye none
- Mugwort none
- Ragweed none
Tomorrow
- Hazel none
- Alder none
- Ash none
- Birch none
- Grass none
- Rye none
- Mugwort none
- Ragweed none
Thunderstorms, snow & upper air
For weather watchers: thunderstorm energy, snow and freezing level, the mixed layer near the ground and the air aloft.
Thunderstorms
0 J/kg
Now · 00:00
- CAPE
- 0 J/kg today 0–10 J/kg → 0 J/kg in 24 h
- CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Lightning potential
- 0 J/kg
Snow & freezing level
0.0 cm
Now · 00:00
- Snowfall
- 0.0 cm
- Snow depth
- 0 cm
- Freezing level
- 3530 m today 2830–3530 m ↘ 2880 m in 24 h
- Snowfall level
- 2180 m
Today
- Snow today
- 0.0 cm
Boundary layer & water vapour
440 m
Now · 00:00
- Boundary layer height
- 440 m today 270–720 m ↘ 210 m in 24 h
- Total column water vapour
- 18.1 kg/m² today 11.6–29.7 kg/m²
Upper air
7.8 °C
Pressure levels now
| Level | Temperature | Humidity | Cloud | Wind | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 hPa | 8.3 °C | 75 % | 0 % | 22 km/h E | 187 m |
| 925 hPa | 8.1 °C | 73 % | 0 % | 33 km/h SE | 829 m |
| 850 hPa | 7.8 °C | 50 % | 0 % | 26 km/h E | 1528 m |
| 700 hPa | 2.1 °C | 39 % | 0 % | 11 km/h N | 3115 m |
| 500 hPa | -13.5 °C | 39 % | 0 % | 19 km/h N | 5751 m |
| 300 hPa | -42.5 °C | 50 % | 0 % | 44 km/h NW | 9427 m |
Soil & evaporation
For garden and field: soil temperature, soil moisture and how much water evaporates.
Soil
11.0 °C
Soil temperature
- Temperature 0 cm
- 11.0 °C today 8.2–19.5 °C
- Temperature 6 cm
- 10.3 °C today 7.4–12.9 °C
- Temperature 18 cm
- 12.6 °C today 10.8–12.6 °C
- Temperature 54 cm
- 13.9 °C today 13.7–13.9 °C
Soil moisture
- Moisture 0–1 cm
- 0.287 m³/m³ today 0.274–0.287 m³/m³
- Moisture 1–3 cm
- 0.287 m³/m³ today 0.274–0.287 m³/m³
- Moisture 3–9 cm
- 0.287 m³/m³ today 0.274–0.287 m³/m³
- Moisture 9–27 cm
- 0.297 m³/m³ today 0.294–0.297 m³/m³
- Moisture 27–81 cm
- 0.192 m³/m³ today 0.192–0.193 m³/m³
Evaporation
0.03 mm
Now · 00:00
- ET₀ (FAO)
- 0.03 mm today 0.01–0.22 mm
- Evapotranspiration
- 0.02 mm today 0.01–0.11 mm
Today
- ET₀ today
- 1.4 mm
Forecast check
How reliable is the forecast? The weather models side by side, and what the nearest station actually measures.
Model comparison
Models agree
How reliable is the forecast?
The weather models largely agree up to Sunday. From Monday they diverge: highs between 10° and 16°.
- Tue, Oct 20: Models agree, 12–14° 5 of 9 models with rain
- Wed, Oct 21: Minor differences, 13–16° 8 of 8 models with rain
- Thu, Oct 22: Models agree, 11–13° 5 of 8 models with rain
- Fri, Oct 23: Minor differences, 12–15° 8 of 8 models with rain
- Sat, Oct 24: Minor differences, 10–14° 5 of 6 models with rain
- Sun, Oct 25: Minor differences, 12–15° 5 of 6 models with rain
- Mon, Oct 26: Models disagree, 10–16° 2 of 5 models with rain
Today: 5 of 9 models expect rain.
Range of the daily highs across 9 weather models.
| Day | DWD ICON-D2 | DWD ICON-EU | DWD ICON | ECMWF | NOAA GFS | Canada GEM | Météo-France | UK Met Office | Japan JMA | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14° 6° 1 mm | 13° 5° 1.1 mm | 13° 5° 0.3 mm | 14° 6° 0.5 mm | 14° 6° 1.7 mm | 14° 6° 1.1 mm | 14° 7° 0 mm | 13° 8° 2.8 mm | 12° 7° 0.8 mm | Models agree Range 1.5 °C | |
| – – – | 14° 9° 3.7 mm | 14° 10° 3 mm | 15° 11° 4.8 mm | 15° 9° 6.2 mm | 13° 8° 5.2 mm | 15° 9° 8.52 mm | 16° 11° 3.9 mm | 15° 10° 7.1 mm | Minor differences Range 2.6 °C | |
| – – – | 12° 7° 2.6 mm | 12° 6° 2.8 mm | 13° 6° 0.6 mm | 13° 9° 0.7 mm | 11° 7° 4.2 mm | 11° 7° 0.4 mm | 13° 9° 1.8 mm | 13° 9° 1.4 mm | Models agree Range 2.0 °C | |
| – – – | 15° 10° 4.5 mm | 15° 10° 4.4 mm | 15° 9° 7.3 mm | 14° 8° 2.2 mm | 12° 8° 5.8 mm | 12° 9° 5.2 mm | 14° 10° 4.8 mm | 14° 9° 7.1 mm | Minor differences Range 3.2 °C | |
| – – – | – – – | 14° 9° 4.6 mm | 12° 8° 9.9 mm | 12° 9° 0.1 mm | 10° 6° 3.1 mm | – – – | 10° 7° 8.4 mm | 11° 9° 5.8 mm | Minor differences Range 4.0 °C | |
| – – – | – – – | 15° 8° 13 mm | 13° 6° 12.7 mm | 12° 9° 22.2 mm | 13° 6° 0.8 mm | – – – | 13° 8° 1.2 mm | 14° 9° 14.6 mm | Minor differences Range 2.9 °C | |
| – – – | – – – | 14° 7° 0.4 mm | 11° 6° 0.6 mm | 10° 9° 1.5 mm | 16° 12° 4 mm | – – – | – – – | 13° 9° 0.3 mm | Models disagree Range 5.4 °C |
Next 24 hours per model
| Model | 01:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | 22:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DWD ICON-D2 | 9° | 8° | 6° | 7° | 12° | 13° | 12° · 0.3 mm | 11° · 0.1 mm |
| DWD ICON-EU | 8° | 7° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 11° · 0.1 mm | 11° · 0.1 mm |
| DWD ICON | 8° | 6° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 11° · 0.1 mm | 11° |
| ECMWF | 8° | 7° | 6° | 8° | 12° | 13° | 12° · 0.1 mm | 11° · 0.1 mm |
| NOAA GFS | 9° | 8° | 7° | 8° | 13° | 11° · 0.3 mm | 10° | 10° |
| Canada GEM | 8° | 7° | 6° | 8° | 12° | 13° · 0.1 mm | 11° · 0.3 mm | 11° |
| Météo-France | 9° | 8° | 7° | 8° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 12° |
| UK Met Office | 10° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 13° | 13° | 10° · 1.0 mm | 11° · 0.1 mm |
| Japan JMA | 9° | 8° | 7° | 8° | 12° | 12° · 0.1 mm | 11° · 0.1 mm | 10° · 0.2 mm |
Observation (DWD station)
8.4 °C
- Temperature
- 8.4 °C
- Dew point
- 4.1 °C
- Visibility
- 42.2 km
- Station
- Koeln/Bonn (16.3 km)
- Observed
- Oct 20, 00:30