Weather report 18 October 2026, 07:00

Cologne starts Sunday foggy and cold: at 07:00 the Köln/Bonn station reported 5 °C with visibility down to 840 metres.

The fog lifts by midday, but sunshine stays scarce and the temperature peaks at 13 °C. It stays dry until the evening, when steady light rain sets in between 20:00 and 23:00 and adds up to a little over 3 mm.

The rain eases after 23:00, though the sky stays overcast. At 11–12 °C the night is far milder than the morning, and the wind turns south and picks up.

Monday brings the change: up to 17 °C and about eight hours of sunshine, with no rain at all. The wind is the story – south-easterly with gusts to 43 km/h, noticeable on the bike and on open stretches.

Tuesday takes temperatures back to 14 °C with a few showers around. Midweek stays changeable at 14–15 °C, before Thursday and Friday turn distinctly rougher with gusts around 60 km/h and 6 to 10 mm of rain.

Beyond that, a drier but cooler trend with highs near 11 °C is emerging, though that is still an uncertain signal.

The retrospective shows a sharp drop: Cologne reached 23 °C on Friday and 16 °C on Saturday, the latter with 4.3 mm of rain.

The cooling continues today before Monday turns mild again at 17 °C. From Tuesday it heads downhill once more, and by Thursday rain and strong wind make it feel raw.

Wind is light today, west to north-west at 7–10 km/h with gusts near 20 km/h. It veers south and freshens in the evening; on Monday south-easterly gusts of up to 43 km/h will be noticeable on open stretches and when cycling.