Weather report 19 October 2026, 12:00

Cologne stays dry right through the evening. Around midday it sits near 15 °C, climbs to 17 °C in the afternoon and slips back to 15 °C by 18:00. The cloud breaks up noticeably, leaving the sky almost clear at times after dark.

Overnight it cools to around 10 °C under partly clear skies. The east to south-east wind picks up, with gusts to 25 km/h.

Tuesday starts grey but dry and only reaches 13–14 °C by midday, while the south-easterly wind strengthens to gusts of 32 km/h. Any wet weather holds off until late afternoon, with light drizzle between 17:00 and 20:00.

Wednesday turns properly wet from the morning, with around 5 mm and gusts to 35 km/h. Thursday stays cool at 12 °C with a few showers. By the weekend it becomes windy and wet, with highs near 10 °C.

Sunday managed only 1.7 hours of sunshine at 12.7 °C, after 4.3 mm of rain had fallen on Saturday. Monday flips that around: at 17 °C it is the mildest day until the weekend, and the way out of the door stays dry until Tuesday midday. The change arrives with Tuesday's freshening south-easterly, bringing rain to Cologne by the evening.

The wind blows from the east to south-east at 10–15 km/h today, with gusts to 25 km/h. On Tuesday morning it strengthens to gusts of 32 km/h, which you will feel on a bike across the exposed Rhine bridges.