Köln Weather in August
Köln in August
The short of it: Köln in August averages a high of 25 °C (76 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 79 mm · daylight 14 h 32 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Köln an average August high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 79 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 32 min in mid-August, 93 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Köln runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Nippes, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
August in Köln, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 10 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km N | 25° | 15° | 79 mm |
| RodenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km SE | 24° | 15° | 80 mm |
| HürthNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SW | 24° | 14° | 78 mm |
| Porz am RheinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 25° | 14° | 80 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NNE | 24° | 15° | 80 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 23° | 13° | 86 mm |
| KerpenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WSW | 24° | 14° | 79 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km N | 24° | 14° | 80 mm |