Köln Weather in February
Köln in February
The short of it: Köln in February averages a high of 8 °C (46 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 55 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 9 h 56 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 2° · rain 55 mm · daylight 9 h 56 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Köln an average February high of 8°, a low of 2° and some 55 mm of rain. Much like January: highs about 8°, nights near 2°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 55 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 56 min in mid-February, 92 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates February 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Köln runs warmer than most and about as wet in February. Nippes, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
February in Köln, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus January
- 1° warmer, 8.0 mm less rain
- Versus March
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
February averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km N | 8° | 2° | 57 mm |
| RodenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km SE | 8° | 2° | 53 mm |
| HürthNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SW | 7° | 1° | 49 mm |
| Porz am RheinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 8° | 1° | 54 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NNE | 8° | 2° | 60 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 7° | 1° | 70 mm |
| KerpenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WSW | 7° | 1° | 49 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km N | 8° | 2° | 64 mm |