Köln Weather in January
Köln in January
The short of it: Köln in January averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 8 h 24 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 7° · low 2° · rain 63 mm · daylight 8 h 24 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & May
January in Köln brings afternoons near 7° and nights around 2°, with about 63 mm of rain over the month. Köln's coldest stretch of the year, 7° by day and 2° by night. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 8 h 24 min in mid-January, 27 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 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 January. Nippes, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
January in Köln, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km N | 7° | 2° | 64 mm |
| RodenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km SE | 7° | 1° | 60 mm |
| HürthNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SW | 6° | 1° | 52 mm |
| Porz am RheinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 6° | 1° | 63 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NNE | 7° | 2° | 68 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 6° | 1° | 83 mm |
| KerpenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WSW | 6° | 1° | 48 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km N | 6° | 1° | 73 mm |