Köln Weather in November
Köln in November
The short of it: Köln in November averages a high of 10 °C (51 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 8 h 50 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 10° · low 5° · rain 62 mm · daylight 8 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Köln an average November high of 10°, a low of 5° and some 62 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against October, to near 10°; nights run about 5°. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 8 h 50 min in mid-November, 105 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates November 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Köln runs about middling and wetter than most in November. Nippes, 4 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
November in Köln, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus October
- 5° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus December
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
November averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NippesNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 4 km N | 10° | 5° | 62 mm |
| RodenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 5 km SE | 10° | 5° | 60 mm |
| HürthNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SW | 10° | 4° | 56 mm |
| Porz am RheinNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SE | 10° | 4° | 61 mm |
| LeverkusenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NNE | 10° | 5° | 64 mm |
| Bergisch GladbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 10° | 4° | 76 mm |
| KerpenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WSW | 10° | 4° | 54 mm |
| LangenfeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km N | 10° | 5° | 68 mm |