Weather in Cologne in January
In January, Cologne reaches 6 °C during the day on average and 0 °C at night. It rains or snows on 12 days.
- Day
- 6 °C
- Average high
- Night
- 0 °C
- Average low
- Rain days
- 12
- Days with rain or snow
- Sunshine
- 50 h
- Hours in the month
- Snow days
- 4
- Days with snow on the ground
- Frost days
- 14
- Nights below 0 °C
Average highs month by month
January in Cologne day by day
For each day: the usual high and how often it rained or snowed on that day (share of years). A dash (–) means no data.
- 1 January6 °C47 %
- 2 January7 °C60 %
- 3 January6 °C63 %
- 4 January6 °C53 %
- 5 January6 °C50 %
- 6 January6 °C43 %
- 7 January6 °C40 %
- 8 January6 °C50 %
- 9 January6 °C43 %
- 10 January6 °C30 %
- 11 January6 °C40 %
- 12 January6 °C37 %
- 13 January7 °C30 %
- 14 January6 °C33 %
- 15 January6 °C27 %
- 16 January6 °C33 %
- 17 January6 °C47 %
- 18 January6 °C37 %
- 19 January6 °C43 %
- 20 January6 °C30 %
- 21 January6 °C30 %
- 22 January5 °C30 %
- 23 January5 °C37 %
- 24 January5 °C37 %
- 25 January5 °C43 %
- 26 January5 °C33 %
- 27 January6 °C47 %
- 28 January6 °C40 %
- 29 January6 °C37 %
- 30 January6 °C43 %
- 31 January6 °C30 %
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January in Cologne: the last 30 years
Warmest January: 2007 (6 °C on average), coldest: 2010 (-1 °C). Highest: 16 °C on 5 January 1999. Lowest: -19 °C on 7 January 2009.
| Year | Day | Night | Precipitation | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 °C | 0 °C | 47 mm | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 °C | 0 °C | 85 mm | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 °C | 0 °C | 64 mm | – |
| 2023 | 7 °C | 2 °C | 74 mm | – |
| 2022 | 6 °C | 1 °C | 66 mm | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 °C | 0 °C | 104 mm | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 °C | 2 °C | 42 mm | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 °C | 0 °C | 102 mm | 1 |
| 2018 | 8 °C | 3 °C | 78 mm | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 °C | -4 °C | 46 mm | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 °C | 1 °C | 69 mm | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 °C | 0 °C | 80 mm | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 °C | 2 °C | 55 mm | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 °C | 0 °C | 54 mm | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 °C | 1 °C | 93 mm | 0 |
| 2011 | 6 °C | 0 °C | 93 mm | 8 |
| 2010 | 1 °C | -3 °C | 54 mm | 23 |
| 2009 | 3 °C | -4 °C | 26 mm | 9 |
| 2008 | 9 °C | 3 °C | 36 mm | 0 |
| 2007 | 9 °C | 3 °C | 82 mm | 0 |
| 2006 | 4 °C | -3 °C | 25 mm | 0 |
| 2005 | 7 °C | 1 °C | 60 mm | 1 |
| 2004 | 5 °C | 0 °C | 111 mm | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 °C | -2 °C | 77 mm | 9 |
| 2002 | 6 °C | 0 °C | 56 mm | 1 |
| 2001 | 6 °C | 0 °C | 69 mm | 3 |
| 2000 | 6 °C | 1 °C | 45 mm | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 °C | 2 °C | 90 mm | 2 |
| 1998 | 7 °C | 1 °C | 34 mm | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 °C | -4 °C | 6 mm | 18 |
Rain day: at least 1 mm of rain or snow. Snow day: at least 1 cm of snow on the ground in the morning. Frost day: below 0 °C at night. Averages come from the last 30 years. A month only counts once it has ended.
Weather station: Köln/Bonn (16 km). Data: Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), CC BY 4.0.