Municipality

Cologne, Urban District

Local name: Köln

Located in Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia Coordinates: 50°56′30″ N 6°57′31″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 1,024,621; 1M
Elevation: 54 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Cologne, Urban District
When to go: May–September; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport15 km; DUS Düsseldorf Airport41 km

About Cologne, Urban District

Cologne, Urban District is a municipality. Location: Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia. Population: 1,024,621. Elevation: 54 m.

From Wikipedia

Cologne ( kə-LOHN; German: Köln [kœln] ; Kölsch: Kölle [ˈkœ̂lə] ) is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with over one million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 405 km²
Official website: stadt-koeln.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Cologne, Urban District

Leverkusen

Twin towns and sister cities of Cologne, Urban District

Lille· France
Rotterdam· The Netherlands
Kyōto· Japan
Barcelona· Spain
Indianapolis· United States

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Cologne, Urban District over time

Population of Cologne, Urban District over time
2011		1,017,155
2013		1,027,679
2014		1,046,680
2015		1,060,582
2016		1,081,701
2017		1,080,394
2019		1,085,664
2021		1,087,863
2022		1,084,831
2023		1,087,353
2024		1,024,621
2025		1,025,523

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Cologne, Urban District

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 60 mm

Hottest month: August (day 24°)
Coldest month: February (night 0°)
Wettest month: June (79 mm)
Driest month: February (46 mm)

5° 1°

7° 0°

10° 3°

14° 5°

19° 9°

21° 12°

23° 14°

24° 14°

19° 11°

15° 7°

9° 4°

7° 2°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table

Climate of Cologne, Urban District
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	5°	7°	10°	14°	19°	21°	23°	24°	19°	15°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	0°	3°	5°	9°	12°	14°	14°	11°	7°	4°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	56	46	58	52	66	79	78	66	64	56	60	64

Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September

How to get to Cologne, Urban District

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 15 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cologne, 1 km to the southwest.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 15 kmsoutheast
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 41 kmnorth
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 79 kmnortheast

Nearby large cities

Cologne Population: 1M 1 kmsouthwest
Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 10 kmnorth
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 13 kmeast
Bonn Population: 330.6K 25 kmsoutheast
Solingen Population: 164.4K 27 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Cologne, Urban District

Within 100 km: 537 historic and cultural sites, 2,916 natural sites, 886 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km188 places

Kemper Werth Island 21 kmSE
Liblarer See Lake 16 kmSW
Dhünntalsperre Lake 23 kmNE
Sengbachtalsperre Lake 24 kmNE

25–60 km1,097 places

Iterbach River 59 kmSW
Olef River 52 kmSW
Versetalsperre Lake 57 kmNE
Urfttalsperre Lake 53 kmSW

60–100 km3,054 places

Île Monsin Island 98 kmW
Île de Franche Garenne Island 94 kmW
Lac de la Gileppe Lake 79 kmSW
Lac d'Eupen Lake 70 kmSW

Straight-line distances.