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Triplandio Cologne guide covers 11 travel guides across 26 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 44 self-guided walking tours in Cologne with 295 POI, spanning 135.7 km in total. Get inspired by 17 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Cologne
City & Country Data Germany (Cologne)
Key travel data for Cologne — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Germany
Cost
MID
Safety
84
Health
98
Lifestyle
72
Infra
85
Rank
#11
Score
68
Tourists
12.4M/y
GDP/cap
$60.5k
Life Exp
80.8 yrs
Population
83.5M
Currency
EUR €
Language
German
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Cologne
Coffee
$3.63
Beer
$5.00
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$37.00/w
Taxi/km
$2.40
Transit
$3.58
Fuel
$1.84/l
Internet
$37.00/m
Salary
$2,222/m
Best time to visit Cologne (Germany)
Now (July) avg: 19°C, wetter month, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Sep & Feb.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
24°C / 15°C
Sunrise / Sunset
5:33 / 21:43
Local time
9:39
Best Months 
Sep & Feb
Sep & Feb
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Jan
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Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
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Nov
D
Dec
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Cologne —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
A warm, hearty soup made with beer and spices. A hearty dish made with blood sausage, mashed potatoes, and applesauce. Thinly sliced beef rolled with bacon, onions, and pickles, slow-cooked in broth. Classic twisted bread snack, perfect with beer. A tangy-sweet salad with pickled herring, beets, and potatoes. A slow-cooked, savory pork dish with potatoes. Crispy fried pancakes made from grated potatoes. A small, traditional rye roll with a dense texture. Dark rye rolls typically served with cheese in Cologne. A marinated pot roast, typically of beef, from Cologne. A traditional cold cut sausage made from finely ground meats. A mildly spiced, sweet mustard unique to Cologne cuisine. A traditional blood sausage served grilled or fried. A traditional dish combining mashed potatoes and applesauce with black pudding. Crispy potato pancakes often served with applesauce or mustard. A simple rye bread roll with cheese, pickles, and mustard. A traditional split pea soup enriched with bacon and vegetables.
Traditional Local Food
Cologne (Germany)
Soup
Vegetarian
Beer Soup
Biersuppe
beer-supp-uh
🥩
Main course
Meat
Blood Sausage with Mashed Potatoes
Himmel un Äd
HIM-mel oon AID
Main course
Meat
Cologne Beef Roll
Rouladen
roo-LAH-den
Bread
Vegetarian
Cologne Beer Pretzels
Brezeln
BRET-zul
🐟
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Cologne Herring Salad
Rheinischer Heringssalat
Rhyne-eesh-er Hair-ing-sal-aht
🥩
Main course
Meat
Cologne Pork Roast
Kölsch Kesselskooche
KEL-sh keh-SEL-skoh-kuh
🥦
Snack
Vegetarian
Cologne Potato Pancake
Kölner Reibekuchen
KURL-ner RY-beh-koo-chen
Bread
Vegan
Cologne Rye Bread
Röggelchen
RER-gel-hen
Snack
Vegetarian
Cologne Röggelchen with Cheese
Röggelchen mit Käse
RUR-gel-chen mit KAY-zuh
Main course
Meat
Cologne Sauerbraten
Kölscher Sauerbraten
Cologne SAU-er-bra-ten
Snack
Meat
Cologne Sausage
Kölner Wurst
Keul-ner vurst
Condiment
Vegetarian
Cologne Sweet Mustard
Kölscher Senf
KOL-scher zenf
Snack
Meat
Cologne-style Fried Blood Sausage
Kölsche Flönz
KURL-shuh flints
Main course
Meat
Cologne-style Heaven and Earth
Himmel un Ääd
HIM-mel un AHD
Snack
Vegetarian
Cologne-style Meatballs with Mustard Sauce
Rheinische Rievkooche
RYE-nish-er REEV-koo-che
Snack
Vegetarian
Halve Hahn
HAL-vuh HAAN
Soup
Meat
Ähzezupp
AIR-tze-tsup
