This page shows the live coarse status of the Rhine around Cologne, derived from the official checkpoints listed below. The verdict is deliberately coarse and honest: status and trend, no forecasts.
A full editorial guide to what this stretch means for river cruises is being reviewed and will be published here.
Köln (Cologne)
84 cm · level above local gauge zero — not river depth · measured 33 min ago
More stretches on the Rhine: Upper Rhine: Iffezheim → Mannheim, Middle Rhine Gorge (Kaub)
“Cologne dock access — current status: Disrupted, trend steady (33 min ago) · https://rivercruise.app/water-watch/rhine-cologne-docks”