Weather in Essen

North Rhine-Westphalia, 83 m · continuously updated

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Essen weather: the next 24 hours

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Essen 16-day forecast

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Around Essen

Neighbouring towns, as the crow flies.

Gelsenkirchen8 km Wattenscheid9 km Bottrop9 km Mülheim10 km Oberhausen11 km Gladbeck13 km Hattingen14 km Velbert14 km

7-day forecast for Essen

Today (Thursday 15 Oct) in Essen: overcast, 11 to 19 °C, precipitation 0.0 mm (0 %), wind up to 15 km/h. Tomorrow: drizzle, 13 to 22 °C.

Day	Weather	Min	Max	Precip.	Wind
Today	overcast	11 °C	19 °C	0.0 mm	15 km/h
Tomorrow	drizzle	13 °C	22 °C	0.7 mm	23 km/h
Sat 17 Oct	light rain	9 °C	14 °C	4.2 mm	16 km/h
Sun 18 Oct	drizzle	6 °C	10 °C	3.0 mm	16 km/h
Mon 19 Oct	light drizzle	9 °C	14 °C	0.2 mm	17 km/h
Tue 20 Oct	overcast	6 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	13 km/h
Wed 21 Oct	overcast	8 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	16 km/h

Forecast updated on 15.10.2026 at 16:35 (Open-Meteo model, elevation 83 m). The live block at the top of the page is refreshed hourly and covers 16 days.

Tomorrow's weather in Essen

Tomorrow, Friday 16 Oct, in Essen: drizzle, from 13 to 22 °C, 0.7 mm of precipitation (probability 75 %), wind up to 23 km/h.

Hour	Weather	Temp.	Chance	Wind
00:00	overcast	18 °C	0 %	15 km/h
03:00	overcast	17 °C	0 %	11 km/h
06:00	sunny	15 °C	0 %	14 km/h
09:00	sunny	15 °C	0 %	14 km/h
12:00	sunny	19 °C	0 %	13 km/h
15:00	sunny	22 °C	4 %	16 km/h
18:00	partly cloudy	20 °C	28 %	13 km/h
21:00	overcast	18 °C	61 %	12 km/h

Frequently asked questions

Will it rain tomorrow in Essen?

Yes: 0.7 mm expected, probability 75 %.

How warm will it be tomorrow in Essen?

Between 13 and 22 °C.

The weekend

This weekend in Essen: Saturday light rain, 9 to 14 °C, Sunday drizzle, 6 to 10 °C.

Day	Weather	Min	Max	Precip.	Wind
Sat 17 Oct	light rain	9 °C	14 °C	4.2 mm	16 km/h
Sun 18 Oct	drizzle	6 °C	10 °C	3.0 mm	16 km/h

Hour by hour

The next 48 hours in Essen, hour by hour: temperature from 10 to 22 °C, 4.8 mm of rain expected.

Hour	Weather	Temp.	Precip.	Chance	Wind
16:00	overcast	19 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	12 km/h
17:00	partly cloudy	19 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	12 km/h
18:00	overcast	19 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	10 km/h
19:00	overcast	19 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	9 km/h
20:00	overcast	18 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	10 km/h
21:00	overcast	17 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	11 km/h
22:00	overcast	17 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	13 km/h
23:00	overcast	18 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	15 km/h
00:00	overcast	18 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	15 km/h
01:00	overcast	17 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	14 km/h
02:00	overcast	17 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	10 km/h
03:00	overcast	17 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	11 km/h
04:00	mostly sunny	16 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	12 km/h
05:00	sunny	16 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	12 km/h
06:00	sunny	15 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	14 km/h
07:00	overcast	15 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	16 km/h
08:00	mostly sunny	15 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	15 km/h
09:00	sunny	15 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	14 km/h
10:00	sunny	17 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	14 km/h
11:00	sunny	18 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	14 km/h
12:00	sunny	19 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	13 km/h
13:00	sunny	20 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	13 km/h
14:00	sunny	21 °C	0.0 mm	0 %	14 km/h
15:00	sunny	22 °C	0.0 mm	4 %	16 km/h
16:00	overcast	22 °C	0.0 mm	10 %	14 km/h
17:00	sunny	22 °C	0.0 mm	18 %	13 km/h
18:00	partly cloudy	20 °C	0.0 mm	28 %	13 km/h
19:00	overcast	19 °C	0.0 mm	40 %	13 km/h
20:00	overcast	18 °C	0.0 mm	51 %	12 km/h
21:00	overcast	18 °C	0.0 mm	61 %	12 km/h
22:00	overcast	18 °C	0.0 mm	70 %	16 km/h
23:00	drizzle	13 °C	0.7 mm	75 %	23 km/h
00:00	light rain	12 °C	1.8 mm	72 %	16 km/h
01:00	drizzle	12 °C	0.5 mm	65 %	15 km/h
02:00	light drizzle	12 °C	0.2 mm	59 %	16 km/h
03:00	overcast	12 °C	0.0 mm	56 %	15 km/h
04:00	overcast	11 °C	0.0 mm	54 %	14 km/h
05:00	sunny	11 °C	0.0 mm	53 %	10 km/h
06:00	overcast	11 °C	0.0 mm	52 %	15 km/h
07:00	heavy drizzle	10 °C	1.0 mm	51 %	15 km/h
08:00	light drizzle	11 °C	0.1 mm	49 %	15 km/h
09:00	overcast	11 °C	0.0 mm	46 %	14 km/h
10:00	light drizzle	11 °C	0.1 mm	43 %	14 km/h
11:00	light drizzle	11 °C	0.1 mm	39 %	14 km/h
12:00	light drizzle	11 °C	0.2 mm	34 %	13 km/h
13:00	light drizzle	11 °C	0.1 mm	29 %	12 km/h
14:00	overcast	11 °C	0.0 mm	29 %	14 km/h
15:00	overcast	12 °C	0.0 mm	41 %	13 km/h

Location of Essen

Essen lies at 83 m, 45 m below the average of the 326 places we cover in North Rhine-Westphalia (128 m). That makes it the 163rd highest of the 326. The main town, Düsseldorf, lies 31 km to the south-west. The nearest places we cover are Gelsenkirchen (8 km to the north-east), Wattenscheid (9 km to the east), Bottrop (9 km to the north-west) and Mülheim (10 km to the west). With about 593,085 inhabitants according to GeoNames, Essen is the 3rd largest of the 326 places we cover in North Rhine-Westphalia.