Holiday search · from Cologne
Where in Europe is warm in August 2026 within 1,000 km of Cologne?
Top picks: Avignon (avg 34°C, 31/31 days in range), Lugano (avg 29.9°C, 31/31 days in range), Lyon (avg 28.6°C, 29/31 days in range). The first part of August 2026 uses the live Open-Meteo forecast; the rest uses 30-year climate normals. Generated 2026-07-31.
18 places match · within 1,000 km
Showing destinations where the daily high stays 22°C and above across most of your 30 nights.
Real driving reach from Cologne. The dashed ring is your 1,000 km limit; inner rings mark a third and two-thirds of it.
- Match (score 80+)
- Borderline (60–79)
- Below your minimum
- Mixed signal№ 01
Avignon
Provence · FR
83/ 100great matchAvg high34°CDrive960 km9h 38mIn-range days31/31Dry days28/31~0.5 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 02
Lugano
Ticino · CH
82/ 100great matchAvg high29.9°CDrive759 km7h 12mIn-range days31/31Dry days22/31~1.7 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 03
Lyon
Auvergne-Rhône · FR
82/ 100great matchAvg high28.6°CDrive733 km7h 21mIn-range days29/31Dry days28/31~1.2 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 04
Milan
Lombardia · IT
81/ 100great matchAvg high33.1°CDrive830 km8h 12mIn-range days30/31Dry days25/31~1.3 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 05
Paris
Île-de-France · FR
80/ 100great matchAvg high27.2°CDrive489 km4h 55mIn-range days27/31Dry days26/31~1.4 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 06
Heidelberg
Baden-Wurttemberg · DE
76/ 100solid matchAvg high26.5°CDrive252 km2h 20mIn-range days24/31Dry days25/31~1.4 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 07
Innsbruck
Tyrol · AT
74/ 100solid matchAvg high27.1°CDrive740 km6h 33mIn-range days28/31Dry days15/31~4.5 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 08
Freiburg
Baden-Wurttemberg · DE
73/ 100solid matchAvg high26.6°CDrive432 km3h 45mIn-range days24/31Dry days23/31~1.5 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 09
Klagenfurt (Worthersee)
Carinthia · AT
73/ 100solid matchAvg high28.2°CDrive923 km8h 10mIn-range days27/31Dry days22/31~6.3 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 10
Vienna
Vienna · AT
73/ 100solid matchAvg high29.1°CDrive896 km8h 1mIn-range days26/31Dry days24/31~1.8 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 11
Geneva
Lake Geneva · CH
72/ 100solid matchAvg high26.9°CDrive745 km6h 50mIn-range days25/31Dry days23/31~2.2 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 12
Interlaken
Bernese Oberland · CH
72/ 100solid matchAvg high25.9°CDrive641 km5h 56mIn-range days25/31Dry days20/31~3.3 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 13
Konstanz (Lake Constance)
Baden-Wurttemberg · DE
69/ 100borderlineAvg high25.8°CDrive516 km4h 46mIn-range days23/31Dry days20/31~2.5 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 14
Lucerne
Central Switzerland · CH
69/ 100borderlineAvg high25.4°CDrive588 km5h 15mIn-range days23/31Dry days20/31~3.9 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 15
Zürich
Zürich · CH
68/ 100borderlineAvg high25.9°CDrive571 km5h 8mIn-range days23/31Dry days18/31~2.7 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 16
Munich
Bayern · DE
66/ 100borderlineAvg high25.5°CDrive573 km5h 4mIn-range days21/31Dry days21/31~1.8 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 17
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Bavaria · DE
65/ 100borderlineAvg high24.3°CDrive656 km5h 58mIn-range days22/31Dry days17/31~4.8 mm/day - Mixed signal№ 18
Salzburg
Salzburg · AT
63/ 100borderlineAvg high26.1°CDrive721 km6h 11mIn-range days22/31Dry days15/31~2.9 mm/day
How we ranked these
Each destination is scored 0–100. The main signal is the share of trip days whose daily high falls inside your 22°C and above preference, followed by how many days stay dry (under 1 mm of rain). Forecast confidence (real forecasts beat climate normals) and proximity to Cologne contribute the remaining weight.
Weather data from Open-Meteo, generated 2026-07-31. Driving distances and times from OpenRouteService, cached per (origin, destination) pair.