Prayer Times in Cologne, Germany

The prayer day in Cologne

From Cologne, the qibla points south-east — a bearing of about 127° on a compass. The Kaaba is about 4,345 kilometres off; the timetable below comes from this city's own coordinates.

How the day runs in Cologne

Everything begins with Fajr, 5:26 am today. By 7:21 am the sun is up and Fajr's time has passed. Dhuhr 12:16 pm, Asr 3:23 pm — the two that carry the middle of the day. Maghrib is prayed at 5:10 pm as the light goes, then Isha at 6:40 pm. Sunrise to sunset, today runs about 9 hours and 49 minutes.

Through the year

At this latitude, midsummer creates a real difficulty: the sky never fully darkens, so there is no moment when the sun sits far enough below the horizon to give a clear Fajr or Isha. Communities in places like Cologne generally follow a local ruling through those weeks — the nearest large mosque or Islamic centre will have guidance. The rest of the year the calculated times work as normal.

If you are fasting

Stop eating by 5:26 am; break the fast at 5:10 pm. That is about 11 hours and 44 minutes on today's times. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Why your mosque may differ slightly

Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah is the standard applied to this page. The disagreement between methods lives almost entirely in Fajr and Isha, where the sun is below the horizon and the chosen angle decides the time. For Asr this page uses the Hanafi position — later in the day than the majority view. If the mosque down the road announces something a few minutes different, pray with the mosque.

Questions people ask