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StEB Köln’s live Kölner Pegel display showed a reading of 0.6 metres at 20:45 CEST on 10 October 2026 (18:45 UTC), with the status “kaum Veränderung” (“little change”).

The value is a time-specific reading at the Cologne gauge datum. It does not state the Rhine’s water depth throughout the river, vessel draft, navigability, cargo capacity or an economic cost; it is one observation, not a trend or forecast.