Mosel level at Cochem
How high and fast the Mosel is right now at the historic Cochem gauge, with its recent range and the official RLP flood-warning link.
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How high and fast the Mosel is right now at the historic Cochem gauge, with its recent range and the official RLP flood-warning link.
How high is the Mosel at Cochem right now? This page reads the live federal gauge at Cochem — one of Germany's oldest, recording since 1817 — and places today's level and flow against the river's own recent range. It is not a flood warning: the official call for the Mosel is made by the Hochwassermeldedienst Rheinland-Pfalz, linked below.
219 cm
Low for the river’s recent range. Steady over the past few days. Measured 15 Jun, 12:30.
The official flood warning is at Hochwassermeldedienst Rheinland-Pfalz
These numbers describe the river. They are not a flood warning — the official flood-vigilance level for this station is set by Hochwassermeldedienst Rheinland-Pfalz.
The Rhineland-Palatinate flood-warning centre is the authoritative source for the Pegel Cochem alert status, its 24-hour forecast, and civil-protection advisories. Check it whenever the river is rising.
The Pegel Cochem has recorded the Mosel continuously since 1817 — over two centuries of readings — which is why it is one of the most-cited river reference points in Germany. It sits at Mosel-km 51.6 and speaks for a catchment of 27,088 km², most of the Mosel basin from Luxembourg down to Koblenz. For reference, the long-term mean water level here is about 273 cm and the mean high water about 648 cm.
In May 2024, heavy Eifel rain combined with weir maintenance pushed the Cochem gauge toward a forecast peak near 830 cm — well above the mean high water of 648 cm. January 2024 reached roughly 787 cm. The highest level ever recorded was 1,034 cm on 22 December 1993, a discharge of about 4,020 m³/s. When the gauge climbs, the Hochwassermeldedienst RLP below is the source to follow.
In August 2022 the flow at Cochem fell to about 25.7 m³/s against a long-term mean of roughly 312 m³/s — under a tenth of normal. That low halted Mosel cruise navigation and hit the town's tourism hard. Both extremes shape life here, which is why this page shows flow as well as level.
The federal waterways authority publishes three navigation marks at Cochem — Marke I at 450 cm, Marke II at 500 cm, and Marke III (highest navigation level) at 600 cm — which govern boat traffic, not civil protection. The official flood-alarm levels for the town are set separately by the Hochwassermeldedienst Rheinland-Pfalz; use the link below for those.
Checked 15 Jun, 12:41. River data from PEGELONLINE (WSV — Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes), under Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung 2.0. Readings are raw (Rohdaten) and may be revised.