Abstract: A cooling helmet apparatus for cooling the head of a wearer through a plurality of complementary internal components integrated therein. The cooling helmet apparatus comprises a conventional helmet base having a multilayer internal structure, a solar panel and ventilation holes. An electrical cooling pad layer is first internal layer is defined by an electrically powered cooling pad which cools air in and around the cooling pad. The second layer is a gel layer, which is defined by a flexible encasement of conventional cooling gel. The third layer, configured to contact a wearer's head when the helmet base is worn, is an absorbent towel layer. The towel layer is defined as a layer of absorbent towel material which absorbs perspiration from a wearer's head due to its contact with the wearer's head and cools the perspiration due to its proximity to the gel layer and the cooling pad layer.