Cycle routes in Austria: which way and when
Austria: 8 routes with wind, rain and heat by month. The best month is most often September (8/8); data: ERA5 2006–2025.
Routes
| Route | Length | Best months | Best way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drau cycle path | 502 km | September–October (peak September) | either |
| EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - part Austria/Czech Republic | 499 km | September | either |
| Alpe Adria Bicycle Route | 412 km | September | either |
| EuroVelo 9 - Baltic-Adriatic - part Austria | 403 km | September–October (peak September) | either |
| Danube Cycle Path (Austria) | 358 km | September | either |
| EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - part Austria/Hungary | 310 km | September–October (peak September) | either |
| EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - part Slovakia/Austria | 145 km | September–October (peak September) | either |
| Munich-Venice - part Austria | 111 km | September | either |
Other routes through Austria
| Route | Length | Best months | Best way |
|---|---|---|---|
| EuroVelo 14 - Waters of Central Europe Route | 1,107 km | September–October (peak October) | either |
| Via Claudia Augusta | 722 km | September | either |
| Greenway Prague - Vienna | 374 km | September | either |
| Innradweg - Bayern | 150 km | September | either |
| 48 Hevlín - Slavonice | 110 km | September | either |
How to read the numbers
Wind is the 10 m wind of a 25-km grid cell, daytime hours 9:00–18:00 local solar time; at saddle height in a sheltered valley it is weaker, on a coast or ridge stronger. A positive value is a tailwind. ERA5 slightly over-counts days with ≥ 1 mm of rain (by about 5–7 percentage points) and underestimates daily highs by 1–2 °C. Good day = less than 1 mm of rain between 9:00 and 18:00 (riding hours, local solar time) and a high between 10 and 30 °C; rain at night or in the evening does not spoil it.