Tailwind Atlas

EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part Bulgaria, stage 3: Krushovene → Svishtov

On stage 3 (Krushovene → Svishtov, 124 km) the best month is October: 83% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.0 km/h on average; ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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124 kmLength
April, October (peak October)Best months
eitherBetter direction in the best month
0.0 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month
83%Dry days with 10–30 °C
June · 43%Best summer month
Start: Krushovene · Finish: Svishtov · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

MonthGood daysRain days ≥ 1 mmRain, mmAvg highDays ≥ 30 °CDays < 10 °CDaylight, h
January17%15%474 °C0%81%9.3 †
February34%13%357 °C0%63%10.4 †
March63%17%5113 °C0%31%11.8
April81%17%5019 °C1%3%13.4
May72%23%6024 °C5%0%14.7
June43%21%6829 °C39%0%15.4
July26%13%5032 °C65%0%15.1
August20%9%3432 °C73%0%14.0
September67%10%3826 °C23%0%12.4
October83%13%5719 °C1%4%10.9 †
November56%14%4312 °C0%37%9.6 †
December18%14%476 °C0%81%8.9 †

Best months are all months within 3 percentage points of the best one. † less than 11 hours of daylight — long stages get tight.

Wind by month

MonthWind Krushovene → Svishtov, km/hHeadwind > 15 km/h, Krushovene → SvishtovHeadwind > 15 km/h, Svishtov → KrushoveneBetter way
January+3.33%12%Krushovene → Svishtov
February+1.35%11%either
March+1.27%12%either
April+0.47%12%either
May0.06%10%either
June+0.63%7%either
July+0.82%9%either
August−2.04%6%either
September−0.76%9%either
October0.04%8%either
November+0.43%9%either
December+3.13%11%Krushovene → Svishtov

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

kmHeadingTailwind in October, km/h
244–272NE−0.8
272–297E+0.2
297–322SE+0.7
322–347E−0.2
347–369E+0.1

Other stages

  1. Bregovo → Lom 114 km
  2. Lom → Krushovene 122 km
  3. Krushovene → Svishtov 124 km
  4. Svishtov → Ruse 99 km
  5. Ruse → Silistra 137 km

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.