Tailwind Atlas

EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail (Estonia), stage 3: Loksa → Haabersti

On stage 3 (Loksa → Haabersti, 96 km) the best month is June: 70% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Haabersti → Loksa meant an average tailwind of 4.7 km/h (ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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96 kmLength
June–September (peak June)Best months
Haabersti → LoksaBetter direction in the best month
4.7 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month
70%Dry days with 10–30 °C
June · 70%Best summer month
Start: Loksa · Finish: Haabersti · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

MonthGood daysRain days ≥ 1 mmRain, mmAvg highDays ≥ 30 °CDays < 10 °CDaylight, h
January0%20%47-2 °C0%100%6.8 †
February0%18%36-2 °C0%100%9.1 †
March3%15%342 °C0%97%11.6
April25%18%378 °C0%73%14.4
May66%20%4614 °C0%19%17.0
June70%30%7018 °C0%1%18.6
July68%32%7521 °C0%0%17.9
August68%32%8820 °C0%0%15.5
September68%28%6816 °C0%5%12.7
October34%29%709 °C0%52%10.0 †
November4%22%545 °C0%95%7.5 †
December0%21%511 °C0%100%6.1 †

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 Loksa → Haabersti, km/hHeadwind > 15 km/h, Loksa → HaaberstiHeadwind > 15 km/h, Haabersti → LoksaBetter way
January−4.123%8%Haabersti → Loksa
February−3.319%7%Haabersti → Loksa
March−4.726%8%Haabersti → Loksa
April−3.821%8%Haabersti → Loksa
May−2.718%9%Haabersti → Loksa
June−4.724%7%Haabersti → Loksa
July−3.619%7%Haabersti → Loksa
August−3.619%9%Haabersti → Loksa
September−4.524%7%Haabersti → Loksa
October−5.225%8%Haabersti → Loksa
November−4.824%8%Haabersti → Loksa
December−5.927%6%Haabersti → Loksa

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

kmHeadingTailwind in June, km/h
224–249SW−4.0
249–275W−4.4
275–300W−5.0
300–320W−5.5

Other stages

  1. Narva → Kunda 122 km
  2. Kunda → Loksa 102 km
  3. Loksa → Haabersti 96 km
  4. Haabersti → Haapsalu 148 km
  5. Haapsalu → near Käina 116 km
  6. near Käina → near Kuressaare 116 km
  7. near Kuressaare → Orissaare 117 km
  8. Orissaare → Pärnu 154 km
  9. Pärnu → Ikla 69 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.