EuroVelo 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route - part Finland, stage 6: Malax → Kristinestad

On stage 6 (Malax → Kristinestad, 114 km) the best month is June: 80% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.1 km/h on average; ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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JuneBest months

eitherBetter direction in the best month

0.1 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month

80%Dry days with 10–30 °C

June · 80%Best summer month

Start: Malax · Finish: Kristinestad · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

Good days

Month	Good days	Rain days ≥ 1 mm	Rain, mm	Avg high	Days ≥ 30 °C	Days < 10 °C	Daylight, h
January	0%	18%	40	-2 °C	0%	100%	5.9 †
February	0%	14%	33	-2 °C	0%	100%	8.7 †
March	1%	14%	32	2 °C	0%	99%	11.5
April	17%	16%	36	7 °C	0%	82%	14.8
May	59%	16%	40	13 °C	0%	31%	17.8
June	80%	18%	55	17 °C	0%	2%	20.0
July	70%	29%	80	20 °C	1%	0%	19.0
August	67%	32%	96	19 °C	0%	0%	16.1
September	68%	25%	64	14 °C	0%	9%	12.8
October	24%	22%	67	8 °C	0%	68%	9.7 †
November	2%	22%	58	3 °C	0%	98%	6.7 †
December	0%	20%	54	0 °C	0%	100%	5.0 †

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

Wind Malax → Kristinestad, km/h

Month	Wind Malax → Kristinestad, km/h	Headwind > 15 km/h, Malax → Kristinestad	Headwind > 15 km/h, Kristinestad → Malax	Better way
January	−3.5	20%	8%	Kristinestad → Malax
February	−3.6	20%	7%	Kristinestad → Malax
March	−1.5	16%	10%	either
April	+0.3	12%	12%	either
May	−0.2	11%	11%	either
June	−0.1	11%	9%	either
July	−0.6	10%	8%	either
August	−2.9	15%	6%	Kristinestad → Malax
September	−3.0	16%	7%	Kristinestad → Malax
October	−3.2	20%	7%	Kristinestad → Malax
November	−3.7	19%	7%	Kristinestad → Malax
December	−4.2	21%	7%	Kristinestad → Malax

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

km	Heading	Tailwind in June, km/h
614–640	SW	−3.1
640–665	S	−1.0
665–690	S	+2.3
690–716	S	+1.4
716–728	S	+0.4

Other stages

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.