EuroVelo 19 - The Meuse Bicycle Route, stage 1: Langres → Neufchâteau
On stage 1 (Langres → Neufchâteau, 118 km) the best month is September: 76% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.7 km/h on average; ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).
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Weather by month
| Month | Good days | Rain days ≥ 1 mm | Rain, mm | Avg high | Days ≥ 30 °C | Days < 10 °C | Daylight, h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7% | 27% | 88 | 5 °C | 0% | 88% | 8.8 † |
| February | 20% | 27% | 70 | 7 °C | 0% | 75% | 10.1 † |
| March | 46% | 28% | 76 | 11 °C | 0% | 42% | 11.8 |
| April | 65% | 27% | 66 | 15 °C | 0% | 15% | 13.6 |
| May | 66% | 32% | 89 | 19 °C | 1% | 2% | 15.2 |
| June | 65% | 29% | 85 | 23 °C | 7% | 0% | 16.0 |
| July | 61% | 26% | 67 | 25 °C | 15% | 0% | 15.7 |
| August | 66% | 23% | 81 | 24 °C | 12% | 0% | 14.3 |
| September | 76% | 22% | 72 | 20 °C | 2% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 70% | 23% | 84 | 15 °C | 0% | 10% | 10.7 † |
| November | 29% | 28% | 89 | 9 °C | 0% | 58% | 9.2 † |
| December | 9% | 30% | 100 | 6 °C | 0% | 84% | 8.4 † |
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
| Month | Wind Langres → Neufchâteau, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Langres → Neufchâteau | Headwind > 15 km/h, Neufchâteau → Langres | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +4.2 | 3% | 18% | Langres → Neufchâteau |
| February | +3.5 | 6% | 17% | Langres → Neufchâteau |
| March | +1.4 | 6% | 14% | either |
| April | −0.6 | 7% | 8% | either |
| May | −0.2 | 7% | 7% | either |
| June | −0.4 | 4% | 5% | either |
| July | +0.8 | 2% | 6% | either |
| August | +1.4 | 1% | 5% | either |
| September | +0.7 | 4% | 7% | either |
| October | +3.4 | 3% | 13% | Langres → Neufchâteau |
| November | +4.9 | 3% | 17% | Langres → Neufchâteau |
| December | +5.5 | 3% | 19% | Langres → Neufchâteau |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 0–25 | NE | +1.2 |
| 25–51 | N | 0.0 |
| 51–76 | N | +0.5 |
| 76–101 | NE | +1.3 |
| 101–118 | N | +0.2 |
Other stages
- Langres → Neufchâteau 118 km
- Neufchâteau → Verdun 128 km
- Verdun → Charleville-Mézières 132 km
- Charleville-Mézières → Namur 141 km
- Namur → Maastricht 109 km
- Maastricht → Venlo 105 km
- Venlo → Lith 126 km
- Lith → Dordrecht 108 km
- Dordrecht → Rotterdam 121 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.