EuroVelo 19 - The Meuse Bicycle Route, stage 5: Namur → Maastricht

On stage 5 (Namur → Maastricht, 109 km) the best month is September: 77% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Namur → Maastricht meant an average tailwind of 4.2 km/h (ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

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SeptemberBest months

Namur → MaastrichtBetter direction in the best month

4.2 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month

77%Dry days with 10–30 °C

June · 69%Best summer month

Start: Namur · Finish: Maastricht · 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	5%	31%	84	5 °C	0%	89%	8.4 †
February	14%	31%	69	7 °C	0%	80%	10.0 †
March	39%	30%	69	10 °C	0%	51%	11.7
April	63%	25%	50	14 °C	0%	21%	13.7
May	69%	30%	71	18 °C	0%	4%	15.5
June	69%	29%	80	21 °C	3%	0%	16.4
July	64%	31%	82	23 °C	7%	0%	16.0
August	64%	31%	86	22 °C	6%	0%	14.5
September	77%	22%	64	19 °C	1%	0%	12.5
October	68%	24%	73	14 °C	0%	11%	10.6 †
November	29%	30%	71	9 °C	0%	58%	8.9 †
December	9%	30%	87	6 °C	0%	83%	8.0 †

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 Namur → Maastricht, km/h

Month	Wind Namur → Maastricht, km/h	Headwind > 15 km/h, Namur → Maastricht	Headwind > 15 km/h, Maastricht → Namur	Better way
January	+8.6	2%	33%	Namur → Maastricht
February	+6.8	6%	30%	Namur → Maastricht
March	+3.9	8%	22%	Namur → Maastricht
April	+1.0	7%	14%	either
May	+2.2	6%	16%	Namur → Maastricht
June	+2.8	3%	15%	Namur → Maastricht
July	+5.6	1%	20%	Namur → Maastricht
August	+6.0	1%	18%	Namur → Maastricht
September	+4.2	3%	18%	Namur → Maastricht
October	+6.5	2%	24%	Namur → Maastricht
November	+8.4	2%	29%	Namur → Maastricht
December	+9.5	2%	34%	Namur → Maastricht

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

km	Heading	Tailwind in September, km/h
520–545	E	+4.5
545–570	NE	+4.6
570–596	NE	+4.8
596–621	N	+3.4
621–628	N	+3.5

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.