EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 11: Bordeaux → La Réole
On stage 11 (Bordeaux → La Réole, 118 km) the best month is October: 77% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.4 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 | 39% | 25% | 77 | 10 °C | 0% | 45% | 9.2 † |
| February | 57% | 24% | 58 | 12 °C | 0% | 25% | 10.4 † |
| March | 68% | 27% | 64 | 15 °C | 0% | 8% | 11.8 |
| April | 71% | 28% | 67 | 19 °C | 0% | 1% | 13.4 |
| May | 70% | 26% | 81 | 22 °C | 4% | 0% | 14.8 |
| June | 59% | 24% | 80 | 26 °C | 18% | 0% | 15.5 |
| July | 56% | 13% | 39 | 28 °C | 34% | 0% | 15.2 |
| August | 59% | 12% | 44 | 28 °C | 32% | 0% | 14.0 |
| September | 65% | 18% | 53 | 25 °C | 18% | 0% | 12.4 |
| October | 77% | 21% | 68 | 21 °C | 2% | 0% | 10.9 † |
| November | 64% | 26% | 79 | 15 °C | 0% | 12% | 9.5 † |
| December | 46% | 24% | 71 | 11 °C | 0% | 35% | 8.8 † |
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 Bordeaux → La Réole, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Bordeaux → La Réole | Headwind > 15 km/h, La Réole → Bordeaux | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +1.1 | 2% | 6% | either |
| February | +1.3 | 2% | 7% | either |
| March | +1.5 | 2% | 8% | either |
| April | +1.4 | 2% | 5% | either |
| May | +2.4 | 1% | 5% | Bordeaux → La Réole |
| June | +2.1 | 0% | 3% | Bordeaux → La Réole |
| July | +2.8 | 0% | 3% | Bordeaux → La Réole |
| August | +2.6 | 0% | 3% | Bordeaux → La Réole |
| September | +1.6 | 1% | 3% | either |
| October | +0.4 | 1% | 3% | either |
| November | +0.7 | 2% | 5% | either |
| December | +0.3 | 1% | 5% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 1,248–1,273 | S | −0.1 |
| 1,273–1,299 | SW | −0.5 |
| 1,299–1,324 | E | +1.0 |
| 1,324–1,349 | NE | +0.7 |
| 1,349–1,366 | E | +0.9 |
Other stages
- Jeumont → Guise 116 km
- Guise → Pont-Sainte-Maxence 126 km
- Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Évry 124 km
- Évry → Amilly 118 km
- Amilly → Orléans 136 km
- Orléans → Tours 134 km
- Tours → Chauvigny 124 km
- Chauvigny → Montbron 135 km
- Montbron → Clérac 125 km
- Clérac → Bordeaux 111 km
- Bordeaux → La Réole 118 km
- La Réole → Villeneuve-de-Marsan 142 km
- Villeneuve-de-Marsan → Port-de-Lanne 125 km
- Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port 105 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.