EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 14: Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
On stage 14 (Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, 105 km) the best month is October: 75% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.0 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% | 33% | 124 | 11 °C | 0% | 43% | 9.3 † |
| February | 54% | 30% | 97 | 13 °C | 0% | 27% | 10.4 † |
| March | 61% | 34% | 113 | 15 °C | 0% | 13% | 11.8 |
| April | 63% | 36% | 100 | 18 °C | 0% | 3% | 13.4 |
| May | 62% | 35% | 103 | 20 °C | 2% | 1% | 14.7 |
| June | 62% | 30% | 94 | 24 °C | 9% | 0% | 15.4 |
| July | 67% | 19% | 59 | 26 °C | 16% | 0% | 15.1 |
| August | 63% | 19% | 64 | 26 °C | 21% | 0% | 13.9 |
| September | 67% | 24% | 77 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 12.4 |
| October | 75% | 23% | 95 | 21 °C | 1% | 1% | 10.9 † |
| November | 56% | 37% | 142 | 15 °C | 0% | 14% | 9.6 † |
| December | 50% | 29% | 113 | 12 °C | 0% | 30% | 9.0 † |
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
| Month | Wind Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port | Headwind > 15 km/h, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port → Port-de-Lanne | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.1 | 3% | 3% | either |
| February | +0.5 | 4% | 4% | either |
| March | +1.4 | 3% | 5% | either |
| April | +2.2 | 2% | 3% | Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| May | +3.5 | 1% | 5% | Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| June | +3.8 | 0% | 3% | Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| July | +4.6 | 0% | 3% | Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| August | +4.2 | 0% | 3% | Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| September | +2.4 | 1% | 2% | Port-de-Lanne → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| October | 0.0 | 3% | 1% | either |
| November | −0.4 | 3% | 3% | either |
| December | −1.2 | 3% | 3% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 1,633–1,658 | SE | +0.7 |
| 1,658–1,683 | SE | +1.9 |
| 1,683–1,708 | S | −0.8 |
| 1,708–1,734 | SW | −1.3 |
| 1,734–1,738 | W | −1.6 |
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.