EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 2: Guise → Pont-Sainte-Maxence
On stage 2 (Guise → Pont-Sainte-Maxence, 126 km) the best month is September: 80% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise meant an average tailwind of 2.5 km/h (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 | 10% | 25% | 69 | 6 °C | 0% | 80% | 8.6 † |
| February | 23% | 25% | 59 | 8 °C | 0% | 65% | 10.0 † |
| March | 52% | 25% | 58 | 11 °C | 0% | 35% | 11.7 |
| April | 70% | 24% | 46 | 15 °C | 0% | 10% | 13.7 |
| May | 71% | 29% | 67 | 18 °C | 0% | 1% | 15.3 |
| June | 73% | 23% | 61 | 22 °C | 4% | 0% | 16.3 |
| July | 71% | 21% | 56 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 15.9 |
| August | 69% | 23% | 65 | 24 °C | 9% | 0% | 14.4 |
| September | 80% | 18% | 47 | 21 °C | 2% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 75% | 22% | 68 | 16 °C | 0% | 4% | 10.7 † |
| November | 41% | 24% | 64 | 10 °C | 0% | 43% | 9.0 † |
| December | 16% | 25% | 77 | 7 °C | 0% | 72% | 8.2 † |
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 Guise → Pont-Sainte-Maxence, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Guise → Pont-Sainte-Maxence | Headwind > 15 km/h, Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6 | 27% | 4% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| February | −5.1 | 25% | 8% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| March | −2.2 | 20% | 10% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| April | +0.4 | 12% | 12% | either |
| May | −0.9 | 14% | 9% | either |
| June | −1.2 | 13% | 7% | either |
| July | −4.2 | 18% | 3% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| August | −4.9 | 16% | 3% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| September | −2.5 | 15% | 6% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| October | −4.6 | 20% | 4% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| November | −6.5 | 26% | 3% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
| December | −7.6 | 29% | 4% | Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Guise |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 116–141 | SW | −2.8 |
| 141–167 | SW | −2.5 |
| 167–192 | SW | −2.7 |
| 192–217 | SW | −2.4 |
| 217–242 | SW | −2.3 |
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.