EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 3: Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Évry
On stage 3 (Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Évry, 124 km) the best month is September: 80% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.6 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 | 14% | 23% | 62 | 7 °C | 0% | 77% | 8.7 † |
| February | 29% | 23% | 54 | 8 °C | 0% | 60% | 10.1 † |
| March | 53% | 26% | 57 | 12 °C | 0% | 32% | 11.7 |
| April | 73% | 23% | 46 | 16 °C | 0% | 7% | 13.6 |
| May | 72% | 27% | 66 | 19 °C | 0% | 1% | 15.3 |
| June | 71% | 23% | 62 | 23 °C | 6% | 0% | 16.2 |
| July | 71% | 18% | 55 | 25 °C | 12% | 0% | 15.8 |
| August | 72% | 19% | 58 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 14.4 |
| September | 80% | 17% | 46 | 21 °C | 3% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 75% | 23% | 69 | 16 °C | 0% | 3% | 10.7 † |
| November | 45% | 23% | 62 | 11 °C | 0% | 39% | 9.1 † |
| December | 20% | 25% | 74 | 8 °C | 0% | 68% | 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 Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Évry, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Pont-Sainte-Maxence → Évry | Headwind > 15 km/h, Évry → Pont-Sainte-Maxence | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.2 | 19% | 4% | Évry → Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
| February | −3.1 | 17% | 7% | Évry → Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
| March | −0.6 | 13% | 9% | either |
| April | +1.1 | 9% | 10% | either |
| May | +1.2 | 8% | 9% | either |
| June | +0.8 | 7% | 7% | either |
| July | −0.8 | 8% | 4% | either |
| August | −1.6 | 7% | 3% | either |
| September | −0.6 | 8% | 5% | either |
| October | −3.4 | 14% | 4% | Évry → Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
| November | −4.9 | 20% | 4% | Évry → Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
| December | −5.4 | 21% | 4% | Évry → Pont-Sainte-Maxence |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 242–267 | S | −0.7 |
| 267–292 | S | −0.2 |
| 292–318 | SW | −1.9 |
| 318–343 | S | −0.7 |
| 343–366 | S | +0.4 |
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.