EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 5: Amilly → Orléans
On stage 5 (Amilly → Orléans, 136 km) the best month is September: 78% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (1.1 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 | 16% | 24% | 64 | 7 °C | 0% | 75% | 8.8 † |
| February | 31% | 23% | 52 | 9 °C | 0% | 57% | 10.2 † |
| March | 55% | 27% | 62 | 13 °C | 0% | 28% | 11.8 |
| April | 74% | 23% | 52 | 16 °C | 0% | 5% | 13.6 |
| May | 71% | 28% | 77 | 20 °C | 1% | 1% | 15.1 |
| June | 70% | 21% | 62 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 16.0 |
| July | 65% | 19% | 51 | 26 °C | 18% | 0% | 15.6 |
| August | 68% | 16% | 48 | 25 °C | 17% | 0% | 14.3 |
| September | 78% | 17% | 54 | 22 °C | 5% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 75% | 23% | 74 | 17 °C | 0% | 3% | 10.7 † |
| November | 46% | 25% | 63 | 11 °C | 0% | 36% | 9.2 † |
| December | 21% | 25% | 73 | 8 °C | 0% | 66% | 8.4 † |
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 Amilly → Orléans, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Amilly → Orléans | Headwind > 15 km/h, Orléans → Amilly | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.9 | 12% | 2% | Orléans → Amilly |
| February | −2.4 | 12% | 4% | Orléans → Amilly |
| March | −1.6 | 12% | 5% | either |
| April | −0.2 | 6% | 5% | either |
| May | −1.4 | 8% | 4% | either |
| June | −1.3 | 5% | 3% | either |
| July | −2.9 | 8% | 1% | Orléans → Amilly |
| August | −2.8 | 7% | 1% | Orléans → Amilly |
| September | −1.1 | 6% | 2% | either |
| October | −1.2 | 7% | 3% | either |
| November | −2.5 | 10% | 3% | Orléans → Amilly |
| December | −3.1 | 12% | 2% | Orléans → Amilly |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 484–509 | S | +0.6 |
| 509–534 | SW | −1.2 |
| 534–559 | W | −1.7 |
| 559–584 | NW | −1.2 |
| 584–609 | W | −1.7 |
| 609–620 | NW | −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.