EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 6: Orléans → Tours
On stage 6 (Orléans → Tours, 134 km) the best month is September: 78% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (1.4 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 | 20% | 21% | 60 | 7 °C | 0% | 70% | 8.8 † |
| February | 37% | 21% | 51 | 9 °C | 0% | 52% | 10.2 † |
| March | 58% | 26% | 59 | 13 °C | 0% | 24% | 11.8 |
| April | 75% | 23% | 48 | 17 °C | 0% | 4% | 13.6 |
| May | 72% | 27% | 72 | 20 °C | 1% | 0% | 15.1 |
| June | 70% | 21% | 56 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 16.0 |
| July | 67% | 16% | 44 | 26 °C | 19% | 0% | 15.6 |
| August | 68% | 15% | 43 | 26 °C | 18% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 78% | 15% | 47 | 22 °C | 6% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 75% | 24% | 75 | 18 °C | 0% | 2% | 10.8 † |
| November | 51% | 25% | 64 | 12 °C | 0% | 30% | 9.2 † |
| December | 26% | 22% | 67 | 8 °C | 0% | 61% | 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 Orléans → Tours, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Orléans → Tours | Headwind > 15 km/h, Tours → Orléans | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.1 | 25% | 5% | Tours → Orléans |
| February | −4.1 | 23% | 9% | Tours → Orléans |
| March | −2.3 | 21% | 10% | Tours → Orléans |
| April | +0.3 | 13% | 12% | either |
| May | −1.4 | 16% | 9% | either |
| June | −1.7 | 14% | 7% | either |
| July | −4.7 | 19% | 5% | Tours → Orléans |
| August | −4.5 | 16% | 3% | Tours → Orléans |
| September | −1.4 | 14% | 8% | either |
| October | −2.4 | 17% | 7% | Tours → Orléans |
| November | −4.9 | 23% | 4% | Tours → Orléans |
| December | −5.7 | 25% | 6% | Tours → Orléans |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 620–645 | SW | −1.5 |
| 645–671 | SW | −1.0 |
| 671–696 | SW | −1.1 |
| 696–721 | SW | −1.5 |
| 721–746 | W | −1.7 |
| 746–754 | W | −1.9 |
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.