EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route (France), stage 7: Tours → Chauvigny
On stage 7 (Tours → Chauvigny, 124 km) the best month is September: 77% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.3 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 | 24% | 21% | 65 | 8 °C | 0% | 64% | 8.9 † |
| February | 41% | 22% | 54 | 10 °C | 0% | 45% | 10.2 † |
| March | 59% | 27% | 61 | 13 °C | 0% | 20% | 11.8 |
| April | 76% | 23% | 54 | 17 °C | 0% | 3% | 13.5 |
| May | 73% | 26% | 72 | 20 °C | 1% | 0% | 15.0 |
| June | 67% | 23% | 62 | 24 °C | 11% | 0% | 15.9 |
| July | 68% | 14% | 40 | 26 °C | 20% | 0% | 15.5 |
| August | 68% | 13% | 38 | 26 °C | 20% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 77% | 16% | 47 | 23 °C | 7% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 77% | 22% | 74 | 18 °C | 0% | 1% | 10.8 † |
| November | 55% | 25% | 68 | 12 °C | 0% | 25% | 9.3 † |
| December | 29% | 21% | 68 | 9 °C | 0% | 57% | 8.5 † |
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 Tours → Chauvigny, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Tours → Chauvigny | Headwind > 15 km/h, Chauvigny → Tours | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.1 | 17% | 5% | Chauvigny → Tours |
| February | −2.2 | 16% | 7% | Chauvigny → Tours |
| March | −0.6 | 13% | 7% | either |
| April | +0.9 | 8% | 7% | either |
| May | +0.9 | 6% | 7% | either |
| June | +0.3 | 5% | 4% | either |
| July | −0.4 | 5% | 2% | either |
| August | −0.3 | 5% | 2% | either |
| September | +0.3 | 7% | 4% | either |
| October | −2.3 | 13% | 3% | Chauvigny → Tours |
| November | −3.6 | 17% | 5% | Chauvigny → Tours |
| December | −4.1 | 18% | 4% | Chauvigny → Tours |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 754–779 | S | +0.3 |
| 779–804 | S | −0.3 |
| 804–830 | S | +0.4 |
| 830–855 | S | +0.3 |
| 855–878 | S | +1.1 |
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.