EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part France, stage 10: Besançon → Basel
On stage 10 (Besançon → Basel, 185 km) the best month is September: 75% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.4 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 | 8% | 29% | 103 | 5 °C | 0% | 87% | 8.8 † |
| February | 20% | 28% | 81 | 7 °C | 0% | 74% | 10.2 † |
| March | 46% | 29% | 86 | 11 °C | 0% | 43% | 11.8 |
| April | 62% | 30% | 81 | 15 °C | 0% | 17% | 13.6 |
| May | 61% | 38% | 118 | 19 °C | 1% | 3% | 15.1 |
| June | 60% | 33% | 102 | 23 °C | 8% | 0% | 15.9 |
| July | 57% | 30% | 92 | 25 °C | 16% | 0% | 15.6 |
| August | 58% | 28% | 98 | 24 °C | 15% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 75% | 24% | 86 | 20 °C | 1% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 69% | 24% | 90 | 15 °C | 0% | 12% | 10.8 † |
| November | 31% | 29% | 101 | 9 °C | 0% | 58% | 9.2 † |
| December | 9% | 31% | 116 | 6 °C | 0% | 85% | 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 Besançon → Basel, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Besançon → Basel | Headwind > 15 km/h, Basel → Besançon | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +3.1 | 2% | 15% | Besançon → Basel |
| February | +2.1 | 5% | 13% | Besançon → Basel |
| March | +1.5 | 5% | 13% | either |
| April | 0.0 | 5% | 6% | either |
| May | +1.0 | 5% | 6% | either |
| June | +0.7 | 3% | 4% | either |
| July | +1.9 | 1% | 5% | either |
| August | +1.9 | 1% | 5% | either |
| September | +0.4 | 3% | 6% | either |
| October | +0.8 | 2% | 7% | either |
| November | +2.3 | 1% | 11% | Besançon → Basel |
| December | +3.3 | 2% | 14% | Besançon → Basel |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 1,018–1,043 | NE | +0.3 |
| 1,043–1,069 | E | +0.3 |
| 1,069–1,094 | NE | +0.2 |
| 1,094–1,119 | NE | +0.3 |
| 1,119–1,146 | NE | +0.1 |
| 1,146–1,171 | NE | +0.2 |
| 1,171–1,198 | SE | +1.1 |
| 1,198–1,203 | S | +1.1 |
Other stages
- Saint-Brevin-les-Pins → Saint-Florent-le-Vieil 118 km
- Saint-Florent-le-Vieil → Saumur 109 km
- Saumur → Amboise 112 km
- Amboise → Orléans 104 km
- Orléans → Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 122 km
- Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize 114 km
- Decize → Montceau-les-Mines 130 km
- Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre 112 km
- Seurre → Besançon 102 km
- Besançon → Basel 185 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.