EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part France, stage 6: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize
On stage 6 (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize, 114 km) the best month is September: 75% 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% | 25% | 76 | 7 °C | 0% | 74% | 8.9 † |
| February | 31% | 27% | 60 | 9 °C | 0% | 57% | 10.2 † |
| March | 54% | 29% | 75 | 13 °C | 0% | 26% | 11.8 |
| April | 71% | 25% | 61 | 17 °C | 0% | 6% | 13.5 |
| May | 69% | 30% | 82 | 20 °C | 1% | 1% | 15.0 |
| June | 67% | 22% | 68 | 24 °C | 12% | 0% | 15.9 |
| July | 64% | 18% | 56 | 26 °C | 20% | 0% | 15.5 |
| August | 65% | 17% | 58 | 26 °C | 20% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 75% | 19% | 64 | 22 °C | 6% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 74% | 23% | 83 | 17 °C | 0% | 3% | 10.8 † |
| November | 43% | 28% | 78 | 11 °C | 0% | 38% | 9.3 † |
| December | 19% | 27% | 88 | 8 °C | 0% | 67% | 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 Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize | Headwind > 15 km/h, Decize → Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.2 | 5% | 5% | either |
| February | 0.0 | 5% | 6% | either |
| March | +1.1 | 4% | 7% | either |
| April | +1.3 | 4% | 5% | either |
| May | +2.5 | 2% | 6% | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize |
| June | +2.3 | 1% | 3% | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize |
| July | +2.7 | 1% | 3% | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize |
| August | +2.3 | 0% | 2% | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire → Decize |
| September | +1.1 | 2% | 3% | either |
| October | −1.5 | 5% | 2% | either |
| November | −1.6 | 6% | 4% | either |
| December | −1.2 | 5% | 5% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 562–587 | S | +0.5 |
| 587–612 | S | +0.6 |
| 612–638 | SE | +1.6 |
| 638–664 | SE | +1.5 |
| 664–676 | E | +1.2 |
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.