EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part France, stage 7: Decize → Montceau-les-Mines
On stage 7 (Decize → Montceau-les-Mines, 130 km) the best month is October: 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 | 16% | 25% | 77 | 7 °C | 0% | 75% | 8.9 † |
| February | 33% | 25% | 59 | 9 °C | 0% | 56% | 10.2 † |
| March | 57% | 26% | 74 | 13 °C | 0% | 26% | 11.8 |
| April | 71% | 26% | 62 | 17 °C | 0% | 7% | 13.5 |
| May | 67% | 31% | 84 | 20 °C | 2% | 1% | 15.0 |
| June | 62% | 24% | 68 | 25 °C | 15% | 0% | 15.8 |
| July | 57% | 19% | 55 | 27 °C | 28% | 0% | 15.5 |
| August | 59% | 17% | 59 | 26 °C | 26% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 75% | 19% | 69 | 22 °C | 7% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 77% | 20% | 79 | 17 °C | 0% | 4% | 10.8 † |
| November | 43% | 27% | 86 | 11 °C | 0% | 39% | 9.3 † |
| December | 18% | 28% | 88 | 8 °C | 0% | 67% | 8.6 † |
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 Decize → Montceau-les-Mines, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Decize → Montceau-les-Mines | Headwind > 15 km/h, Montceau-les-Mines → Decize | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +1.7 | 1% | 6% | either |
| February | +1.5 | 3% | 7% | either |
| March | +1.8 | 3% | 8% | either |
| April | +0.9 | 3% | 4% | either |
| May | +2.2 | 2% | 5% | Decize → Montceau-les-Mines |
| June | +2.3 | 1% | 3% | Decize → Montceau-les-Mines |
| July | +3.5 | 0% | 4% | Decize → Montceau-les-Mines |
| August | +3.2 | 0% | 4% | Decize → Montceau-les-Mines |
| September | +1.4 | 1% | 3% | either |
| October | −0.3 | 3% | 3% | either |
| November | +0.6 | 2% | 5% | either |
| December | +1.2 | 1% | 7% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 674–700 | SE | −1.0 |
| 700–725 | SE | −1.6 |
| 725–750 | SE | −0.5 |
| 750–775 | E | +0.3 |
| 775–800 | NE | +1.0 |
| 800–804 | N | +1.7 |
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.