EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part France, stage 8: Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre
On stage 8 (Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre, 112 km) the best month is October: 76% 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 | 13% | 25% | 77 | 6 °C | 0% | 79% | 8.9 † |
| February | 30% | 25% | 63 | 8 °C | 0% | 60% | 10.2 † |
| March | 57% | 25% | 73 | 13 °C | 0% | 28% | 11.8 |
| April | 71% | 25% | 71 | 17 °C | 0% | 8% | 13.5 |
| May | 66% | 32% | 93 | 20 °C | 2% | 1% | 15.0 |
| June | 61% | 26% | 82 | 25 °C | 13% | 0% | 15.8 |
| July | 55% | 22% | 67 | 27 °C | 26% | 0% | 15.5 |
| August | 59% | 19% | 70 | 26 °C | 25% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 75% | 19% | 76 | 22 °C | 6% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 76% | 22% | 93 | 17 °C | 0% | 4% | 10.8 † |
| November | 39% | 28% | 95 | 11 °C | 0% | 44% | 9.3 † |
| December | 14% | 29% | 92 | 7 °C | 0% | 73% | 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 Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre | Headwind > 15 km/h, Seurre → Montceau-les-Mines | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +2.4 | 4% | 11% | Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre |
| February | +1.8 | 6% | 11% | either |
| March | +1.0 | 8% | 10% | either |
| April | −0.6 | 7% | 5% | either |
| May | +0.1 | 8% | 5% | either |
| June | 0.0 | 5% | 3% | either |
| July | +1.2 | 3% | 4% | either |
| August | +1.4 | 2% | 3% | either |
| September | +0.2 | 6% | 5% | either |
| October | +1.1 | 3% | 7% | either |
| November | +2.4 | 3% | 9% | Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre |
| December | +3.1 | 3% | 11% | Montceau-les-Mines → Seurre |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 804–829 | NE | +1.4 |
| 829–854 | NE | +1.4 |
| 854–880 | SE | −0.8 |
| 880–905 | NE | +2.0 |
| 905–916 | NE | +2.5 |
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.