EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part France, stage 9: Seurre → Besançon
On stage 9 (Seurre → Besançon, 102 km) the best month is October: 75% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (1.7 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 | 12% | 29% | 100 | 6 °C | 0% | 80% | 8.9 † |
| February | 28% | 28% | 79 | 8 °C | 0% | 62% | 10.2 † |
| March | 56% | 27% | 85 | 12 °C | 0% | 30% | 11.8 |
| April | 69% | 27% | 77 | 17 °C | 0% | 9% | 13.5 |
| May | 65% | 33% | 106 | 20 °C | 2% | 1% | 15.1 |
| June | 60% | 28% | 90 | 25 °C | 13% | 0% | 15.9 |
| July | 52% | 24% | 70 | 27 °C | 27% | 0% | 15.5 |
| August | 57% | 20% | 75 | 26 °C | 24% | 0% | 14.2 |
| September | 74% | 21% | 81 | 22 °C | 5% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 75% | 22% | 94 | 17 °C | 0% | 5% | 10.8 † |
| November | 39% | 29% | 106 | 10 °C | 0% | 46% | 9.3 † |
| December | 13% | 33% | 116 | 7 °C | 0% | 75% | 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 Seurre → Besançon, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Seurre → Besançon | Headwind > 15 km/h, Besançon → Seurre | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +3.1 | 3% | 13% | Seurre → Besançon |
| February | +2.6 | 5% | 12% | Seurre → Besançon |
| March | +1.8 | 6% | 12% | either |
| April | +0.2 | 6% | 6% | either |
| May | +1.0 | 6% | 7% | either |
| June | +0.8 | 4% | 5% | either |
| July | +2.0 | 2% | 6% | Seurre → Besançon |
| August | +2.3 | 1% | 5% | Seurre → Besançon |
| September | +0.7 | 5% | 6% | either |
| October | +1.7 | 3% | 8% | either |
| November | +2.9 | 2% | 10% | Seurre → Besançon |
| December | +3.9 | 2% | 13% | Seurre → Besançon |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 916–941 | NE | +2.3 |
| 941–966 | E | +1.1 |
| 966–992 | E | +1.7 |
| 992–1,018 | E | +1.8 |
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.