Tailwind Atlas

Cycle routes in Germany: which way and when

Germany: 34 routes with wind, rain and heat by month. The best month is most often September (34/34); data: ERA5 2006–2025.

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

Routes

RouteLengthBest monthsBest way
Radweg D11: Ostsee – Oberbayern1,622 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - Inner German part1,582 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 15 – Rhine Cycle Route1,346 kmSeptembereither
Paneuropa Route1,214 kmSeptembereither
Radweg Deutsche Einheit1,090 kmSeptemberBonn → Berlin
Pilgerroute1,073 kmSeptemberAachen → Flensburg
EuroVelo 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route - part Germany1,070 kmSeptembereither
Mittelland-Route (Aachen – Zittau)1,039 kmSeptemberAachen → Zittau
Radroute Saar-Mosel-Main1,017 kmSeptembereither
Euroroute R1 - part Germany997 kmSeptembernear Eibergen → Kostrzyn nad Odrą
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part Germany924 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 4 - Central Europe Route - part Germany910 kmSeptembereither
Elberadweg (linkselbisch)834 kmSeptembereither
Deutscher Limes-Radweg828 kmSeptembereither
Ostseeküsten-Radweg801 kmSeptemberFlensburg → Swinemünde
EuroVelo 7 - Sun Route - part Germany732 kmSeptembereither
Radfernweg Berlin-Kopenhagen672 kmSeptembereither
Oder-Neisse Cycle Route613 kmSeptembereither
Fietsen naar Praag568 kmSeptemberSpijk → Philippsthal
Danube Cycle Path (Germany)567 kmSeptembereither
Weser Cycle Route512 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - part Germany/Czech Republic412 kmSeptembereither
Lake Constance Cycle Path261 kmSeptembereither
Moselle Cycle Route244 kmSeptemberPerl → Koblenz
EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part Germany - Baden-Württemberg239 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 15 - Rheinradweg - Ingelheim–Grenze Rhein-Neckar-Kreis/Landkreis Karlsruhe158 kmSeptembereither
Innradweg - Bayern150 kmSeptembereither
Weser-Romantische Straße Teil 10141 kmSeptembereither
Weser-Romantische Straße Teil 7138 kmSeptembereither
Weser-Romantische Straße Teil 4137 kmSeptembereither
Weser-Romantische Straße Teil 8133 kmSeptembereither
Weser-Romantische Straße Teil 6105 kmSeptembereither
Fietsallee am Nordkanal102 kmSeptemberNederweert → near Düsseldorf
EuroVelo 15 - Rheinradweg - Teilstrecke Köln - Moers101 kmSeptembereither

Other routes through Germany

RouteLengthBest monthsBest way
Via Claudia Augusta722 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 7 - Sun Route - part Denmark358 kmJune, September (peak September)Warnemünde → Helsingor
Grünroute323 kmSeptemberPaal → Düren
Wokół Zalewu Szczecińskiego293 kmSeptembereither
23 Děčín, Přípeř - Cheb, hráz Skalky246 kmSeptemberCheb → Děčín
33 Šumavská magistrála207 kmSeptembereither
RAVeL W9 La Véloroute grandeur Nature155 kmSeptemberMartelange → Raeren
36 - Magistrála Český les154 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 6 - Atlantic-Black Sea - part Switzerland153 kmSeptembereither
Vennbahn (Radweg)123 kmSeptemberTroisvierges → Aachen

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.