Danube Cycle Path (Germany), stage 5: Straubing → Passau
On stage 5 (Straubing → Passau, 96 km) the best month is September: 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 | 2% | 27% | 78 | 3 °C | 0% | 96% | 8.7 † |
| February | 11% | 22% | 57 | 5 °C | 0% | 86% | 10.1 † |
| March | 40% | 23% | 62 | 10 °C | 0% | 53% | 11.7 |
| April | 66% | 22% | 49 | 15 °C | 0% | 21% | 13.6 |
| May | 67% | 32% | 95 | 19 °C | 0% | 3% | 15.2 |
| June | 64% | 28% | 90 | 23 °C | 8% | 0% | 16.1 |
| July | 61% | 27% | 86 | 25 °C | 14% | 0% | 15.8 |
| August | 60% | 27% | 89 | 24 °C | 14% | 0% | 14.3 |
| September | 76% | 23% | 70 | 19 °C | 1% | 2% | 12.5 |
| October | 66% | 20% | 58 | 14 °C | 0% | 20% | 10.7 † |
| November | 23% | 20% | 63 | 7 °C | 0% | 73% | 9.1 † |
| December | 3% | 26% | 77 | 4 °C | 0% | 95% | 8.3 † |
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 Straubing → Passau, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Straubing → Passau | Headwind > 15 km/h, Passau → Straubing | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +2.8 | 1% | 12% | Straubing → Passau |
| February | +1.9 | 2% | 10% | either |
| March | +2.0 | 4% | 11% | Straubing → Passau |
| April | +1.4 | 3% | 8% | either |
| May | +1.6 | 4% | 6% | either |
| June | +2.7 | 1% | 5% | Straubing → Passau |
| July | +4.0 | 0% | 6% | Straubing → Passau |
| August | +2.1 | 0% | 3% | Straubing → Passau |
| September | +1.1 | 2% | 5% | either |
| October | +0.6 | 2% | 6% | either |
| November | +0.7 | 1% | 7% | either |
| December | +1.4 | 1% | 7% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 470–495 | SE | +1.4 |
| 495–520 | SE | +1.1 |
| 520–545 | SE | +0.6 |
| 545–566 | E | +1.4 |
Other stages
- Donaueschingen → Riedlingen 116 km
- Riedlingen → Lauingen 114 km
- Lauingen → Ingolstadt 108 km
- Ingolstadt → Straubing 132 km
- Straubing → Passau 96 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.