EuroVelo 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route - part Germany, stage 9: Kiel → Kruså

On stage 9 (Kiel → Kruså, 167 km) the best month is September: 76% 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).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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May–June, September (peak September)Best months

eitherBetter direction in the best month

0.3 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month

76%Dry days with 10–30 °C

June · 74%Best summer month

Start: Kiel · Finish: Kruså · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

Good days

Month	Good days	Rain days ≥ 1 mm	Rain, mm	Avg high	Days ≥ 30 °C	Days < 10 °C	Daylight, h
January	1%	26%	69	4 °C	0%	97%	7.8 †
February	4%	22%	53	4 °C	0%	96%	9.6 †
March	18%	21%	45	7 °C	0%	80%	11.7
April	53%	23%	44	11 °C	0%	39%	14.0
May	73%	24%	63	16 °C	0%	6%	16.1
June	74%	26%	68	19 °C	0%	0%	17.2
July	68%	31%	77	21 °C	1%	0%	16.8
August	69%	31%	76	21 °C	1%	0%	14.9
September	76%	24%	62	18 °C	0%	0%	12.6
October	65%	27%	74	13 °C	0%	12%	10.4 †
November	22%	24%	59	8 °C	0%	68%	8.3 †
December	4%	24%	68	5 °C	0%	93%	7.3 †

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

Wind Kiel → Kruså, km/h

Month	Wind Kiel → Kruså, km/h	Headwind > 15 km/h, Kiel → Kruså	Headwind > 15 km/h, Kruså → Kiel	Better way
January	0.0	16%	17%	either
February	+0.4	16%	16%	either
March	−1.0	18%	14%	either
April	−1.3	16%	12%	either
May	−1.6	16%	12%	either
June	−2.6	18%	8%	Kruså → Kiel
July	−2.7	19%	8%	Kruså → Kiel
August	−1.2	15%	9%	either
September	−0.3	15%	13%	either
October	+1.2	13%	16%	either
November	+1.5	12%	17%	either
December	+0.6	14%	16%	either

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

km	Heading	Tailwind in September, km/h
898–923	N	+2.6
923–948	W	−4.2
948–974	NE	+5.4
974–999	N	+2.8
999–1,024	NW	−2.3
1,024–1,049	W	−4.0
1,049–1,065	W	−3.2

Other stages

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.