EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - Inner German part, stage 4: Travemünde → Büchen
On stage 4 (Travemünde → Büchen, 130 km) the best month is September: 80% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Büchen → Travemünde meant an average tailwind of 3.4 km/h (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 | 3% | 25% | 60 | 4 °C | 0% | 94% | 8.0 † |
| February | 7% | 21% | 47 | 5 °C | 0% | 91% | 9.7 † |
| March | 28% | 22% | 44 | 8 °C | 0% | 67% | 11.7 |
| April | 60% | 25% | 42 | 13 °C | 0% | 27% | 13.9 |
| May | 72% | 25% | 62 | 17 °C | 0% | 4% | 15.9 |
| June | 74% | 25% | 68 | 21 °C | 1% | 0% | 17.1 |
| July | 65% | 30% | 75 | 23 °C | 6% | 0% | 16.6 |
| August | 68% | 28% | 73 | 22 °C | 4% | 0% | 14.8 |
| September | 80% | 20% | 51 | 19 °C | 0% | 0% | 12.6 |
| October | 68% | 23% | 59 | 14 °C | 0% | 13% | 10.4 † |
| November | 25% | 20% | 50 | 8 °C | 0% | 68% | 8.5 † |
| December | 6% | 23% | 60 | 5 °C | 0% | 90% | 7.5 † |
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 Travemünde → Büchen, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Travemünde → Büchen | Headwind > 15 km/h, Büchen → Travemünde | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6 | 23% | 5% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| February | −4.2 | 20% | 6% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| March | −2.3 | 15% | 7% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| April | +0.1 | 10% | 9% | either |
| May | +0.1 | 10% | 9% | either |
| June | −1.0 | 10% | 6% | either |
| July | −2.6 | 11% | 5% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| August | −3.5 | 13% | 3% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| September | −3.4 | 15% | 5% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| October | −5.1 | 18% | 4% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| November | −5.9 | 21% | 3% | Büchen → Travemünde |
| December | −6.5 | 25% | 3% | Büchen → Travemünde |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 382–407 | S | −4.3 |
| 407–432 | SW | −4.9 |
| 432–459 | SE | +1.4 |
| 459–484 | S | −4.0 |
| 484–512 | SW | −5.0 |
Other stages
- Świnoujście → Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald 106 km
- Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald → Seeheilbad Graal-Müritz 137 km
- Seeheilbad Graal-Müritz → Travemünde 141 km
- Travemünde → Büchen 130 km
- Büchen → Lenzen 118 km
- Lenzen → Wittingen 124 km
- Wittingen → Schöningen 111 km
- Schöningen → Bad Sachsa 121 km
- Bad Sachsa → Eschwege 123 km
- Eschwege → Tann 122 km
- Tann → Ummerstadt 122 km
- Ummerstadt → Probstzella 124 km
- Probstzella → Haag 101 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.