EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - Inner German part, stage 5: Büchen → Lenzen
On stage 5 (Büchen → Lenzen, 118 km) the best month is September: 80% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (1.0 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 | 4% | 25% | 60 | 4 °C | 0% | 92% | 8.0 † |
| February | 9% | 21% | 47 | 5 °C | 0% | 88% | 9.7 † |
| March | 33% | 22% | 45 | 9 °C | 0% | 61% | 11.7 |
| April | 65% | 22% | 40 | 14 °C | 0% | 21% | 13.9 |
| May | 75% | 24% | 58 | 18 °C | 0% | 2% | 15.8 |
| June | 73% | 24% | 66 | 22 °C | 4% | 0% | 16.9 |
| July | 62% | 29% | 78 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 16.5 |
| August | 67% | 27% | 69 | 23 °C | 7% | 0% | 14.8 |
| September | 80% | 18% | 52 | 19 °C | 1% | 0% | 12.6 |
| October | 69% | 21% | 59 | 14 °C | 0% | 13% | 10.4 † |
| November | 27% | 20% | 51 | 8 °C | 0% | 65% | 8.5 † |
| December | 8% | 23% | 57 | 5 °C | 0% | 89% | 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 Büchen → Lenzen, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Büchen → Lenzen | Headwind > 15 km/h, Lenzen → Büchen | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +1.0 | 8% | 12% | either |
| February | +0.4 | 7% | 11% | either |
| March | +1.6 | 7% | 12% | either |
| April | +1.9 | 4% | 12% | either |
| May | +2.0 | 6% | 12% | either |
| June | +3.2 | 3% | 12% | Büchen → Lenzen |
| July | +3.4 | 2% | 12% | Büchen → Lenzen |
| August | +1.8 | 3% | 8% | either |
| September | +1.0 | 5% | 8% | either |
| October | −0.4 | 7% | 8% | either |
| November | −0.6 | 7% | 8% | either |
| December | +0.5 | 7% | 9% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 512–538 | S | −3.8 |
| 538–563 | SE | +1.7 |
| 563–588 | SE | +1.9 |
| 588–613 | E | +2.9 |
| 613–630 | E | +3.2 |
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.