EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - Inner German part, stage 6: Lenzen → Wittingen
On stage 6 (Lenzen → Wittingen, 124 km) the best month is September: 81% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Wittingen → Lenzen meant an average tailwind of 3.3 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 | 4% | 24% | 58 | 4 °C | 0% | 92% | 8.1 † |
| February | 10% | 21% | 44 | 5 °C | 0% | 86% | 9.8 † |
| March | 36% | 22% | 44 | 9 °C | 0% | 58% | 11.7 |
| April | 67% | 20% | 39 | 14 °C | 0% | 20% | 13.9 |
| May | 76% | 23% | 56 | 19 °C | 0% | 2% | 15.8 |
| June | 72% | 23% | 64 | 23 °C | 6% | 0% | 16.9 |
| July | 61% | 27% | 77 | 24 °C | 12% | 0% | 16.4 |
| August | 69% | 24% | 64 | 24 °C | 8% | 0% | 14.7 |
| September | 81% | 18% | 53 | 20 °C | 2% | 0% | 12.6 |
| October | 69% | 20% | 59 | 14 °C | 0% | 14% | 10.5 † |
| November | 28% | 20% | 50 | 8 °C | 0% | 65% | 8.6 † |
| December | 8% | 22% | 54 | 5 °C | 0% | 88% | 7.6 † |
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 Lenzen → Wittingen, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Lenzen → Wittingen | Headwind > 15 km/h, Wittingen → Lenzen | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.4 | 20% | 3% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| February | −4.0 | 17% | 3% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| March | −2.9 | 14% | 5% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| April | −1.2 | 11% | 5% | either |
| May | −1.4 | 11% | 5% | either |
| June | −2.9 | 11% | 2% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| July | −4.2 | 12% | 2% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| August | −4.0 | 12% | 1% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| September | −3.3 | 12% | 3% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| October | −4.1 | 14% | 3% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| November | −4.7 | 15% | 2% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
| December | −6.0 | 20% | 2% | Wittingen → Lenzen |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 630–655 | SE | −0.2 |
| 655–681 | SW | −4.3 |
| 681–706 | W | −3.3 |
| 706–731 | SW | −4.8 |
| 731–754 | SW | −4.1 |
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.