EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - Inner German part, stage 8: Schöningen → Bad Sachsa
On stage 8 (Schöningen → Bad Sachsa, 121 km) the best month is September: 79% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Bad Sachsa → Schöningen meant an average tailwind of 3.1 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 | 2% | 26% | 63 | 2 °C | 0% | 95% | 8.3 † |
| February | 8% | 24% | 51 | 4 °C | 0% | 90% | 9.9 † |
| March | 28% | 25% | 51 | 8 °C | 0% | 67% | 11.7 |
| April | 58% | 24% | 43 | 13 °C | 0% | 29% | 13.8 |
| May | 68% | 28% | 71 | 17 °C | 0% | 6% | 15.6 |
| June | 70% | 28% | 73 | 21 °C | 2% | 0% | 16.7 |
| July | 64% | 30% | 80 | 23 °C | 7% | 0% | 16.2 |
| August | 66% | 28% | 74 | 22 °C | 6% | 0% | 14.6 |
| September | 79% | 21% | 60 | 18 °C | 0% | 1% | 12.6 |
| October | 60% | 24% | 60 | 13 °C | 0% | 24% | 10.5 † |
| November | 21% | 23% | 54 | 7 °C | 0% | 74% | 8.7 † |
| December | 4% | 24% | 59 | 4 °C | 0% | 93% | 7.8 † |
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 Schöningen → Bad Sachsa, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Schöningen → Bad Sachsa | Headwind > 15 km/h, Bad Sachsa → Schöningen | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.4 | 22% | 2% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| February | −5.0 | 18% | 3% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| March | −2.9 | 14% | 4% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| April | −0.8 | 9% | 5% | either |
| May | −0.8 | 9% | 4% | either |
| June | −1.9 | 9% | 2% | either |
| July | −3.5 | 11% | 1% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| August | −3.8 | 10% | 1% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| September | −3.1 | 11% | 3% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| October | −5.2 | 16% | 2% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| November | −6.1 | 18% | 1% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
| December | −7.2 | 21% | 1% | Bad Sachsa → Schöningen |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 864–889 | SW | −4.3 |
| 889–914 | SW | −4.8 |
| 914–940 | S | +0.3 |
| 940–965 | S | −2.6 |
| 965–985 | SW | −4.2 |
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.