Paneuropa Route, stage 3: Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe
On stage 3 (Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, 70 km) the best month is September: 78% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (1.8 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 | 7% | 25% | 80 | 5 °C | 0% | 87% | 8.7 † |
| February | 19% | 25% | 64 | 7 °C | 0% | 75% | 10.1 † |
| March | 44% | 28% | 68 | 11 °C | 0% | 43% | 11.7 |
| April | 64% | 28% | 59 | 15 °C | 0% | 15% | 13.6 |
| May | 69% | 30% | 81 | 19 °C | 1% | 2% | 15.2 |
| June | 68% | 25% | 76 | 23 °C | 7% | 0% | 16.1 |
| July | 64% | 23% | 67 | 25 °C | 15% | 0% | 15.8 |
| August | 65% | 23% | 75 | 24 °C | 12% | 0% | 14.3 |
| September | 78% | 20% | 69 | 20 °C | 2% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 71% | 21% | 73 | 15 °C | 0% | 10% | 10.7 † |
| November | 30% | 26% | 80 | 9 °C | 0% | 58% | 9.1 † |
| December | 10% | 29% | 86 | 6 °C | 0% | 82% | 8.3 † |
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
| Month | Wind Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe | Headwind > 15 km/h, Dombasle-sur-Meurthe → Ligny-en-Barrois | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +3.7 | 3% | 14% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| February | +2.5 | 6% | 14% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| March | +1.9 | 7% | 14% | either |
| April | +0.7 | 5% | 8% | either |
| May | +2.4 | 4% | 11% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| June | +3.0 | 2% | 10% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| July | +5.2 | 1% | 15% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| August | +4.6 | 1% | 10% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| September | +1.8 | 3% | 8% | either |
| October | +1.3 | 4% | 8% | either |
| November | +2.6 | 2% | 9% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
| December | +3.7 | 3% | 12% | Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 252–261 | SE | +0.7 |
| 261–286 | E | +2.3 |
| 286–312 | E | +1.8 |
| 312–322 | E | +2.1 |
Other stages
- Paris → Épernay 59 km
- Épernay → Ligny-en-Barrois 85 km
- Ligny-en-Barrois → Dombasle-sur-Meurthe 70 km
- Dombasle-sur-Meurthe → Strasbourg 132 km
- Strasbourg → Bruchsal 112 km
- Bruchsal → Heilbronn 147 km
- Heilbronn → Rothenburg ob der Tauber 127 km
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber → Nuremberg 96 km
- Nuremberg → Weiden 126 km
- Weiden → Stříbro 125 km
- Stříbro → Hořovice 134 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.