Radweg D11: Ostsee – Oberbayern, stage 9: Lichtenfels → Nuremberg

On stage 9 (Lichtenfels → Nuremberg, 117 km) the best month is September: 77% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.5 km/h on average; ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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117 kmLength

SeptemberBest months

eitherBetter direction in the best month

0.5 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month

77%Dry days with 10–30 °C

June · 68%Best summer month

Start: Lichtenfels · Finish: Nuremberg · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

Good days

Month	Good days	Rain days ≥ 1 mm	Rain, mm	Avg high	Days ≥ 30 °C	Days < 10 °C	Daylight, h
January	4%	27%	74	3 °C	0%	95%	8.6 †
February	10%	25%	55	5 °C	0%	86%	10.0 †
March	35%	25%	59	9 °C	0%	58%	11.7
April	64%	25%	47	15 °C	0%	22%	13.7
May	70%	29%	76	18 °C	0%	4%	15.4
June	68%	26%	72	23 °C	6%	0%	16.3
July	61%	28%	76	24 °C	13%	0%	15.9
August	63%	26%	80	24 °C	12%	0%	14.4
September	77%	21%	67	19 °C	1%	1%	12.5
October	63%	22%	61	14 °C	0%	21%	10.6 †
November	21%	24%	65	7 °C	0%	73%	9.0 †
December	3%	30%	79	4 °C	0%	94%	8.1 †

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

Wind Lichtenfels → Nuremberg, km/h

Month	Wind Lichtenfels → Nuremberg, km/h	Headwind > 15 km/h, Lichtenfels → Nuremberg	Headwind > 15 km/h, Nuremberg → Lichtenfels	Better way
January	−2.8	7%	2%	Nuremberg → Lichtenfels
February	−2.1	6%	3%	Nuremberg → Lichtenfels
March	−0.5	5%	3%	either
April	+0.9	2%	4%	either
May	+0.9	2%	4%	either
June	+0.9	1%	2%	either
July	−0.1	2%	1%	either
August	−0.8	2%	1%	either
September	−0.5	2%	2%	either
October	−2.2	4%	2%	Nuremberg → Lichtenfels
November	−3.2	5%	1%	Nuremberg → Lichtenfels
December	−3.8	7%	1%	Nuremberg → Lichtenfels

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

km	Heading	Tailwind in September, km/h
1,050–1,075	SW	−2.1
1,075–1,101	S	−1.1
1,101–1,126	SE	+0.7
1,126–1,152	S	−0.6
1,152–1,167	SE	+1.5

Other stages

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.