Appennino Bike Tour, stage 15: Pignola → San Brancato
On stage 15 (Pignola → San Brancato, 136 km) the best month is October: 79% 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 | 38% | 22% | 69 | 9 °C | 0% | 57% | 9.6 † |
| February | 48% | 27% | 69 | 10 °C | 0% | 44% | 10.6 † |
| March | 58% | 30% | 87 | 13 °C | 0% | 26% | 11.8 |
| April | 68% | 30% | 71 | 16 °C | 0% | 7% | 13.2 |
| May | 71% | 28% | 64 | 21 °C | 1% | 0% | 14.4 |
| June | 57% | 23% | 43 | 26 °C | 22% | 0% | 15.1 |
| July | 45% | 14% | 21 | 29 °C | 44% | 0% | 14.8 |
| August | 46% | 17% | 28 | 29 °C | 41% | 0% | 13.8 |
| September | 73% | 20% | 51 | 24 °C | 7% | 0% | 12.4 |
| October | 79% | 20% | 69 | 20 °C | 0% | 1% | 11.0 |
| November | 70% | 24% | 87 | 15 °C | 0% | 11% | 9.9 † |
| December | 52% | 19% | 59 | 10 °C | 0% | 41% | 9.3 † |
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 Pignola → San Brancato, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Pignola → San Brancato | Headwind > 15 km/h, San Brancato → Pignola | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +2.4 | 0% | 5% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| February | +2.4 | 1% | 7% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| March | +2.2 | 1% | 6% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| April | +1.7 | 1% | 5% | either |
| May | +2.3 | 1% | 4% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| June | +3.4 | 0% | 3% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| July | +4.1 | 0% | 4% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| August | +3.0 | 0% | 2% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| September | +2.3 | 0% | 2% | Pignola → San Brancato |
| October | +1.0 | 0% | 3% | either |
| November | +0.7 | 0% | 2% | either |
| December | +2.4 | 0% | 5% | Pignola → San Brancato |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 1,688–1,713 | SE | +1.6 |
| 1,713–1,738 | NE | +0.1 |
| 1,738–1,763 | S | +1.4 |
| 1,763–1,788 | SE | +1.3 |
| 1,788–1,814 | SE | +1.0 |
| 1,814–1,824 | S | +0.5 |
Other stages
- Bocchetta di Altare → Ronco Scrivia 118 km
- Ronco Scrivia → Farini 118 km
- Farini → Monchio delle Corti 118 km
- Monchio delle Corti → Pievepelago 118 km
- Pievepelago → Castiglione dei Pepoli 124 km
- Castiglione dei Pepoli → Bibbiena 114 km
- Bibbiena → Gubbio 120 km
- Gubbio → Spoleto 100 km
- Spoleto → Arquata del Tronto 118 km
- Arquata del Tronto → Paganica-Tempera 144 km
- Paganica-Tempera → Castel di Sangro 152 km
- Castel di Sangro → Guardiaregia 118 km
- Guardiaregia → Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi 116 km
- Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi → Pignola 112 km
- Pignola → San Brancato 136 km
- San Brancato → Mormanno 110 km
- Mormanno → San Marco Argentano 118 km
- San Marco Argentano → Spezzano della Sila 114 km
- Spezzano della Sila → Borgia 118 km
- Borgia → Fabrizia 110 km
- Fabrizia → Villa San Giovanni 121 km
- Villa San Giovanni → Alia 2 km
- Alia → Gangi 99 km
- Gangi → Bronte 108 km
- Bronte → Gaggi 110 km
- Gaggi → Alia 164 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.