Appennino Bike Tour, stage 26: Gaggi → Alia
On stage 26 (Gaggi → Alia, 164 km) the best month is May: 84% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.1 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 | 63% | 31% | 99 | 12 °C | 0% | 15% | 9.8 † |
| February | 60% | 32% | 98 | 12 °C | 0% | 16% | 10.7 † |
| March | 66% | 33% | 102 | 14 °C | 0% | 5% | 11.8 |
| April | 76% | 23% | 64 | 17 °C | 0% | 0% | 13.1 |
| May | 84% | 16% | 45 | 20 °C | 0% | 0% | 14.2 |
| June | 81% | 11% | 26 | 25 °C | 8% | 0% | 14.8 |
| July | 76% | 5% | 9 | 28 °C | 20% | 0% | 14.6 |
| August | 71% | 11% | 24 | 28 °C | 18% | 0% | 13.6 |
| September | 67% | 30% | 92 | 25 °C | 3% | 0% | 12.4 |
| October | 67% | 33% | 140 | 21 °C | 0% | 0% | 11.1 |
| November | 65% | 35% | 110 | 17 °C | 0% | 0% | 10.1 † |
| December | 68% | 30% | 90 | 14 °C | 0% | 5% | 9.5 † |
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 Gaggi → Alia, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Gaggi → Alia | Headwind > 15 km/h, Alia → Gaggi | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +0.4 | 3% | 4% | either |
| February | 0.0 | 4% | 4% | either |
| March | +0.5 | 2% | 4% | either |
| April | +0.5 | 2% | 3% | either |
| May | −0.1 | 1% | 2% | either |
| June | −0.9 | 0% | 2% | either |
| July | −1.3 | 0% | 2% | either |
| August | −1.1 | 0% | 2% | either |
| September | −0.1 | 1% | 2% | either |
| October | +0.3 | 1% | 2% | either |
| November | +1.3 | 1% | 3% | either |
| December | +0.4 | 3% | 3% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in May, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 3,017–3,042 | NE | −1.1 |
| 3,042–3,067 | NW | −1.1 |
| 3,067–3,093 | N | −1.2 |
| 3,093–3,118 | E | +0.2 |
| 3,118–3,143 | NE | −0.6 |
| 3,143–3,168 | NE | −0.5 |
| 3,168–3,181 | E | +6.7 |
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.