Appennino Bike Tour, stage 5: Pievepelago → Castiglione dei Pepoli
On stage 5 (Pievepelago → Castiglione dei Pepoli, 124 km) the best month is October: 70% 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).
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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 | 8% | 22% | 82 | 5 °C | 0% | 91% | 9.2 † |
| February | 25% | 27% | 105 | 7 °C | 0% | 74% | 10.4 † |
| March | 46% | 32% | 108 | 10 °C | 0% | 45% | 11.8 |
| April | 56% | 41% | 109 | 15 °C | 0% | 11% | 13.4 |
| May | 59% | 41% | 146 | 18 °C | 0% | 1% | 14.8 |
| June | 66% | 32% | 97 | 23 °C | 2% | 0% | 15.5 |
| July | 60% | 31% | 73 | 26 °C | 9% | 0% | 15.2 |
| August | 61% | 30% | 81 | 26 °C | 10% | 0% | 14.0 |
| September | 69% | 31% | 103 | 21 °C | 0% | 0% | 12.4 |
| October | 70% | 27% | 116 | 16 °C | 0% | 5% | 10.9 † |
| November | 45% | 28% | 125 | 10 °C | 0% | 42% | 9.5 † |
| December | 13% | 23% | 100 | 6 °C | 0% | 85% | 8.9 † |
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 Pievepelago → Castiglione dei Pepoli, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Pievepelago → Castiglione dei Pepoli | Headwind > 15 km/h, Castiglione dei Pepoli → Pievepelago | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +0.6 | 0% | 1% | either |
| February | +0.2 | 1% | 1% | either |
| March | −0.3 | 2% | 1% | either |
| April | −0.6 | 1% | 1% | either |
| May | −0.4 | 0% | 1% | either |
| June | −0.1 | 0% | 0% | either |
| July | +0.1 | 0% | 1% | either |
| August | −0.2 | 0% | 0% | either |
| September | −0.5 | 1% | 0% | either |
| October | −0.5 | 1% | 1% | either |
| November | +0.1 | 0% | 1% | either |
| December | +0.7 | 0% | 0% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 472–497 | NE | −0.7 |
| 497–522 | E | −0.8 |
| 522–547 | SE | −0.4 |
| 547–573 | S | +0.2 |
| 573–596 | E | −0.8 |
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.