EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena, stage 24: Cassino → Benevento
On stage 24 (Cassino → Benevento, 121 km) the best month is October: 76% 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 | 37% | 29% | 112 | 10 °C | 0% | 52% | 9.5 † |
| February | 50% | 30% | 116 | 11 °C | 0% | 34% | 10.6 † |
| March | 59% | 34% | 127 | 13 °C | 0% | 18% | 11.8 |
| April | 65% | 34% | 97 | 17 °C | 0% | 2% | 13.3 |
| May | 63% | 36% | 96 | 21 °C | 1% | 0% | 14.5 |
| June | 58% | 27% | 62 | 26 °C | 16% | 0% | 15.1 |
| July | 43% | 19% | 36 | 29 °C | 41% | 0% | 14.9 |
| August | 43% | 20% | 29 | 29 °C | 42% | 0% | 13.8 |
| September | 69% | 25% | 89 | 25 °C | 6% | 0% | 12.4 |
| October | 76% | 24% | 109 | 20 °C | 0% | 1% | 11.0 |
| November | 63% | 32% | 171 | 15 °C | 0% | 8% | 9.8 † |
| December | 53% | 24% | 113 | 11 °C | 0% | 33% | 9.2 † |
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 Cassino → Benevento, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Cassino → Benevento | Headwind > 15 km/h, Benevento → Cassino | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +0.1 | 0% | 0% | either |
| February | +0.4 | 0% | 0% | either |
| March | +0.6 | 0% | 0% | either |
| April | +0.7 | 0% | 0% | either |
| May | +1.3 | 0% | 0% | either |
| June | +1.9 | 0% | 0% | either |
| July | +2.3 | 0% | 0% | Cassino → Benevento |
| August | +1.8 | 0% | 0% | either |
| September | +0.9 | 0% | 0% | either |
| October | +0.1 | 0% | 0% | either |
| November | −0.1 | 0% | 0% | either |
| December | 0.0 | 0% | 0% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in October, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 2,861–2,886 | E | +0.5 |
| 2,886–2,911 | SE | −0.4 |
| 2,911–2,936 | SE | −0.3 |
| 2,936–2,961 | E | +0.2 |
| 2,961–2,982 | SE | +0.8 |
Other stages
- Canterbury → Audruicq 114 km
- Audruicq → Lens 115 km
- Lens → Lessines 121 km
- Lessines → Wavre 125 km
- Wavre → Marche-en-Famenne 126 km
- Marche-en-Famenne → Eischen 132 km
- Eischen → Saarlouis 120 km
- Saarlouis → Saverne 147 km
- Saverne → Châtenois 120 km
- Châtenois → Mulhouse 116 km
- Mulhouse → Luzern 113 km
- Luzern → Airolo 117 km
- Airolo → Como 139 km
- Como → Pavia 121 km
- Pavia → Fidenza 128 km
- Fidenza → Sarzana 133 km
- Sarzana → San Miniato Basso 121 km
- San Miniato Basso → Siena 96 km
- Siena → Acquapendente 121 km
- Acquapendente → Campagnano di Roma 120 km
- Campagnano di Roma → Valmontone 93 km
- Valmontone → Frosinone 104 km
- Frosinone → Cassino 119 km
- Cassino → Benevento 121 km
- Benevento → Venosa 133 km
- Venosa → Castellaneta 122 km
- Castellaneta → Brindisi 122 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.