EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena, stage 7: Eischen → Saarlouis
On stage 7 (Eischen → Saarlouis, 120 km) the best month is September: 79% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (1.2 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 | 4% | 28% | 82 | 4 °C | 0% | 91% | 8.6 † |
| February | 13% | 25% | 65 | 6 °C | 0% | 82% | 10.0 † |
| March | 39% | 28% | 67 | 10 °C | 0% | 51% | 11.7 |
| April | 64% | 26% | 54 | 15 °C | 0% | 20% | 13.7 |
| May | 69% | 30% | 76 | 18 °C | 0% | 3% | 15.3 |
| June | 69% | 27% | 74 | 22 °C | 4% | 0% | 16.3 |
| July | 67% | 24% | 68 | 24 °C | 10% | 0% | 15.9 |
| August | 69% | 23% | 70 | 23 °C | 8% | 0% | 14.4 |
| September | 79% | 21% | 69 | 19 °C | 1% | 0% | 12.5 |
| October | 66% | 23% | 77 | 14 °C | 0% | 14% | 10.7 † |
| November | 22% | 28% | 77 | 8 °C | 0% | 67% | 9.0 † |
| December | 6% | 28% | 90 | 5 °C | 0% | 88% | 8.2 † |
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 Eischen → Saarlouis, km/h | Headwind > 15 km/h, Eischen → Saarlouis | Headwind > 15 km/h, Saarlouis → Eischen | Better way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | +1.6 | 2% | 8% | either |
| February | +0.5 | 3% | 7% | either |
| March | +1.0 | 4% | 9% | either |
| April | +0.7 | 3% | 5% | either |
| May | +2.0 | 1% | 7% | either |
| June | +2.7 | 1% | 6% | Eischen → Saarlouis |
| July | +4.4 | 1% | 8% | Eischen → Saarlouis |
| August | +3.3 | 1% | 5% | Eischen → Saarlouis |
| September | +1.2 | 1% | 4% | either |
| October | −0.4 | 3% | 5% | either |
| November | 0.0 | 1% | 5% | either |
| December | +0.9 | 2% | 6% | either |
Along the route (sections of about 25 km)
| km | Heading | Tailwind in September, km/h |
|---|---|---|
| 742–767 | SE | +1.1 |
| 767–792 | SE | +1.2 |
| 792–817 | SE | +1.3 |
| 817–842 | E | +1.8 |
| 842–862 | SE | +0.7 |
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.