Tailwind Atlas

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part Norway, stage 13: near Nesna → Sandnessjøen

On stage 13 (near Nesna → Sandnessjøen, 98 km) the best month is July: 60% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C; the wind barely favours either direction (0.0 km/h on average; ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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98 kmLength
July–August (peak July)Best months
eitherBetter direction in the best month
0.0 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month
60%Dry days with 10–30 °C
July · 60%Best summer month
Start: near Nesna · Finish: Sandnessjøen · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

MonthGood daysRain days ≥ 1 mmRain, mmAvg highDays ≥ 30 °CDays < 10 °CDaylight, h
January0%43%197-2 °C0%100%4.3 †
February0%44%153-1 °C0%100%8.0 †
March0%45%1891 °C0%100%11.4
April4%40%1405 °C0%95%15.2
May31%42%11810 °C0%62%19.2
June54%39%12514 °C0%21%24.0
July60%39%12217 °C1%1%21.2
August58%42%15816 °C0%1%16.9
September44%48%20312 °C0%22%12.9
October8%53%2146 °C0%86%9.3 †
November0%44%1792 °C0%99%5.5 †
December0%46%2010 °C0%100%2.7 †

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

MonthWind near Nesna → Sandnessjøen, km/hHeadwind > 15 km/h, near Nesna → SandnessjøenHeadwind > 15 km/h, Sandnessjøen → near NesnaBetter way
January−1.49%5%either
February−1.88%3%either
March−1.79%4%either
April−1.17%3%either
May−1.08%2%either
June−0.16%3%either
July0.05%2%either
August−1.07%2%either
September−2.210%2%Sandnessjøen → near Nesna
October−1.910%3%either
November−1.68%3%either
December−1.910%3%either

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

kmHeadingTailwind in July, km/h
1,446–1,471E+1.9
1,471–1,496W−2.0
1,496–1,521S+1.8
1,521–1,545SW−1.9

Other stages

  1. near Honningsvåg → near Hammerfest 121 km
  2. near Hammerfest → Alta 113 km
  3. Alta → near Burfjord 122 km
  4. near Burfjord → near Lyngseidet 121 km
  5. near Lyngseidet → near Lenvik 122 km
  6. near Lenvik → Andenes 131 km
  7. Andenes → Sortland 117 km
  8. Sortland → Svolvær 121 km
  9. Svolvær → Ramberg 122 km
  10. Ramberg → Bodø 121 km
  11. Bodø → Ørnes 124 km
  12. Ørnes → near Nesna 121 km
  13. near Nesna → Sandnessjøen 98 km
  14. Sandnessjøen → near Vik 122 km
  15. near Vik → Namsos 152 km
  16. Namsos → near Levanger 121 km
  17. near Levanger → Orkanger 114 km
  18. Orkanger → Aure 120 km
  19. Aure → Elnesvågen 155 km
  20. Elnesvågen → Vatne 121 km
  21. Vatne → near Fiskå 122 km
  22. near Fiskå → Florø 108 km
  23. Florø → Askvoll 121 km
  24. Askvoll → near Årås 123 km
  25. near Årås → Bergen 95 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.