Tailwind Atlas

Cycle routes in Poland: which way and when

Poland: 24 routes with wind, rain and heat by month. The best month is most often September (24/24); data: ERA5 2006–2025.

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

Routes

RouteLengthBest monthsBest way
EuroVelo 2 – Capitals Route (Poland)1,041 kmSeptembereither
Euroroute R1 - part Poland664 kmSeptemberKostrzyn nad Odrą → Mamonovo
EuroVelo 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route - part Poland586 kmSeptemberŚwinoujście → Mamonovo
EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail - part Poland - Pomerania300 kmJune, September (peak September)Postomino → near Elbląg
Wokół Zalewu Szczecińskiego293 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 9 - Baltic-Adriatic - Lesser Poland voivodeship278 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 9 - Baltic-Adriatic - Greater Poland voivodeship238 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 4 - Central Europe Route - part Poland211 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 11 Ziemia Sandomierska i Dolina Dolnego Sanu201 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 09 Roztocze201 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 10 Pogórze Karpackie193 kmSeptembereither
Stary Kolejowy Szlak187 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 06 Puszcza Białowieska i Knyszyńska177 kmSeptembereither
Euroregionalny Szlak Rowerowy ER-2161 kmSeptemberZittau → near Mieroszów
Green Velo - 07 Dolina Bugu158 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 03 Północne Mazury151 kmSeptemberSępopol → Wiżajny
Green Velo - 08 Polesie151 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 02 Warmia i okolice148 kmSeptembernear Braniewo → Sępopol
Green Velo - 04 Suwalszczyzna i Pojezierze Augustowskie140 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 05 Dolina Biebrzy i Narwi133 kmSeptembereither
Green Velo - 12 Góry Świętokrzyskie i okolica132 kmSeptembereither
Europejski Szlak Cysterski124 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 9 - Baltic-Adriatic - Pomeranian voivodeship110 kmSeptembereither
EuroVelo 9 - Baltic-Adriatic - Pomeranian voivodeship - Vistula east bank110 kmSeptembereither

Other routes through Poland

RouteLengthBest monthsBest way
Oder-Neisse Cycle Route613 kmSeptembereither

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.