EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part Spain, stage 6: Toro → Salamanca

On stage 6 (Toro → Salamanca, 113 km) the best month is October: 81% of days were dry with highs of 10–30 °C, and riding Salamanca → Toro meant an average tailwind of 2.3 km/h (ERA5 2006–2025, 9:00–18:00).

ERA5 2006–2025 · OpenStreetMap · Methodology and sources

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September–October (peak October)Best months

Salamanca → ToroBetter direction in the best month

2.3 km/hAverage tailwind in the best month

81%Dry days with 10–30 °C

June · 61%Best summer month

Start: Toro · Finish: Salamanca · Route geometry: OpenStreetMap / Waymarked Trails

Weather by month

Good days

Month	Good days	Rain days ≥ 1 mm	Rain, mm	Avg high	Days ≥ 30 °C	Days < 10 °C	Daylight, h
January	30%	17%	40	9 °C	0%	65%	9.5 †
February	58%	15%	37	11 °C	0%	37%	10.6 †
March	68%	21%	49	14 °C	0%	20%	11.8
April	70%	28%	57	17 °C	0%	5%	13.3
May	77%	19%	39	21 °C	5%	0%	14.5
June	61%	17%	34	26 °C	23%	0%	15.1
July	43%	6%	10	30 °C	53%	0%	14.9
August	48%	4%	9	30 °C	50%	0%	13.8
September	79%	10%	28	25 °C	11%	0%	12.4
October	81%	17%	63	20 °C	1%	1%	11.0
November	67%	17%	53	13 °C	0%	21%	9.8 †
December	34%	15%	48	9 °C	0%	59%	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

Wind Toro → Salamanca, km/h

Month	Wind Toro → Salamanca, km/h	Headwind > 15 km/h, Toro → Salamanca	Headwind > 15 km/h, Salamanca → Toro	Better way
January	−2.3	13%	3%	Salamanca → Toro
February	−2.0	14%	3%	either
March	−1.6	15%	6%	either
April	−1.6	12%	3%	either
May	−1.4	11%	3%	either
June	−2.2	10%	1%	Salamanca → Toro
July	−1.1	9%	1%	either
August	−0.8	7%	1%	either
September	−0.6	7%	2%	either
October	−2.3	12%	2%	Salamanca → Toro
November	−2.3	13%	3%	Salamanca → Toro
December	−2.5	11%	1%	Salamanca → Toro

Along the route (sections of about 25 km)

km	Heading	Tailwind in October, km/h
618–644	W	−3.2
644–669	W	−3.0
669–694	S	−1.4
694–719	S	−1.7
719–731	S	−1.7

Other stages

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.