Cycle routes in Sweden: which way and when
Sweden: 39 routes with wind, rain and heat by month. The best month is most often September (27/39); data: ERA5 2006–2025.
Routes
| Route | Length | Best months | Best way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vänerleden | 625 km | June, September (peak September) | either |
| Sverigeleden (3) | 452 km | June, August (peak June) | either |
| EuroVelo 7 - Sun Route - part Sweden 2 | 386 km | June, September (peak June) | either |
| Sverigeleden (14) | 371 km | June, September (peak September) | Torsång → Sundsvall |
| Sverigeleden (10) | 361 km | June, August (peak June) | either |
| Sverigeleden (23) | 329 km | September | near Åsbro → Stockholm |
| Sverigeleden (18) | 306 km | September | either |
| Sverigeleden (Göteborg – Alvesta) | 303 km | June, September (peak September) | either |
| Sverigeleden (34) | 284 km | June, September (peak September) | near Grimslöv → near Löttorp |
| Sydostleden | 274 km | September | Simrishamn → Växjö |
| Sverigeleden (9) | 268 km | June | either |
| Sydkustleden | 260 km | June, September (peak September) | either |
| Unionsleden | 254 km | June, September (peak September) | either |
| Sverigeleden (Karlstad – Lödöse) | 252 km | June, September (peak September) | Lödöse → Karlstad |
| Sverigeleden (27) | 251 km | September | Lödöse → near Anderstorp |
| Sverigeleden (16) | 231 km | June, September (peak September) | Karlstad → near Borlänge |
| Sverigeleden (19) | 220 km | September | near Askersund → near Borlänge |
| The Göta Canal trail | 206 km | September | either |
| Ätradalsleden | 199 km | June, September (peak September) | Falkenberg → Falköping |
| Sverigeleden (4) | 187 km | June | either |
| Sverigeleden (Åsbro – Kisa) | 178 km | September | either |
| Sverigeleden (35) | 175 km | September | Önnestad → near Grimslöv |
| Sverigeleden (32) | 170 km | September | near Alvesta → Kristdala |
| Sverigeleden (21) | 142 km | June, September (peak September) | either |
| Cykelspåret (20) | 137 km | June–July (peak June) | Norrfjärden → Töre |
| Sverigeleden (39) | 136 km | September | Helsingborg → Önnestad |
| Cykelspåret (18) | 135 km | June–August (peak June) | either |
| Cykelspåret (6) | 131 km | September | either |
| Cykelspåret (14) | 125 km | June | either |
| Cykelspåret (15) | 123 km | June | near Ramvik → near Örnsköldsvik |
| Cykelspåret (11) | 120 km | September | either |
| Sverigeleden (5) | 119 km | June, August (peak June) | either |
| Cykelspåret (7) | 118 km | September | near Söderköping → Trosa |
| Cykelspåret (16) | 117 km | June | either |
| Cykelspåret (3) | 115 km | June, September (peak September) | Johannishus → Ljungbyholm |
| Cykelspåret (1) | 113 km | June, September (peak September) | Ystad → near Bromölla |
| Cykelspåret (10) | 109 km | September | either |
| Cykelspåret (2) | 109 km | June, September (peak September) | near Bromölla → Johannishus |
| Cykelspåret (13) | 105 km | June–July (peak June) | either |
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.