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Main-Donau-Weg

National route1,158 km · 720 miBest Apr–Oct

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Best time to hike

Best months: Apr–Oct · highs 13–22 °C (55–72 °F)

  1. J2°-3°68
  2. F4°-3°61
  3. M8°0°71
  4. A13°4°53
  5. M17°8°85
  6. J20°11°84
  7. J22°14°86
  8. A22°14°73
  9. S18°10°66
  10. O13°6°77
  11. N7°1°69
  12. D3°-2°80

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

[Weg 1001] Main-Donau-Weg

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Trail facts

Length (signed)
1,158 km · 720 mi (OSM distance tag)
Mapped length
1,159 km · 720 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Best months
Apr–Oct
Country
Germany
Region
Bavaria
Continent
Europe
Route type
National route
Route centre
49.3392, 11.4937
Route start
49.1679, 10.3314
OpenStreetMap
relation 1023622
Wikidata
Q1468673
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

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