The same route can feel completely different depending on the weather. We score your rides hour by hour so you can always pick the best time to go.
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Every route you track, and nearby alternatives, gets a score from 0 to 100 for each hour. It's built from wind, rain and temperature along the whole line at your riding speed, so you can compare routes and departure times before you leave.
Amstelveen lakes loop
43.5 km, 62 m climb, about 1h 44
Bring the rides you already do. We show what the weather will do to them.
Sync from Strava, upload a GPX, draw one on the map, or start from a curated local loop.
Wind, rain and temperature along every stretch of the line, at the pace you actually ride.
Choose when you want to go. Every hour shows the weather and what the wind does to your ride.
Download the GPX for your bike computer, or share a link so everyone rides the same line.
At 30 km/h, about 81% of your effort goes into pushing air, so wind alone can change how a ride feels. Add rain and temperature, and the same route can be a great ride at 9am and a slog at 3pm.
Into a 20 km/h headwind
Changes are against still air. Flat road, wind straight along it. Model for a 75 kg rider. Check out our wattage calculator
Leaving at 7am: headwind 20 km/h, Tailwind Score 10. 21.6 km/h at 200 watts, or 388 watts to hold 30 km/h.
Create any route you can imagine with our free and super easy to use route builder.
Create a route
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Epping Forest loop
Can't agree where to ride? Create a huddle, add your own routes or pick from our route library, and share one link with the group. Everyone votes for their favourite, and you land on the ride that suits the whole group.
Browse road cycling routes by city and country. Filter by distance and elevation, preview each route on the map, then plan the best departure time with hourly weather scores.
Stage-by-stage guides for famous routes, each one weather-scored for the hour you leave.
Sending a route to the club? Create a shareable link with the route, the departure time and the weather score. Friends can open it and download the same GPX.
One email a week with the best window on each day across the routes you track. Included with Pro.
Pricing
Free on 3 weather-scored routes, forever. Go Pro for 60 routes, a 14-day forecast and a weekly email of your best ride windows: 30 days free, then just $24.99 / year.
Both start with 30 days of Pro free.
For your regular weekend rides.
$0 forever
No card, no time limit.
Invite friends to earn extra route slots.
Takes about ten seconds. Google or email works too.
For riders who plan the week, the club run and the big days.
$24.99/ year$47.88
That's $2.08 a month. Save $22.89 vs monthly.
First 30 days free. Then $24.99/year. Cancel before then and pay nothing.
Cancel anytime. Your routes are archived, never deleted.
Tailwind GPS is a web-based route planner that weather-scores your cycling routes using forecast wind, rain and temperature along each line at your pace. Every saved route gets a Tailwind Score for each departure hour so you can spot the best time to ride.
A conventional forecast gives conditions for one location. Tailwind samples the whole route, accounting for every turn and your expected riding speed, to estimate how weather will feel from start to finish.
Yes. Connect Strava to sync routes, upload GPX files, draw routes in the built-in planner, or start from a curated local route.
It is a route-specific rating from 0 to 100 for a chosen departure time. Higher scores mean more favourable riding; lower scores flag stronger headwinds, rain or less comfortable weather.
Yes. Follow turn-by-turn guidance in your mobile browser with optional voice prompts, or export GPX for Garmin and Wahoo head units.
The free plan includes three saved routes and a three-day weather forecast, forever. Tailwind Pro adds up to 60 routes, a 14-day forecast, and a weekly email of your best rides — subscribe from $3.99 / month.
Anyone who rides a bike. Whether it's your first time on a route or your tenth, Tailwind helps you decide which route is best this week, find new routes near you, or create one from scratch.
More detail on how it works.
Have a play with the demo map, then sign up to score your own routes. Three routes free, forever.
