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Best Kitespots in Nunavut

1 spot · Canada

Best for kiting in August, with 66 % kite days. Water 12 °C. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): March to July and September to December.

Median of 1 spot with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots
1 spot
Median kite days
57 % of days
median spot, over the year
Water
3 °C
median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot
Puvirnituq
57 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Nunavut

Nunavut in Canada has 1 kite spot in our data. The median spot reaches 57 % kite days over the year; Puvirnituq leads with 57 %.

Best season at the median spot: August (50 % kite days or more). Water about 3 °C.

Best time to visit Nunavut

  • Prime 60 % and more
  • Good 40 to 59 %
  • Possible 20 to 39 %
  • Off under 20 %
  • No data hatched
  • Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

  • Best season: August

Kite days at the median spot range from 42 % in January to 66 % in August.

Water -1 °C in January to 12 °C in August. Air -22 °C in February to 12 °C in August, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Nunavut: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Nunavut?

The best month is August: the median spot in Nunavut had 66 % kite days then, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Nunavut?

Puvirnituq has the most kite days in Nunavut: 57 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Nunavut?

The water ranges from -1 °C in January to 12 °C in August at the median spot. Wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves in January, 5/4 in August.

Good for learning

Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.

None checked in Nunavut yet.

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Kite days per year, % of days

  1. 1
    Puvirnituq

    Canada

    57 %
    January: 42 % kite days (Good)February: 43 % kite days (Good)March: 50 % kite days (Good)April: 59 % kite days (Good)May: 60 % kite days (Prime)June: 64 % kite days (Prime)July: 58 % kite days (Good)August: 66 % kite days (Prime)September: 64 % kite days (Prime)October: 66 % kite days (Prime)November: 54 % kite days (Good)December: 55 % kite days (Good)
    Kite days by month at Puvirnituq: Jan 42 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 50 %, Apr 59 %, May 60 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 66 %, Sep 64 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 55 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Nunavut: median of 1 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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kiteCOMPASS, kite spots in Nunavut, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/canada/nunavut

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