Best Kitespots in Norway

60 spots · Europe

Kite days peak in September at 47 %. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): October.

Median of 50 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 60 spots
Median kite days: 41 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 10 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Åshavn; 72 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Norway

Norway has 60 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 41 % kite days over the year; Åshavn leads with 72 %. The spots spread over 12 regions.

Water 4 to 16 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Norway

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.

Kite days at the median spot range from 22 % in December to 51 % in October.

Water 4 °C in February to 16 °C in September. Air 2 °C in February to 17 °C in August, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Norway: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Norway?

No month reaches 50 % kite days at the median spot. The windiest month is October with 51 %, from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Norway?

Åshavn has the most kite days in Norway: 72 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Norway?

The water ranges from 4 °C in February to 16 °C in September at the median spot. Wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves in February, 4/3 in September.

Regions by month

Median kite days of the spots in each region.

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for regions in Norway
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Agder	59	61	65	62	60	62	62	59	66	66	65	63
Akershus	5	5	5	6	6	9	4	10	7	6	6	3
Nordland	15	37	40	29	32	26	14	24	31	30	20	0
Østfold	29	31	28	22	23	28	27	32	30	30	30	18
Rogaland	63	63	59	55	55	60	53	64	61	71	58	56
Troms	13	60	60	49	49	39	27	34	46	51	23	0
Trøndelag	23	22	28	21	20	19	12	16	20	21	16	15
Vestfold	43	47	40	35	31	34	35	41	44	51	50	41

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

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.

Water temperature by region and month

Water temperature by month for regions in Norway
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Agder	6 °C	5 °C	5 °C	7 °C	11 °C	15 °C	17 °C	17 °C	16 °C	14 °C	10 °C	8 °C
Akershus	1 °C	1 °C	3 °C	7 °C	13 °C	18 °C	20 °C	19 °C	16 °C	11 °C	7 °C	3 °C
Nordland	5 °C	4 °C	4 °C	4 °C	6 °C	11 °C	15 °C	16 °C	13 °C	10 °C	8 °C	6 °C
Østfold	3 °C	2 °C	3 °C	7 °C	12 °C	17 °C	20 °C	19 °C	17 °C	12 °C	8 °C	5 °C
Rogaland	7 °C	6 °C	5 °C	6 °C	10 °C	13 °C	15 °C	16 °C	16 °C	13 °C	11 °C	9 °C
Troms	4 °C	3 °C	3 °C	4 °C	6 °C	10 °C	13 °C	14 °C	12 °C	9 °C	7 °C	5 °C
Trøndelag	4 °C	4 °C	4 °C	6 °C	10 °C	13 °C	16 °C	16 °C	14 °C	11 °C	8 °C	6 °C
Vestfold	3 °C	2 °C	4 °C	7 °C	12 °C	17 °C	19 °C	19 °C	17 °C	13 °C	8 °C	5 °C

Median water temperature of the spots in each region, 2023 to 2025, from the Open-Meteo marine archive.

Top spots outside our destinations

Good spots that no kiteCOMPASS destination covers yet, ranked by kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Åshavn
Norway
72 %
2
Pisserenna, Lista
Norway
71 %
3
Lille Havika, Lista
Norway
70 %
4
Spot X
Norway
63 %
5
Hvasser
Norway
63 %
6
Brusand
Norway
63 %
7
Groos
Norway
61 %
8
Husebystranden
Norway
61 %
9
Bore
Norway
61 %
10
Sola
Norway
60 %

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By region

Rogaland

11 spots · 60 % kite days per year

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Agder

8 spots · 61 % kite days per year

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Akershus

8 spots · 6 % kite days per year

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Nordland

6 spots · 25 % kite days per year

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Vestfold

6 spots · 41 % kite days per year

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Østfold

5 spots · 28 % kite days per year

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Trøndelag

5 spots · 19 % kite days per year

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Troms

3 spots · 39 % kite days per year

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Smaller regions

All spots in Norway

Åshavn leads with 72 % kite days per year, followed by Pisserenna, Lista (71 %) and Lille Havika, Lista (70 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Åshavn
Norway
72 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Åshavn: Jan 68 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 75 %, Apr 74 %, May 70 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 70 %, Aug 71 %, Sep 76 %, Oct 73 %, Nov 74 %, Dec 73 %
2
Pisserenna, Lista
Norway
71 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Pisserenna, Lista: Jan 67 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 79 %, Apr 67 %, May 73 %, Jun 70 %, Jul 68 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 74 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 70 %
3
Lille Havika, Lista
Norway
70 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Lille Havika, Lista: Jan 67 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 77 %, Apr 69 %, May 68 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 69 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 72 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 71 %
4
Store Havika, Lista
Norway
70 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Store Havika, Lista: Jan 67 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 77 %, Apr 69 %, May 68 %, Jun 69 %, Jul 69 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 72 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 71 %
5
Spot X
Norway
63 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Spot X: Jan 65 %, Feb 64 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 60 %, May 59 %, Jun 63 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 69 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 72 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 63 %
6
Hvasser
Norway
63 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Hvasser: Jan 68 %, Feb 68 %, Mar 68 %, Apr 56 %, May 52 %, Jun 56 %, Jul 58 %, Aug 58 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 71 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 68 %
7
Brusand
Norway
63 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Brusand: Jan 58 %, Feb 64 %, Mar 65 %, Apr 56 %, May 65 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 62 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 72 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 60 %
8
Groos
Norway
61 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Groos: Jan 59 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 62 %, May 58 %, Jun 62 %, Jul 62 %, Aug 59 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 62 %
9
Husebystranden
Norway
61 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Husebystranden: Jan 56 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 65 %, Apr 60 %, May 60 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 62 %, Aug 55 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 60 %
10
Bore
Norway
61 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Bore: Jan 63 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 55 %, May 55 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 60 %
11
Sele
Norway
61 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Sele: Jan 63 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 61 %, Apr 55 %, May 55 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 60 %
12
Sola
Norway
60 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Sola: Jan 63 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 57 %, May 57 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 68 %, Sep 61 %, Oct 71 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 54 %
13
Solastranden
Norway
60 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Solastranden: Jan 63 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 57 %, May 57 %, Jun 64 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 68 %, Sep 61 %, Oct 71 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 54 %
14
Akrasanden
Norway
59 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Akrasanden: Jan 63 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 53 %, May 54 %, Jun 57 %, Jul 53 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 61 %, Oct 72 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 58 %
15
Bybergstranda
Norway
59 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Bybergstranda: Jan 63 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 56 %, May 55 %, Jun 60 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 65 %, Sep 60 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 57 %, Dec 54 %

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16 Hellestø 59 %
17 Bjellanstrand 59 %
18 Hosensand 57 %
19 Storfosna 56 %
20 Herdla 54 %
21 Refsnes 53 %
22 Vigra / Roaldssanden 53 %
23 Hamresanden 48 %
24 Saltstein 47 %
25 Fjaervoll 44 %
26 Andoya / Bleik 43 %
27 Sandestranda 43 %
28 Persfjorden 42 %
29 Hvittensand 41 %
30 Hillesoy 40 %
31 Ersfjord 39 %
32 Ringshaug 36 %
33 Farstadstranda 35 %
34 Ørekroken 32 %
35 Austnesfjorden 28 %
36 Larkollen 28 %
37 Beachen 22 %
38 Fuglevik 22 %
39 Tronvika 22 %
40 Sandhornoya 22 %
41 Storvika 19 %
42 Feskjær 18 %
43 Karl Johans Vern 18 %
44 Vestpynten Lykt 13 %
45 Tranoy 12 %
46 Svalbard / Isdammen 11 %
47 Verket 9 %
48 Svartskog 8 %
49 Skiphelle 6 %
50 Drøbak 6 %
51 Sjøstrand 6 %
52 Huk 5 %
53 Malmøya 5 %
54 Breivikeidet 5 %
55 Rolfstangen 4 %
56 Verdal 4 %
57 Oysand Camping 4 %
58 Nordvik 1 %
59 Mjosa / Vingnes 0 %
60 Vangsvatnet / Voss 0 %

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

Kite days by month for Norway: median of 50 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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