Kite destinations: when to go, month by month

97 kite destinations with their wind season. Each row shows the share of kite days per month at the destination's main spot. Open a destination for water temperature, spots and airports.

How we pick them: a destination is a trip place with one or more kite spots, an airport within 300 km and at least one month with 40 % kite days or more, or a documented season where weather models miss the local wind. Places with a travel warning and spots where the models are unsure are left out, and where two places share one weather model cell we list only one of them. Every other spot is on the map and in the country lists.

Best in November

Each strip shows kite days per month; the outlined cell is November.

No. 1

Jericoacoara

Brazil

Prime60 %+

99 % kite days in November, about 29 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 2

Preá

Brazil

Prime60 %+

98 % kite days in November, about 29 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 3

Ilha do Guajiru

Brazil

Prime60 %+

98 % kite days in November, about 29 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 4

São Miguel do Gostoso

Brazil

Prime60 %+

97 % kite days in November, about 29 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 5

Cumbuco

Brazil

Prime60 %+

96 % kite days in November, about 29 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 6

Paracuru

Brazil

Prime60 %+

96 % kite days in November, about 29 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 7

Taíba

Brazil

Prime60 %+

93 % kite days in November, about 28 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

No. 8

Atins

Brazil

Prime60 %+

88 % kite days in November, about 26 of 30

Water 28 °C, boardshorts

Kite calendar

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.

Outlined: this month (October). Swipe the tables sideways for all months.

Europe

Kite days by month for kite destinations in Europe
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Alvor	31	35	48	50	53	63	68	67	42	31	27	26
Beauduc	65	57	59	60	52	53	55	52	47	51	60	58
Brouwersdam	66	64	60	59	57	56	54	58	57	72	65	71
Camber Sands	47	61	53	46	44	50	47	52	48	59	52	59
Chałupy, Hel Peninsula	53	52	44	48	39	39	42	29	43	53	42	45
Chia, Sardinia	61	56	68	70	60	61	56	50	59	55	56	58
Corralejo, Fuerteventura	57	52	62	62	60	58	39	38	39	30	42	51
El Médano, Tenerife	55	54	53	40	56	56	75	75	64	51	53	51
Fehmarn	50	56	48	47	49	45	47	41	49	54	46	49
Fuerteventura	46	53	61	67	77	77	96	92	63	37	36	42
Gruissan	61	54	57	54	54	44	50	48	46	48	56	48
Guincho	36	39	50	58	61	64	72	74	50	37	39	36
Heiligenhafen	54	56	48	46	47	43	47	39	49	58	49	51
Hvide Sande	76	81	71	67	70	66	71	67	70	84	73	80
Hyères Almanarre	49	50	64	57	48	44	52	37	53	51	52	47
IJmuiden	71	70	61	59	57	59	62	58	58	76	69	71
Karpathos	60	60	57	54	46	71	86	85	71	45	43	56
Klitmøller	71	73	70	67	65	66	63	59	62	74	65	70
Kos	65	65	62	58	53	69	81	72	71	43	48	61
Kouremenos, Crete	60	60	66	66	63	75	90	89	82	62	56	55
La Torche	65	69	66	56	56	47	55	44	53	62	70	76
Lagoa de Albufeira	37	37	48	55	66	71	80	74	45	32	37	35
Lanzarote	50	50	59	54	57	59	77	66	43	37	43	44
Leucate	63	53	56	57	56	43	48	45	48	51	59	48
Limnos	52	48	51	39	33	31	45	61	47	44	49	42
Lo Stagnone, Sicily	56	48	55	46	41	34	45	33	39	41	49	56
Naxos	52	54	48	40	31	40	61	62	53	48	50	45
Norderney	78	76	68	69	67	62	66	62	63	81	77	79
Paros	59	61	55	44	32	41	62	65	51	46	53	58
Porto Pollo, Sardinia	68	58	71	60	65	57	67	58	64	60	62	59
Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria	53	58	72	66	80	84	99	94	83	63	62	48
Prasonisi, Rhodes	59	61	60	59	58	75	86	87	82	51	42	54
Rhosneigr	73	77	68	56	50	63	51	62	68	79	72	73
Rügen	64	66	53	61	54	54	59	51	55	60	47	58
Sankt Peter-Ording	72	71	63	61	61	55	62	54	57	77	64	73
Sylt	77	78	70	67	68	63	72	69	66	82	73	79
Vassiliki, Lefkada	46	39	35	36	29	15	22	15	26	31	44	38
Viana do Castelo	35	38	44	42	45	42	48	50	28	30	34	39
West Kirby	58	65	57	46	40	44	44	51	53	61	57	54
Wissant	64	68	63	61	57	60	55	61	61	70	64	71
Wustrow	76	68	59	63	63	54	61	54	62	69	60	67
Zandvoort	65	67	57	56	56	54	57	56	54	69	64	68

Africa

Kite days by month for kite destinations in Africa
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Agadir	17	28	37	47	36	38	8	7	18	18	10	17
Boa Vista, Cape Verde	82	91	91	91	91	80	36	27	47	64	74	79
Cape Town	81	78	58	37	25	39	38	41	52	63	74	79
Dakhla	72	75	76	77	87	92	94	88	94	76	63	62
Diego Suarez (Sakalava Bay)	57	42	57	89	97	97	100	100	99	94	84	65
El Gouna	57	63	63	64	66	87	77	86	89	74	60	51
Essaouira	49	54	67	69	70	74	91	87	69	50	58	42
Hurghada	56	63	60	60	63	84	70	84	88	76	59	51
Langebaan	76	69	51	42	25	34	34	39	59	66	74	72
Le Morne, Mauritius	52	51	53	54	68	84	86	80	83	62	53	52
Ras Sudr	48	54	56	61	61	70	55	62	81	79	55	55
Safaga	58	68	66	69	72	88	88	89	97	86	67	55
Sal, Cape Verde	83	91	89	88	88	78	37	33	57	68	74	83
Watamu	15	17	3	27	58	76	73	44	27	9	0	2

North America

Kite days by month for kite destinations in North America
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Antigua (Jabberwock)	73	78	69	74	79	89	90	78	45	44	60	69
Aruba	92	94	94	97	99	99	99	93	81	71	74	91
Bahía Salinas	95	93	94	77	41	36	76	53	20	19	58	94
Barbados (Silver Sands)	81	87	82	80	90	90	80	50	29	44	68	76
Bonaire	88	93	94	95	99	99	99	90	74	65	68	85
Cabarete	57	69	60	65	72	89	94	84	53	43	44	48
Cape Hatteras	76	75	79	79	72	62	66	58	59	65	68	72
Crissy Field, San Francisco	14	24	30	39	60	69	60	51	34	11	10	13
Holbox	68	84	91	89	84	78	69	56	37	53	59	63
Kanaha, Maui	25	30	36	44	55	74	87	72	62	41	43	38
La Ventana	48	43	51	30	19	7	5	8	10	18	26	37
Orient Bay, Saint-Martin	74	81	70	71	78	89	93	81	55	52	67	74
Progreso, Yucatán	66	79	86	87	89	74	84	64	50	59	63	56
South Padre Island	61	69	73	77	78	71	66	54	41	53	60	54
Tobago	52	69	66	72	79	73	44	19	16	31	38	46

South America

Kite days by month for kite destinations in South America
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Atins	41	31	13	16	26	36	38	70	94	91	88	82
Cabo de la Vela	98	97	99	97	93	94	99	87	74	55	69	99
Cumbuco	56	39	19	24	48	79	86	97	100	98	96	87
Ilha do Guajiru	71	52	36	39	76	92	98	99	100	98	98	91
Jericoacoara	76	55	30	35	49	75	85	99	100	100	99	95
Lagoa da Conceição, Florianópolis	32	24	25	27	29	29	25	45	41	45	43	40
Matanzas, Chile	64	54	61	54	25	25	22	38	55	71	69	67
Paracuru	63	46	27	33	63	85	90	98	100	96	96	89
Preá	76	55	34	40	60	78	90	99	100	100	98	96
São Miguel do Gostoso	85	73	52	54	75	86	95	99	100	99	97	95
Taíba	51	37	13	20	36	67	79	96	100	95	93	84

Asia

Kite days by month for kite destinations in Asia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Alaçatı	56	59	59	53	47	63	79	75	66	53	49	52
Hua Hin	29	26	43	32	10	13	22	16	5	10	37	51
Kalpitiya	65	69	32	26	79	99	91	91	89	48	26	50
Masirah	26	14	21	41	73	82	94	91	63	15	12	28
Mui Ne	91	87	69	50	46	72	82	86	60	47	78	84
Sanur, Bali	10	6	2	2	19	29	44	39	20	7	1	8
Vung Tau	68	83	74	51	34	40	59	57	44	33	59	52

Oceania

Kite days by month for kite destinations in Oceania
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gnaraloo	85	78	70	51	23	29	31	50	71	87	87	87
Lancelin	92	82	71	61	48	43	58	56	62	77	86	88
Raglan	42	31	29	35	34	37	42	42	56	51	39	40
St Kilda, Melbourne	69	72	57	40	44	40	43	53	60	56	61	69

Local winds that models miss: curated seasons

Weather models miss these winds, so these places show a sourced season instead of model numbers.

Hood River, United States: May to September
Lake Garda, Italy: April to October
Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland: June to September
Tarifa, Spain: all year

How we count a kite day