Destination · Hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025

Curated season

Kitesurfing in Lake Garda, Italy

Name: Lake Garda
Address: ITA

Lake in Italy · 11 kite spots · airports VRN, BGY, VCE

Lake Garda: a curated season, April to October, from documented sources. Weather models miss this local wind.

Kite Year

JJan·
FFeb·
MMar·
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov·
DDec·

Curated season: April to October. Ora thermal wind from the south, usually 12 to 17 kn from about 11:00 until sunset, more on sunny days; the northerly Peler blows in the early morning. Season from documented sources, not model wind: The Kite Spot: Lake Garda guide, October 2026. No percentage, because global models miss the local wind here. Model numbers (known wrong here)

Model numbers (known wrong here)

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Global models miss the local wind here; these percentages are shown for transparency only.

Live forecast How we count a kite day

Month by month

Tap a month for daylight, water, air and rain.

Afternoon Ora from about 11:00 to sunset on the Veneto shore; launch and landing via the kite schools' boat shuttle

MonthAir°C, daily maximumRain days1 mm or more

Daylight
11.0 h
Air
20 °Cdaily maximum, 19 °C during kite hours
Rain
10 of 31with 1 mm or more

Malcesine Bus Depot, Lago di Garda

Daylighth	9.1	10.3	11.9	13.5	14.9	15.7	15.3	14.1	12.6	11.0	9.5	8.8
Air°C, daily maximum	9	12	14	18	21	27	28	29	24	20	14	10
Rain days1 mm or more	7 of 31	7 of 28	10 of 31	11 of 30	18 of 31	12 of 30	13 of 31	12 of 31	12 of 30	10 of 31	10 of 30	7 of 31

Curated season: the model wind here is known wrong, so this table shows daylight, water, air and rain only.

Source: season from the documented sources named above; air and rain from model data, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Confidence

Curated season

Why. Local thermal or lake wind that global models miss; the season on this page comes from documented sources.

Sources: The Kite Spot: Lake Garda guide.

What it means for you. The season on this page comes from documented local sources, not from model wind. High and medium would mean the model sees the wind at a place; low means it misses it, as it does here.

Where the model is blind

Here the model misses the local wind, so this page shows a curated season: a hatched band over the season months, with its documented sources named and no percentage, because the model number would be wrong.

Getting there

Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN), 43 km straight line
Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), 87 km straight line
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), 123 km straight line

Flight time from

FRA Frankfurt: about 1 h 10 min straight line, 502 km
MUC Munich: about 0 h 50 min straight line, 296 km
AMS Amsterdam: about 1 h 35 min straight line, 849 km
LHR London Heathrow: about 1 h 50 min straight line, 1,041 km
ZRH Zurich: about 0 h 50 min straight line, 255 km
CDG Paris Charles de Gaulle: about 1 h 25 min straight line, 718 km

Flight time: the straight line distance at 800 km/h plus 30 minutes. Real flights with stops take longer. Flights are not sold here.

Best time to kitesurf in Lake Garda

Lake Garda: a curated season, April to October, from documented sources. Weather models miss this local wind.

Season months here: April, May, June, July, August, September, October. Each link shows where else to kite in that month.

Is Lake Garda windy?

Ora thermal wind from the south, usually 12 to 17 kn from about 11:00 until sunset, more on sunny days; the northerly Peler blows in the early morning.

Live forecast

The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.

Live forecast from Windy

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Kite spots in Lake Garda

Malcesine Bus Depot, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · main spot
Level Learning possible in parts, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Wind Square, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 1 km
Level Learning possible in parts, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Campagnola, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 2 km
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Navene, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 4 km
Level Learning possible in parts, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Hotel Capo Reamol, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 6 km
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Hotel Pier, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 8 km
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Schweinebucht, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 8 km
Level Not for beginners, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Conca d'Oro, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 11 km
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Molo Paraiso, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 11 km
Level Not for beginners, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Torbole, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 12 km
Level Learning possible in parts, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·
Foce del Sarca, Lago di GardaLow confidence
Lake · 12 km
Level Learning possible in parts, from kite guides we checked
1. Jan·
2. Feb·
3. Mar·
4. Apr
5. May
6. Jun
7. Jul
8. Aug
9. Sep
10. Oct
11. Nov·
12. Dec·

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

Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Shares its model grid cell with 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: curated season.

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