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12 kn+. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots between 10:00 and 19:00. How we count.

River · Limburg · Belgium

Kessenich

Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.

Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.

  1. J22
  2. F29
  3. M24
  4. A15
  5. M10
  6. J10
  7. J13
  8. A10
  9. S11
  10. O20
  11. N19
  12. D20
Kite days by month at Kessenich: Jan 22 %, Feb 29 %, Mar 24 %, Apr 15 %, May 10 %, Jun 10 %, Jul 13 %, Aug 10 %, Sep 11 %, Oct 20 %, Nov 19 %, Dec 20 %
  • Prime 60 %+
  • Good 40 %+
  • Possible 20 %+
  • Off under 20 %
  • Ringed: this month

October · nowTap a month

Kite days
20%
kite days
Possible, 0 of 9 years good
Wind
8kn
from SW
average 12:00 to 18:00

Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.

How we know thisConfidence low

Confidence. Lake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.

A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.

Best months: at least half the days are kite days (50 % or more), outside the cold months. The colours grade every month on their own scale: Prime from 60 %, Good from 40 %, Possible from 20 %.

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.

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How the wind behaves

In February, the windiest month

Afternoon wind 9 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.

  • Too light 71 %
  • Kiteable 29 %
  • Too strong 0 %

Too light on 71 %, kiteable on 29 %, too strong on 0 % of days.

Best hours: 12:00 to 15:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.

NESW

Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors

Wind mostly from SW (225°), fairly steady direction.

Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 9, reached 50 %
  • Kite days
    20 % Possibleabout 6 of 31 days
    Too light, kiteable, too strong
    • Too light 80 %
    • Kiteable 20 %
    • Too strong 0 %
    Good years
    2017: 29 % kite days2018: 16 % kite days2019: 13 % kite days2020: 32 % kite days2021: 19 % kite days2022: 10 % kite days2023: 19 % kite days2024: 10 % kite days2025: 29 % kite days0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
    Best hours
    12:00 to 13:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
    Daylight
    10.7 h
    Air
    16 °Cdaily maximum, 15 °C during kite hours
    Rain
    13 of 31with 1 mm or more

Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.

Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds

Kitesurfing at Kessenich: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Kessenich?

No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is February, when 29 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Kessenich windy in October?

Sometimes. 20 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 6 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Kessenich get in a year?

About 61 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has 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.

Live forecast

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

Live forecast from Windy

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Spot facts

Region
Limburg
Country
Belgium
Water body
River, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport
Liège Airport (LGG), 63 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone
UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates
51.1460, 5.8385
Model
ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Satellite view of Kessenich

Conditions, checked against kite guides

Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.

Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.

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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 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: low.

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In October, 20 % of days at Kessenich met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: 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 (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/kessenich

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