Lake · Lombardy · Italy

Lake Como

Name: Lake Como
Address: ITA

Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here. Shares its model grid cell with 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.

The model data shows no kite days in any month.

JJan0cold
FFeb0Off
MMar0Off
AApr0Off
MMay0Off
JJun0Off
JJul0Off
AAug0Off
SSep0Off
OOct0Offnow · chosen
NNov0Off
DDec0cold

Prime 60 %+
Good 40 %+
Possible 20 %+
Off under 20 %
Ringed: this month

October · nowTap a month

Kite days: 0%; kite days; Off, 0 of 9 years good
Wind: 2kn; afternoon wind; 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 1 nearby spot, 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 January, the windiest month

Afternoon wind 2 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.

Too light 100 %
Kiteable 0 %
Too strong 0 %

Too light on 100 %, kiteable on 0 %, too strong on 0 % of days.

Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 9, reached 50 %

Kite days
0 % Offabout 0 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 100 %
Kiteable 0 %
Too strong 0 %
Good years
0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
Daylight
11.0 h
Air
20 °Cdaily maximum, 18 °C during kite hours
Rain
12 of 31with 1 mm or more

Lake Como

Kite days% of days	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Verdictshare plus good years	cold	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	Off	cold
Good yearsof 9, reached 50 %	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9
Daylighth	9.1	10.3	11.9	13.5	15.0	15.7	15.4	14.2	12.6	11.0	9.5	8.7
Air°C, daily maximum	10	12	14	18	21	26	28	28	23	20	14	11
Rain days1 mm or more	10 of 31	8 of 28	12 of 31	11 of 30	18 of 31	14 of 30	14 of 31	13 of 31	13 of 30	12 of 31	12 of 30	9 of 31

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 Lake Como: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake Como?

Lake Como gets no kiteable wind in the model data: no month had kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Lake Como windy in October?

No. None of the days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

How many kite days does Lake Como get in a year?

No day was a kite day from 2017 to 2025. 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: Lombardy
Country: Italy
Water body: Lake, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY), 59 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates: 46.1409, 9.3725
Model: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly

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

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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 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: low.

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In October, 0 % of days at Lake Como 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/lake-como

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