Sea · Apulia · Italy
Porto Cesáreo
Kite days peak in January at 40 %.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
October · nowTap a month
- Kite days
- 23%
- kite days
- Possible
- Wind
- 9kn
- from S
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 23°C
- spring suit
- water
- Trip odds
- 1in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 2.3 kite days of 10
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How we know thisConfidence high
Confidence. Hourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season.
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.
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
How the wind behaves
In January, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 10 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 60 %
- Kiteable 40 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 60 %, kiteable on 40 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often N (0°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 23 % Possibleabout 7 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 77 %
- Kiteable 23 %
- Too strong 0 %
- 10 day trip
- 1 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 2.3 expected
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 11.2 h
- Water
- 23 °C, spring suit
- Air
- 22 °Cdaily maximum, 21 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 8 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 40 | 34 | 39 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 36 | 39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Good | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Off | Off | Off | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 4 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 4 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 1 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 4 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 0, reached 50 % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 12 to 17 | 12 to 18 | 13 to 16 | 12 to 18 | 13 to 18 | 13 to 18 | 14 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 16 | 11 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 16 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 10 of 31 | 6 of 28 | 8 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 6 of 31 | 3 of 30 | 2 of 31 | 3 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 13 of 30 | 10 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 5/4 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 3/2 | shorty | shorts | shorts | shorts | spring | 4/3 | 5/4 |
Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. 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; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds by start week
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Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
- 6
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
4 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 47 (e.g. 19 to 25 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 4.3 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
Kitesurfing at Porto Cesáreo: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Porto Cesáreo?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is January, when 40 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Porto Cesáreo windy in October?
Sometimes. 23 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 7 days in a typical October. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Porto Cesáreo?
The water ranges from 14 °C in February to 28 °C in July. In October it is about 23 °C (wetsuit: spring suit).
How many kite days does Porto Cesáreo get in a year?
About 103 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.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Apulia
- Country
- Italy
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Brindisi Airport (BDS), 43 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 40.2766, 17.8686
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
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.
Nearby kite spots in Apulia
- 23% kite days
Baia Verde30 km
9 kn N23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Baia Verde: Jan 41 %, Feb 38 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 32 %, May 29 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 17 %, Aug 15 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 23 %, Nov 37 %, Dec 40 % - 18% kite days
Le Pietre31 km
8 kn SSE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Le Pietre: Jan 34 %, Feb 30 %, Mar 31 %, Apr 27 %, May 23 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 9 %, Aug 9 %, Sep 14 %, Oct 18 %, Nov 29 %, Dec 32 % - 22% kite days
Torre Chianca35 km
9 kn NNW22 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Torre Chianca: Jan 35 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 39 %, Apr 33 %, May 31 %, Jun 25 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 26 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 36 % - 41% kite days
Torre Specchia43 km
11 kn NNW22 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Torre Specchia: Jan 53 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 48 %, May 47 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 41 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 47 % - 33% kite days
Apani48 km
10 kn NNW22 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Apani: Jan 49 %, Feb 42 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 40 %, May 38 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 44 % - 37% kite days
Alimini51 km
10 kn SSE22 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Alimini: Jan 50 %, Feb 48 %, Mar 49 %, Apr 44 %, May 44 %, Jun 35 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 40 %, Dec 45 % - 21% kite days
La Torre57 km
8 kn SSE23 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in La Torre: Jan 36 %, Feb 34 %, Mar 38 %, Apr 32 %, May 28 %, Jun 14 %, Jul 19 %, Aug 13 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 21 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 33 % - 32% kite days
Ostuni61 km
9 kn NNW22 °C spring suitsea
Kite days by month in Ostuni: Jan 43 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 38 %, May 33 %, Jun 29 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 37 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 32 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 40 %
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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. Confidence: high.
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In October, 23 % of days at Porto Cesáreo 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/porto-cesareo
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