Sea · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Germany

Pritzwald, Rügen

Name: Pritzwald, Rügen
Address: DEU

Kite days peak in July at 45 %.

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.

JJan44cold
FFeb47cold
MMar40cold
AApr44cold
MMay39Possible
JJun38Possible
JJul45Good
AAug33Possible
SSep40Good
OOct44Goodnow
NNov29cold
DDec33cold

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched
Ringed: this month

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.

Confidence highHourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season. Shares its model grid cell with 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdict10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite daysWater°C, what to wear

Kite days
44 % Goodabout 14 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 56 %
Kiteable 44 %
Too strong 0 %
Good years
3 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
10 day trip
5 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 4.2 expected
Best hours
10:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
10.6 h
Water
12 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves
Air
13 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
Rain
14 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (44 %). Water 12 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.

Pritzwald, Rügen

Kite days% of days	44	47	40	44	39	38	45	33	40	44	29	33
Verdictshare plus good years	cold	cold	cold	cold	Possible	Possible	Good	Possible	Good	Good	cold	cold
10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days	5 in 10	5 in 10	4 in 10	4 in 10	4 in 10	5 in 10	3 in 10	3 in 10	4 in 10	5 in 10	1 in 10	3 in 10
Good yearsof 9, reached 50 %	2 of 9	3 of 9	1 of 9	3 of 9	1 of 9	3 of 9	3 of 9	1 of 9	2 of 9	3 of 9	0 of 9	2 of 9
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	10 to 15	10 to 16	10 to 17	12 to 18	11 to 18	13 to 18	10 to 18	12 to 17	10 to 17	10 to 16	10 to 15	10 to 15
Daylighth	8.0	9.7	11.8	14.0	16.0	17.1	16.6	14.9	12.8	10.6	8.6	7.5
Water°C at the surface	2	2	4	9	15	19	21	21	19	12	7	4
Air°C, daily maximum	4	4	6	10	15	20	21	21	18	13	8	5
Rain days1 mm or more	14 of 31	13 of 28	10 of 31	8 of 30	10 of 31	9 of 30	12 of 31	11 of 31	10 of 30	14 of 31	11 of 30	13 of 31
Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves	6/5+	6/5+	6/5+	6/5+	5/4	4/3	spring	spring	4/3	6/5+	6/5+	6/5+

In January, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (44 %). Water 2 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
In February, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 13 kite days out of 28 (47 %). Water 2 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
In March, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (40 %). Water 4 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
In April, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 13 kite days out of 30 (44 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
In May, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (39 %). Water 15 °C, 5/4. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
In June, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 11 kite days out of 30 (38 %). Water 19 °C, 4/3. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
In July, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (45 %). Water 21 °C, spring suit. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
In August, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (33 %). Water 21 °C, spring suit. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
In September, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (40 %). Water 19 °C, 4/3. 4 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
In October, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (44 %). Water 12 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
In November, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 9 kite days out of 30 (29 %). Water 7 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
In December, Pritzwald, Rügen averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (33 %). Water 4 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.

Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. 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. 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 at Pritzwald, Rügen

How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.

January5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.3 expected
February5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.5 expected
March4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.1 expected
April4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.3 expected
May4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.8 expected
June5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.3 expected
July3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.8 expected
August3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.5 expected
September4 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.1 expected
October (now)5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.2 expected
November1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.8 expected
December3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.7 expected

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.

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Trip odds by start week

Pick your start week and trip length. Each cell: of all trips of that length that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, how many in 10 got at least half their days with kite wind.

Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025

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

x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that week 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.

Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count

Start date

1 in 10

trips of 10 days starting in week 45 (e.g. 5 to 11 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).

Zero wind trips: 1 in 10

about 2.5 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).

How the wind behaves

In February, the windiest month

Too light 53 %
Kiteable 47 %
Too strong 0 %

Too light on 53 %, kiteable on 47 %, 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 W (270°).

Kitesurfing at Pritzwald, Rügen: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Pritzwald, Rügen?

No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is February, when 47 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Pritzwald, Rügen windy in October?

Yes, often. 44 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 14 days in a typical October. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.

What is the water temperature at Pritzwald, Rügen?

The water ranges from 2 °C in January to 21 °C in July. In October it is about 12 °C (wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves).

How many kite days does Pritzwald, Rügen get in a year?

About 144 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

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Spot facts

Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Country: Germany
Water body: Sea, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Heringsdorf Airport (HDF), 65 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates: 54.2609, 13.4082
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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Kite days in October, % of days

Grabow, Rügen
Germany · same kite days as Pritzwald, Rügen in October
44 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Grabow, Rügen: Jan 44 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 44 %, May 39 %, Jun 38 %, Jul 45 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 40 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 29 %, Dec 33 %
Neu Reddewitz, Rügen
Germany · 10 points more kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
54 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Neu Reddewitz, Rügen: Jan 60 %, Feb 57 %, Mar 49 %, Apr 52 %, May 49 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 54 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 54 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 55 %
Rambin, Rügen
Germany · 11 points more kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
55 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Rambin, Rügen: Jan 61 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 48 %, May 47 %, Jun 41 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 41 %, Sep 48 %, Oct 55 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 53 %
Gahlkow
Germany · 7 points more kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
51 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Gahlkow: Jan 52 %, Feb 53 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 50 %, May 47 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 39 %, Dec 43 %
Ludwigsburg
Germany · 11 points fewer kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
33 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Ludwigsburg: Jan 35 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 29 %, Apr 29 %, May 22 %, Jun 23 %, Jul 24 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 24 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 22 %, Dec 25 %
Gager, Rügen
Germany · 23 points more kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
67 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Gager, Rügen: Jan 72 %, Feb 65 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 64 %, May 60 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 60 %, Aug 57 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 69 %
Lubmin
Germany · 6 points more kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
50 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Lubmin: Jan 53 %, Feb 51 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 49 %, May 42 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 37 %, Dec 46 %
Baabe, Rügen
Germany · 17 points more kite days than Pritzwald, Rügen in October
61 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Baabe, Rügen: Jan 67 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 54 %, Apr 58 %, May 51 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 57 %, Aug 49 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 65 %

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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: high.

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In October, 44 % of days at Pritzwald, Rügen 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/pritzwald-rugen

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