Sea · Normandy · France
Querqueville
Best for kiting from May to June and from August to November, with 50 to 72 % kite days. Water 13 to 20 °C. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): December to April.
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.
- 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 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 71 % Primeabout 22 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 29 %
- Kiteable 71 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 9 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 8 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 7.1 expected
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.8 h
- Water
- 16 °C, 5/4
- Air
- 16 °Cdaily maximum, 15 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 17 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Querqueville averaged 22 kite days out of 31 (71 %). Water 16 °C, 5/4. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 68 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 57 | 62 | 71 | 72 | 73 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 8 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 17 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 16 | 10 to 16 |
| Daylighth | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| Water°C at the surface | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 18 of 31 | 14 of 28 | 14 of 31 | 8 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 9 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 17 of 31 | 19 of 30 | 20 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 5/4 | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 5/4 | 6/5+ | 6/5+ |
- In January, Querqueville averaged 21 kite days out of 31 (68 %). Water 8 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, Querqueville averaged 21 kite days out of 28 (76 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, Querqueville averaged 22 kite days out of 31 (70 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
- In April, Querqueville averaged 18 kite days out of 30 (60 %). Water 12 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, Querqueville averaged 17 kite days out of 31 (54 %). Water 14 °C, 5/4. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, Querqueville averaged 15 kite days out of 30 (50 %). Water 17 °C, 5/4. 6 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, Querqueville averaged 15 kite days out of 31 (47 %). Water 19 °C, 4/3. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, Querqueville averaged 18 kite days out of 31 (57 %). Water 20 °C, 4/3. 7 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, Querqueville averaged 18 kite days out of 30 (62 %). Water 19 °C, 4/3. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, Querqueville averaged 22 kite days out of 31 (71 %). Water 16 °C, 5/4. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, Querqueville averaged 22 kite days out of 30 (72 %). Water 13 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 9 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, Querqueville averaged 23 kite days out of 31 (73 %). Water 10 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 9 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 Querqueville
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.9 expected
- February9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.6 expected
- March9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.0 expected
- April8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.7 expected
- May7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.5 expected
- June6 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.9 expected
- July5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.7 expected
- August7 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 5.7 expected
- September8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 6.4 expected
- October (now)8 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.1 expected
- November9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.3 expected
- December9 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 7.2 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.
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
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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
8 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: fewer than 1 in 20
about 7.2 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 23 %
- Kiteable 76 %
- Too strong 1 %
Too light on 23 %, kiteable on 76 %, too strong on 1 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often WSW (248°).
Kitesurfing at Querqueville: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Querqueville?
The best months are May to June and August to November: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 72 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Querqueville windy in October?
Yes, very. 71 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 22 days in a typical October. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Querqueville?
The water ranges from 8 °C in January to 20 °C in August. In October it is about 16 °C (wetsuit: 5/4).
How many kite days does Querqueville get in a year?
About 231 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
- Normandy
- Country
- France
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Caen Carpiquet airport (CFR), 105 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 49.6697, -1.6966
- 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 Normandy
Kite days in October, % of days
- Collignon
France · 15 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
56 %Kite days by month at Collignon: Jan 54 %, Feb 64 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 41 %, May 39 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 42 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 61 % - Biville
France · 14 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
57 %Kite days by month at Biville: Jan 55 %, Feb 67 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 46 %, May 48 %, Jun 41 %, Jul 38 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 57 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 61 % - La Mondrée
France · 4 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
67 %Kite days by month at La Mondrée: Jan 67 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 56 %, May 51 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 44 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 58 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 69 % - Sciotot
France · 6 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
65 %Kite days by month at Sciotot: Jan 60 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 63 %, Apr 45 %, May 45 %, Jun 40 %, Jul 41 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 67 %, Dec 67 % - Barfleur
France · 8 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
63 %Kite days by month at Barfleur: Jan 63 %, Feb 65 %, Mar 64 %, Apr 53 %, May 47 %, Jun 39 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 70 %, Dec 66 % - Hatainville
France · 1 point fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
70 %Kite days by month at Hatainville: Jan 67 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 54 %, May 49 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 48 %, Aug 52 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 72 % - Pointe de Saire
France · 12 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
59 %Kite days by month at Pointe de Saire: Jan 55 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 57 %, Apr 48 %, May 42 %, Jun 35 %, Jul 33 %, Aug 39 %, Sep 45 %, Oct 59 %, Nov 63 %, Dec 63 % - Portbail
France · 12 points fewer kite days than Querqueville in October
59 %Kite days by month at Portbail: Jan 53 %, Feb 63 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 46 %, May 47 %, Jun 37 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 44 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 59 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 61 %
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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: high.
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In October, 71 % of days at Querqueville 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/querqueville
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