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Rio Ter

Name: Rio Ter
Address: ESP

Kite days peak in April at 33 %.

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.

JJan29Possible
FFeb22Possible
MMar31Possible
AApr33Possible
MMay24Possible
JJun20Possible
JJul23Possible
AAug21Possible
SSep16Off
OOct24Possiblenow
NNov24Possible
DDec15Off

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.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdict10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days

Kite days
24 % Possibleabout 7 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 76 %
Kiteable 24 %
Too strong 0 %
Good years
0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
10 day trip
1 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
Best hours
13:00 to 17:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
11.1 h
Air
22 °Cdaily maximum, 21 °C during kite hours
Rain
8 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Rio Ter averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (24 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.

Rio Ter

Kite days% of days	29	22	31	33	24	20	23	21	16	24	24	15
Verdictshare plus good years	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Off	Possible	Possible	Off
10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days	2 in 10	1 in 10	2 in 10	3 in 10	2 in 10	1 in 10	2 in 10	1 in 10	1 in 10	1 in 10	1 in 10	under 1 in 10
Good yearsof 9, reached 50 %	1 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	1 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9	0 of 9
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	13 to 17	12 to 17	13 to 16	12 to 18	13 to 17	14 to 18	14 to 17	14 to 18	14 to 16	13 to 17	13 to 15	12 to 16
Daylighth	9.5	10.6	11.9	13.3	14.5	15.2	14.9	13.9	12.5	11.1	9.9	9.2
Air°C, daily maximum	13	15	16	18	22	27	30	30	25	22	17	14
Rain days1 mm or more	6 of 31	6 of 28	9 of 31	7 of 30	9 of 31	5 of 30	4 of 31	4 of 31	9 of 30	8 of 31	8 of 30	7 of 31

In January, Rio Ter averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (29 %). 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
In February, Rio Ter averaged 6 kite days out of 28 (22 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
In March, Rio Ter averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (31 %). 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
In April, Rio Ter averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (33 %). 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
In May, Rio Ter averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (24 %). 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
In June, Rio Ter averaged 6 kite days out of 30 (20 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
In July, Rio Ter averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (23 %). 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
In August, Rio Ter averaged 6 kite days out of 31 (21 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
In September, Rio Ter averaged 5 kite days out of 30 (16 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
In October, Rio Ter averaged 7 kite days out of 31 (24 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
In November, Rio Ter averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (24 %). 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
In December, Rio Ter averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (15 %). under 1 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 Rio Ter

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

January2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.0 expected
February1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.3 expected
March2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.3 expected
April3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.0 expected
May2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.3 expected
June1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.0 expected
July2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
August1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.0 expected
September1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.7 expected
October (now)1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
November1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.4 expected
Decemberunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.4 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: 2 in 10

about 2.6 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 April, the windiest month

Too light 67 %
Kiteable 33 %
Too strong 0 %

Too light on 67 %, kiteable on 33 %, too strong on 0 % of days.

Best hours: 12:00 to 18:00, 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°).

Kitesurfing at Rio Ter: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Rio Ter?

No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is April, when 33 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.

Is Rio Ter windy in October?

Sometimes. 24 % 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.

How many kite days does Rio Ter get in a year?

About 86 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.

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Spot facts

Region: Catalonia
Country: Spain
Water body: Sea, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Girona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO), 38 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+02:00 in October
Coordinates: 42.0229, 3.1941
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.

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Nearby kite spots in Catalonia

Kite days in October, % of days

Pals
Spain · 32 points more kite days than Rio Ter in October
56 %
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 Pals: Jan 54 %, Feb 49 %, Mar 58 %, Apr 60 %, May 50 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 44 %, Oct 56 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 38 %
L'Estartit
Spain · 36 points more kite days than Rio Ter in October
60 %
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 L'Estartit: Jan 54 %, Feb 49 %, Mar 62 %, Apr 68 %, May 56 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 62 %, Aug 56 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 60 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 38 %
Riells
Spain · 14 points more kite days than Rio Ter in October
38 %
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 Riells: Jan 40 %, Feb 37 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 56 %, May 44 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 35 %, Oct 38 %, Nov 41 %, Dec 25 %
Palamós
Spain · 11 points more kite days than Rio Ter in October
35 %
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 Palamós: Jan 38 %, Feb 33 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 37 %, May 25 %, Jun 20 %, Jul 24 %, Aug 23 %, Sep 22 %, Oct 35 %, Nov 38 %, Dec 25 %
Rubina
Spain · 13 points more kite days than Rio Ter in October
37 %
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 Rubina: Jan 39 %, Feb 34 %, Mar 45 %, Apr 53 %, May 42 %, Jun 42 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 37 %, Nov 40 %, Dec 25 %
Platja del Pas
Spain · 15 points more kite days than Rio Ter in October
39 %
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 Platja del Pas: Jan 53 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 49 %, Apr 43 %, May 43 %, Jun 32 %, Jul 39 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 39 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 37 %
Blanes, Platja d'Abanell
Spain · same kite days as Rio Ter in October
24 %
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 Blanes, Platja d'Abanell: Jan 28 %, Feb 21 %, Mar 36 %, Apr 28 %, May 15 %, Jun 19 %, Jul 17 %, Aug 17 %, Sep 17 %, Oct 24 %, Nov 26 %, Dec 19 %
Malgrat
Spain · 9 points more kite days than Rio Ter 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 Malgrat: Jan 31 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 44 %, Apr 32 %, May 22 %, Jun 27 %, Jul 26 %, Aug 23 %, Sep 27 %, Oct 33 %, Nov 30 %, Dec 28 %

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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, 24 % of days at Rio Ter 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/rio-ter

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