Lake · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Germany
Schwansee
Kite days peak in October at 43 %.
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 lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 43 % Goodabout 13 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 57 %
- Kiteable 43 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 2 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Best hours
- 11:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.6 h
- Air
- 15 °Cdaily maximum, 14 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 13 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Schwansee averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (43 %).
| Kite days% of days | 45 | 46 | 39 | 43 | 35 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 43 | 34 | 37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | cold | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Good | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 3 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 2 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 19 | 11 to 18 | 14 to 18 | 13 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 11 to 16 | 10 to 15 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 7.5 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 14 of 31 | 12 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 11 of 31 | 9 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 13 of 30 | 12 of 31 |
- In January, Schwansee averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (45 %).
- In February, Schwansee averaged 13 kite days out of 28 (46 %).
- In March, Schwansee averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (39 %).
- In April, Schwansee averaged 13 kite days out of 30 (43 %).
- In May, Schwansee averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (35 %).
- In June, Schwansee averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (32 %).
- In July, Schwansee averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (32 %).
- In August, Schwansee averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (30 %).
- In September, Schwansee averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (33 %).
- In October, Schwansee averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (43 %).
- In November, Schwansee averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (34 %).
- In December, Schwansee averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (37 %).
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; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Schwansee
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In February, the windiest month
- Too light 54 %
- Kiteable 46 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 54 %, kiteable on 46 %, 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 mostly from WSW (248°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Schwansee: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Schwansee?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is February, when 46 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Schwansee windy in October?
Yes, often. 43 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 13 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Schwansee get in a year?
About 136 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
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Country
- Germany
- Water body
- Lake, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), 28 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 53.9920, 10.9984
- 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 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Kite days in October, % of days
- Timmendorf
Germany · 24 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
67 %Kite days by month at Timmendorf: Jan 67 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 54 %, Apr 57 %, May 51 %, Jun 52 %, Jul 52 %, Aug 47 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 60 %, Dec 62 % - Wangern
Germany · 5 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
48 %Kite days by month at Wangern: Jan 50 %, Feb 47 %, Mar 42 %, Apr 43 %, May 33 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 36 %, Aug 30 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 48 %, Nov 37 %, Dec 43 % - Boiensdorf
Germany · 1 point more kite days than Schwansee in October
44 %Kite days by month at Boiensdorf: Jan 47 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 37 %, May 33 %, Jun 29 %, Jul 33 %, Aug 25 %, Sep 33 %, Oct 44 %, Nov 33 %, Dec 41 % - Pepelow
Germany · 21 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
64 %Kite days by month at Pepelow: Jan 66 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 48 %, May 48 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 49 %, Oct 64 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 62 % - Rerik
Germany · 23 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
66 %Kite days by month at Rerik: Jan 66 %, Feb 61 %, Mar 56 %, Apr 55 %, May 50 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 62 % - Kägsdorf
Germany · 23 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
66 %Kite days by month at Kägsdorf: Jan 71 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 54 %, Apr 57 %, May 50 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 63 % - Nienhagen
Germany · 15 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
58 %Kite days by month at Nienhagen: Jan 62 %, Feb 58 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 49 %, May 44 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 40 %, Sep 46 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 49 %, Dec 55 % - Warnemuende
Germany · 14 points more kite days than Schwansee in October
57 %Kite days by month at Warnemuende: Jan 63 %, Feb 59 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 50 %, May 49 %, Jun 45 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 48 %, Oct 57 %, Nov 48 %, Dec 55 %
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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: low.
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In October, 43 % of days at Schwansee 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/schwansee
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