Start with your travel month. See the spots with the most qualifying days in ten years of wind history.
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Pick a month and a wind window. We will show the strongest historical matches from the destinations we have analyzed.
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A qualifying day has at least 15 kn at 10 m during daylight for the selected window. These are regional ERA5 estimates, not measured beach conditions or a future forecast. Local wind can differ from the model. Historical peaks and source details are available in each spot’s details.
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Days meeting your threshold · 10-year monthly average
REGIONAL ERA5 RANKING Local breezes and wind acceleration can change the actual ranking of spots. View methodology and station checks
Eligible days + average wind in kn. Avg. air temperature = 24-hour average; avg. water temperature = regional sea surface temperature, in °C. Averages for 2016–2025. — = unavailable. Choose your ranking metric above.
Compare days with a wind window, month by month.
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Days / %: your ≥15 kn, 5–6 hour filter. Kn: average across all daylight hours, including below 15 kn. Avg. air temperature: 24-hour average. Avg. water temperature: NOAA monthly sea surface averages. Tap a month for values; these are historical averages.
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The average does not tell the whole story. These are the counts for each year.
The min–max ranges describe the 10 analyzed years; they are not confidence intervals and do not include model error.
Reproducible calculations from hourly data. Sources and limitations explained.
A day qualifies when wind speed at 10 m stays at or above 15 kn for a 5- or 6-hour window between sunrise and sunset. We use wind speed, excluding gusts.
For 6 hours we require 7 consecutive hourly values above the threshold; for 5 hours, 6 values. These span 6 and 5 hours respectively, without establishing conditions between samples. Cumulative mode adds one-hour intervals with both endpoints meeting the criteria.
The same model is used for all 80 analyzed destinations. A monthly average equals qualifying days in that calendar month across 2016–2025, divided by 10. The annual total is the sum of the 12 monthly averages.
Average kn is the arithmetic mean of wind speeds across all daylight hours, including below 15 kn. It is independent of session duration. The annual average is weighted by valid hours rather than a simple average of the 12 monthly means.
Records use each spot’s local day, including time zone and daylight saving time. Rankings update for the selected month, duration, region and sorting metric. Favorites are saved locally on each device. The Canary Islands are always included in the catalog and grouped under Europe / Spain for browsing. Search “Canary Islands” to find them. Coverage now includes North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. The selection is curated and does not represent every kite beach in these regions.
Regional reanalysis estimates, not days measured on the beach. The ERA5 grid, approximately 25 km, can miss thermal breezes, terrain effects and acceleration in straits. Actual grid coordinates are shown for each spot.
Values are not adjusted to match a spot’s reputation. A low result at Garda, La Ventana, Paracas or El Médano may reflect model limitations. The filter does not assess direction, waves, cold, access or excessive wind.
Air: ERA5 temperature at 2 m, averaged over 24-hour days. Water: NOAA/NCEI OISST v2.1, 120 monthly means from daily sea surface temperature analyses, distributed by NOAA PSL. Monthly, annual and per-year means are weighted by the number of days represented. Months use UTC; temperatures are independent of the 15 kn threshold and session duration.
For water we select the nearest marine grid cell with all 120 months valid, within the spot’s 3×3 neighborhood and no further than 50 km. Coordinates and distance are shown in the details. SST is a regional reference: lagoons and nearshore water may differ. The marine series does not describe Lake Garda, so we show —.
Air source: ERA5 / Open-Meteo · Water source: NOAA/NCEI OISST v2.1 / PSL
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