Windsaison – Monat für Monat rund um die Welt
Der Wind mit eigenem Namen kommt an den meisten Nachmittagen; Segler und Kiter lieben ihn, Cafétische nicht.
144 Reiseziele auf SeasonMap, innerhalb jedes Monats nach Komfort-Score gerankt – denn es geht nicht nur darum, wo die Saison läuft, sondern auch darum, ob sich das Wetter währenddessen lohnt.
Wann es so weit ist
Windsaison im Januar
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.Warm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.95
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.89
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.89
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.89
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe windy months · 1. Sep. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienPatagonian wind season · 1. Okt. – 28. Feb. (meist)The westerlies blow hardest through spring and summer, which decides whether the boats sail out of Piramides on a given morning and how much dust is on the road to the peninsula.87
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.87
- Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.86
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.86
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe summer south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The wind that runs Cape Town reaches the valley too, blunted by the mountains but still enough to move an outdoor tasting indoors after lunch.83
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienThe Fremantle Doctor · 1. Nov. – 31. MärzThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82
- Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
- Kenting-Nationalpark 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.82
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoThe nortes · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every couple of weeks through the winter and bring two or three grey, blustery days with a chopped-up sea and the ferries to Isla running rough.81
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1. Okt. – 1. März (meist)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.81
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)One of Dali's four old set pieces, and the least romantic: the gap at Xiaguan funnels a hard, dry wind up the lake through winter and spring.79
- Bacalar 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.79
- Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.78
- Isla Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1. Jan. – 31. Aug. (meist)The trade winds funnel across the flat, waist-deep bay on the island's south side almost every afternoon for most of the year, which is what put this village on the windsurfing map.78
- Charlotte Amalie Amerikanische JungferninselnChristmas winds · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.77
- San Juan del Sur 🇳🇮 NicaraguaPapagayo offshore winds · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Wind funnelling across Lake Nicaragua blows hard offshore through the dry season, grooming the waves into clean, hollow shapes.77
- Barranquilla 🇨🇴 KolumbienBrisas of the dry months · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)The trade winds come hard off the Caribbean from December, which is what makes the dry months bearable and the kite beaches west of the city work.76
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanWinter north winds · 15. Nov. – 5. März (meist)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.75
- Cartagena 🇨🇴 KolumbienTrade wind season · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)A steady breeze off the sea holds the humidity down and makes the walled town walkable in the middle of the day.74
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.73
… und 45 weitere im Januar.
Windsaison im Februar
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.Warm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.94
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienPatagonian wind season · 1. Okt. – 28. Feb. (meist)The westerlies blow hardest through spring and summer, which decides whether the boats sail out of Piramides on a given morning and how much dust is on the road to the peninsula.89
- Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.88
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.88
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe windy months · 1. Sep. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
- Kenting-Nationalpark 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.88
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.88
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.88
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.88
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)One of Dali's four old set pieces, and the least romantic: the gap at Xiaguan funnels a hard, dry wind up the lake through winter and spring.84
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe summer south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The wind that runs Cape Town reaches the valley too, blunted by the mountains but still enough to move an outdoor tasting indoors after lunch.84
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoThe nortes · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every couple of weeks through the winter and bring two or three grey, blustery days with a chopped-up sea and the ferries to Isla running rough.82
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienThe Fremantle Doctor · 1. Nov. – 31. MärzThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82
- Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanWinter north winds · 15. Nov. – 5. März (meist)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.81
- Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.80
- Bacalar 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.80
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1. Okt. – 1. März (meist)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.79
- Isla Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1. Jan. – 31. Aug. (meist)The trade winds funnel across the flat, waist-deep bay on the island's south side almost every afternoon for most of the year, which is what put this village on the windsurfing map.79
- Menorca 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.79
- Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalienMaestrale · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.78
- Barranquilla 🇨🇴 KolumbienBrisas of the dry months · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)The trade winds come hard off the Caribbean from December, which is what makes the dry months bearable and the kite beaches west of the city work.78
- Charlotte Amalie Amerikanische JungferninselnChristmas winds · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.78
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.77
… und 43 weitere im Februar.
Windsaison im März
- Dahab 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe gulf wind · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.93
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)One of Dali's four old set pieces, and the least romantic: the gap at Xiaguan funnels a hard, dry wind up the lake through winter and spring.91
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.91
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe kite and windsurf season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly runs down the coast most afternoons from spring to autumn and the flat water south of town is the reason half the visitors are here.90
- El-Guna 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKite season on the lagoon · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.90
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.90
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90
- Ad-Dakhla WestsaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15. März – 30. Sep. (meist)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.90
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe gulf wind · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly funnels down the gulf most afternoons, which is why the flats at Nabq are full of kites and why the dive boats cross to Tiran early and come back before it builds.89
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.Warm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.86
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienThe Fremantle Doctor · 1. Nov. – 31. MärzThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.85
- Kenting-Nationalpark 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.84
- Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalienMaestrale · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.83
- Menorca 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.83
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalienThe maestrale · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.82
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe libeccio and the strait · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.82
- Split 🇭🇷 KroatienBura season · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)The dry northeasterly comes off the Dinarics in gales that shut the catamarans and sometimes the coast road.81
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.81
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.81
- Isla Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1. Jan. – 31. Aug. (meist)The trade winds funnel across the flat, waist-deep bay on the island's south side almost every afternoon for most of the year, which is what put this village on the windsurfing map.80
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanWinter north winds · 15. Nov. – 5. März (meist)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.80
- Girona 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind funnels down off the Pyrenees for days at a time in winter, which is why the sky is so clear and why nobody sits outside while it blows.80
- Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.79
- Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 GriechenlandThe vardaris · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)A cold north wind funnels down the Axios valley into the gulf in winter, clears the air and takes several degrees off whatever the thermometer says on the waterfront.78
- Avignon 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.78
… und 35 weitere im März.
Windsaison im April
- Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe alizes · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)The north-easterly blows almost every afternoon through summer, which made the town a windsurf capital and makes lying on the beach a losing argument.96
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)One of Dali's four old set pieces, and the least romantic: the gap at Xiaguan funnels a hard, dry wind up the lake through winter and spring.93
- Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalienMaestrale · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.89
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.89
- Ad-Dakhla WestsaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15. März – 30. Sep. (meist)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.89
- Baku 🇦🇿 AserbaidschanKhazri wind · 15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The city is named for its wind, and the northerly khazri is at its hardest in the cold half of the year: it clears the air, strips the boulevard and makes the cold feel like a different number.88
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalienThe maestrale · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.88
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe libeccio and the strait · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.88
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.88
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.87
- Zadar 🇭🇷 KroatienBura · 15. Okt. – 15. Apr.The northeasterly comes down off the Velebit in gusts strong enough to close the Maslenica bridge and the A1 to high-sided vehicles, and it cancels the island boats.87
- Avignon 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.86
- Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.86
- Toulouse 🇫🇷 FrankreichVent d'autan · 15. Sep. – 30. Apr. (meist)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.85
- Montpellier 🇫🇷 FrankreichTramontane · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.The northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.85
- Triest 🇮🇹 ItalienBora · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.The cold northeasterly falls off the Karst plateau straight onto the city and the strongest days come with ropes strung along the streets to hold on to.84
- Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItalienPeler and ora · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)Garda runs on two daily winds: the peler down the lake from the north in the early morning, the ora back up it from around midday.84
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe kite and windsurf season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly runs down the coast most afternoons from spring to autumn and the flat water south of town is the reason half the visitors are here.83
- El-Guna 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKite season on the lagoon · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.82
- Dahab 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe gulf wind · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.82
- Joshua-Tree-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring wind season · 1. März – 15. Juni (meist)Afternoon wind funnels in through the pass at the west end all spring, pulling tents out of the ground at Jumbo Rocks and sandblasting anything belayed in the open.81
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe gulf wind · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly funnels down the gulf most afternoons, which is why the flats at Nabq are full of kites and why the dive boats cross to Tiran early and come back before it builds.81
- München 🇩🇪 DeutschlandFoehn wind · 1. Sep. – 31. Mai (meist)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.79
- Isla Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1. Jan. – 31. Aug. (meist)The trade winds funnel across the flat, waist-deep bay on the island's south side almost every afternoon for most of the year, which is what put this village on the windsurfing map.78
- Innsbruck 🇦🇹 ÖsterreichFoehn wind · 1. Okt. – 31. Mai (meist)The valley is the textbook case: a dry downslope wind that arrives warm, strips the snow off the lower slopes in a day and turns the approach into the airport into the roughest in the Alps.77
… und 17 weitere im April.
Windsaison im Mai
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade winds and the north cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.95
- Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.95
- Çeşme 🇹🇷 TürkeiAlacati windsurfing season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The meltemi funnels into Alacati bay most afternoons and the water stays waist-deep for hundreds of metres, which is why every beginner in Turkey learns here.95
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.94
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpanienThe levante · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly can blow for three or four days without pause, which strips the beaches and is exactly why the kitesurfers are down at Tarifa.94
- Tanger 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe eastern wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The levante funnels through the strait for days at a time, flattening the beach umbrellas and putting the fast ferries to Tarifa on hold.94
- Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe alizes · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)The north-easterly blows almost every afternoon through summer, which made the town a windsurf capital and makes lying on the beach a losing argument.93
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalienThe maestrale · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.93
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe libeccio and the strait · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.93
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienLevante season · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.93
- Datça 🇹🇷 TürkeiMeltemi season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind gets up most afternoons through the summer and the peninsula sticks out into it.93
- Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.93
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.92
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)A few times each winter the wind swings round off the interior and the coast goes from cold and grey to hot and full of sand inside an hour.92
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.91
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
- Ad-Dakhla WestsaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15. März – 30. Sep. (meist)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
- Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItalienPeler and ora · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)Garda runs on two daily winds: the peler down the lake from the north in the early morning, the ora back up it from around midday.87
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenTrade wind and windsurf season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The trades blow hardest through the summer, prevalent 80-95% of the time from May to September, and Hookipa on the north shore is where the sailors and kites go for it.86
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.86
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The southeasterly mwera blows up the lake in the cool months, raising short steep waves; kayak and boat trips get called off on the worst days and swimming off the rocks is rougher.86
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.86
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)Toliara is constantly swept by the Tsio Katimo, a steady south-easterly that also fills the kite schools at Ifaty and Anakao with 15 to 25 knots most afternoons from around April to November.85
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinienZonda wind · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)A dry wind off the Andes that arrives as a wall of dust, takes the temperature up sharply within the hour and puts the province on alert.84
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienSailing season and the trades · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.82
… und 23 weitere im Mai.
Windsaison im Juni
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.94
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.94
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)A few times each winter the wind swings round off the interior and the coast goes from cold and grey to hot and full of sand inside an hour.94
- Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why the city works early and why the beach at Guincho is for kitesurfers rather than sunbathing.93
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade winds and the north cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.93
- Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.93
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienLevante season · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.93
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.92
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.92
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The wind the place is named for gets up in the afternoons and lifts sand off the desert across the bay, hardest in the cool months.92
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpanienThe levante · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly can blow for three or four days without pause, which strips the beaches and is exactly why the kitesurfers are down at Tarifa.91
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind comes up most summer afternoons and chops the water, which is why the surf schools work the mornings and the town eats indoors at lunch.91
- Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.91
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Foz and Matosinhos feel ten degrees colder than the Ribeira and why the surf schools are where they are.90
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.90
- Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe alizes · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)The north-easterly blows almost every afternoon through summer, which made the town a windsurf capital and makes lying on the beach a losing argument.90
- Tanger 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe eastern wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The levante funnels through the strait for days at a time, flattening the beach umbrellas and putting the fast ferries to Tarifa on hold.90
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The southeasterly mwera blows up the lake in the cool months, raising short steep waves; kayak and boat trips get called off on the worst days and swimming off the rocks is rougher.90
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienThe terral · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Instead of the sea breeze, a dry wind comes down off the mountains behind the city and sits for two or three days.88
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenTrade wind and windsurf season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The trades blow hardest through the summer, prevalent 80-95% of the time from May to September, and Hookipa on the north shore is where the sailors and kites go for it.88
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienSailing season and the trades · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.88
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)Toliara is constantly swept by the Tsio Katimo, a steady south-easterly that also fills the kite schools at Ifaty and Anakao with 15 to 25 knots most afternoons from around April to November.88
- Ad-Dakhla WestsaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15. März – 30. Sep. (meist)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BolivienSurazo season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air pushes up from the far south several times a winter and the lowland heat drops away in a few hours, taking grey drizzle with it.87
- Santander 🇪🇸 SpanienGalerna season · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The Cantabrian coast's own squall: a hot, still afternoon flips inside an hour to a north-westerly gale and a ten-degree drop.86
… und 36 weitere im Juni.
Windsaison im Juli
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.96
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)A few times each winter the wind swings round off the interior and the coast goes from cold and grey to hot and full of sand inside an hour.95
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Foz and Matosinhos feel ten degrees colder than the Ribeira and why the surf schools are where they are.94
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.93
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind comes up most summer afternoons and chops the water, which is why the surf schools work the mornings and the town eats indoors at lunch.93
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The southeasterly mwera blows up the lake in the cool months, raising short steep waves; kayak and boat trips get called off on the worst days and swimming off the rocks is rougher.93
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The wind the place is named for gets up in the afternoons and lifts sand off the desert across the bay, hardest in the cool months.92
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.91
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)Toliara is constantly swept by the Tsio Katimo, a steady south-easterly that also fills the kite schools at Ifaty and Anakao with 15 to 25 knots most afternoons from around April to November.91
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.89
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade winds and the north cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.89
- Santander 🇪🇸 SpanienGalerna season · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The Cantabrian coast's own squall: a hot, still afternoon flips inside an hour to a north-westerly gale and a ten-degree drop.89
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BolivienSurazo season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold air pushes up from the far south several times a winter and the lowland heat drops away in a few hours, taking grey drizzle with it.88
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.88
- Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.88
- Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why the city works early and why the beach at Guincho is for kitesurfers rather than sunbathing.87
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienLevante season · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.87
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.87
- Bogotá 🇨🇴 KolumbienAugust wind and kites · 20. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)The dry weeks come with a steady wind that every child in the city answers with a kite; the Simon Bolivar park is full of them at weekends.86
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenTrade wind and windsurf season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The trades blow hardest through the summer, prevalent 80-95% of the time from May to September, and Hookipa on the north shore is where the sailors and kites go for it.86
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.86
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpanienThe levante · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly can blow for three or four days without pause, which strips the beaches and is exactly why the kitesurfers are down at Tarifa.86
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienSailing season and the trades · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.86
- Ad-Dakhla WestsaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15. März – 30. Sep. (meist)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.86
- Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe alizes · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)The north-easterly blows almost every afternoon through summer, which made the town a windsurf capital and makes lying on the beach a losing argument.85
… und 49 weitere im Juli.
Windsaison im August
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Foz and Matosinhos feel ten degrees colder than the Ribeira and why the surf schools are where they are.95
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.95
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)A few times each winter the wind swings round off the interior and the coast goes from cold and grey to hot and full of sand inside an hour.95
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.95
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.94
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind comes up most summer afternoons and chops the water, which is why the surf schools work the mornings and the town eats indoors at lunch.93
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienSailing season and the trades · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.93
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The wind the place is named for gets up in the afternoons and lifts sand off the desert across the bay, hardest in the cool months.92
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)The southeasterly mwera blows up the lake in the cool months, raising short steep waves; kayak and boat trips get called off on the worst days and swimming off the rocks is rougher.91
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.90
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.90
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)Toliara is constantly swept by the Tsio Katimo, a steady south-easterly that also fills the kite schools at Ifaty and Anakao with 15 to 25 knots most afternoons from around April to November.89
- Bogotá 🇨🇴 KolumbienAugust wind and kites · 20. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)The dry weeks come with a steady wind that every child in the city answers with a kite; the Simon Bolivar park is full of them at weekends.88
- Santander 🇪🇸 SpanienGalerna season · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The Cantabrian coast's own squall: a hot, still afternoon flips inside an hour to a north-westerly gale and a ten-degree drop.88
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenTrade wind and windsurf season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The trades blow hardest through the summer, prevalent 80-95% of the time from May to September, and Hookipa on the north shore is where the sailors and kites go for it.87
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade winds and the north cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.87
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.87
- Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.87
- Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why the city works early and why the beach at Guincho is for kitesurfers rather than sunbathing.86
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinienZonda wind · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)A dry wind off the Andes that arrives as a wall of dust, takes the temperature up sharply within the hour and puts the province on alert.86
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.86
- Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagaskarVaratraza wind season · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The trade wind locals call varatraza blows almost daily, turning the Emerald Sea and Sakalava Bay into a kitesurfing spot; it is strongest from July to September, which also makes boat trips choppy.86
- Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 BrasilienMinuano behind the fronts · 15. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)Cold fronts cross the state through winter and the southwest minuano follows each one: a clear, dry, hard wind for a day or two that empties the parks and puts a chop on the Guaiba.85
- Rodrigues 🇲🇺 MauritiusThe trades blow hardest · 1. Juni – 30. Sep.The south-easterlies run all year and stiffen through the southern winter, which is why the lagoon at Mourouk fills with kites.85
- Bora Bora 🇵🇫 Französisch-PolynesienThe maramu trade wind · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The southeast maramu blows hardest through the dry months and chops the lagoon most afternoons.84
… und 51 weitere im August.
Windsaison im September
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)A few times each winter the wind swings round off the interior and the coast goes from cold and grey to hot and full of sand inside an hour.96
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.95
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.94
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinienZonda wind · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)A dry wind off the Andes that arrives as a wall of dust, takes the temperature up sharply within the hour and puts the province on alert.94
- Toulouse 🇫🇷 FrankreichVent d'autan · 15. Sep. – 30. Apr. (meist)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.93
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1. Juni – 30. Sep. (meist)The wind the place is named for gets up in the afternoons and lifts sand off the desert across the bay, hardest in the cool months.93
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Foz and Matosinhos feel ten degrees colder than the Ribeira and why the surf schools are where they are.91
- Nouméa 🇳🇨 NeukaledonienThe alizés blow hardest · 1. Sep. – 31. Dez.The south-east trades come in most afternoons from spring and turn the Anse Vata into one of the more reliable kite and windsurf spots anywhere.91
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe windy months · 1. Sep. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.91
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The north wind comes up most summer afternoons and chops the water, which is why the surf schools work the mornings and the town eats indoors at lunch.90
- Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why the city works early and why the beach at Guincho is for kitesurfers rather than sunbathing.89
- Bogotá 🇨🇴 KolumbienAugust wind and kites · 20. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)The dry weeks come with a steady wind that every child in the city answers with a kite; the Simon Bolivar park is full of them at weekends.89
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.89
- Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.89
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienSailing season and the trades · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.89
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.89
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpanienThe levante · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly can blow for three or four days without pause, which strips the beaches and is exactly why the kitesurfers are down at Tarifa.88
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienLevante season · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.88
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenTrade wind and windsurf season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The trades blow hardest through the summer, prevalent 80-95% of the time from May to September, and Hookipa on the north shore is where the sailors and kites go for it.87
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.87
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienTrade winds and the north cloud · 1. Mai – 30. Sep.The alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.87
- Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItalienPeler and ora · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)Garda runs on two daily winds: the peler down the lake from the north in the early morning, the ora back up it from around midday.87
- Sacramento 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenDelta breeze · 1. Juni – 15. Sep.Cool marine air pulled up from the bay through the delta most summer evenings, which is why a 38-degree afternoon here becomes a pleasant night.87
… und 42 weitere im September.
Windsaison im Oktober
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.96
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.92
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinienZonda wind · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)A dry wind off the Andes that arrives as a wall of dust, takes the temperature up sharply within the hour and puts the province on alert.92
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienPatagonian wind season · 1. Okt. – 28. Feb. (meist)The westerlies blow hardest through spring and summer, which decides whether the boats sail out of Piramides on a given morning and how much dust is on the road to the peninsula.92
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe windy months · 1. Sep. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.92
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalienThe maestrale · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.90
- Baku 🇦🇿 AserbaidschanKhazri wind · 15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The city is named for its wind, and the northerly khazri is at its hardest in the cold half of the year: it clears the air, strips the boulevard and makes the cold feel like a different number.87
- Toulouse 🇫🇷 FrankreichVent d'autan · 15. Sep. – 30. Apr. (meist)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.86
- Nouméa 🇳🇨 NeukaledonienThe alizés blow hardest · 1. Sep. – 31. Dez.The south-east trades come in most afternoons from spring and turn the Anse Vata into one of the more reliable kite and windsurf spots anywhere.84
- Zadar 🇭🇷 KroatienBura · 15. Okt. – 15. Apr.The northeasterly comes down off the Velebit in gusts strong enough to close the Maslenica bridge and the A1 to high-sided vehicles, and it cancels the island boats.84
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.84
- Wellington 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSpring gales through the strait · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)The wind funnels through Cook Strait all year and peaks in spring, when the airport's crosswind landings become a spectator sport and a southerly change takes the temperature with it.82
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 NeuseelandThe nor'west arch · 1. Sep. – 31. Dez. (meist)A foehn wind off the Alps arrives with a bar of cloud over the ranges and a hot dry gale in the city, most often in spring.81
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)Toliara is constantly swept by the Tsio Katimo, a steady south-easterly that also fills the kite schools at Ifaty and Anakao with 15 to 25 knots most afternoons from around April to November.80
- Montpellier 🇫🇷 FrankreichTramontane · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.The northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.79
- Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilienTrade-wind season · 1. Aug. – 15. Jan. (meist)The alisios pick up from August and hold into the new year, which suits the kite and windsurf schools along this coast and makes the afternoon on an exposed beach hard work.79
- Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagaskarVaratraza wind season · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The trade wind locals call varatraza blows almost daily, turning the Emerald Sea and Sakalava Bay into a kitesurfing spot; it is strongest from July to September, which also makes boat trips choppy.79
- Triest 🇮🇹 ItalienBora · 1. Okt. – 30. Apr.The cold northeasterly falls off the Karst plateau straight onto the city and the strongest days come with ropes strung along the streets to hold on to.78
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe kite and windsurf season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly runs down the coast most afternoons from spring to autumn and the flat water south of town is the reason half the visitors are here.77
- Dahab 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe gulf wind · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.77
- El-Guna 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenKite season on the lagoon · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.76
- Fortaleza 🇧🇷 BrasilienWind season on the Ceará coast · 1. Juli – 31. Dez. (meist)The trade winds settle in for the second half of the year and turn the beaches either side of the city into one of the more reliable kite spots anywhere.75
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe gulf wind · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)The northerly funnels down the gulf most afternoons, which is why the flats at Nabq are full of kites and why the dive boats cross to Tiran early and come back before it builds.75
- West Island KokosinselnTrade wind season · 1. Mai – 31. Okt. (meist)Southeast trade winds hold for about nine months of the year, but the steadiest stretch for kitesurfing across the lagoon runs May to October.75
- München 🇩🇪 DeutschlandFoehn wind · 1. Sep. – 31. Mai (meist)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.73
… und 10 weitere im Oktober.
Windsaison im November
- Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.95
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienPatagonian wind season · 1. Okt. – 28. Feb. (meist)The westerlies blow hardest through spring and summer, which decides whether the boats sail out of Piramides on a given morning and how much dust is on the road to the peninsula.94
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe windy months · 1. Sep. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.94
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.94
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienThe Fremantle Doctor · 1. Nov. – 31. MärzThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.92
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe summer south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The wind that runs Cape Town reaches the valley too, blunted by the mountains but still enough to move an outdoor tasting indoors after lunch.92
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 NeuseelandThe nor'west arch · 1. Sep. – 31. Dez. (meist)A foehn wind off the Alps arrives with a bar of cloud over the ranges and a hot dry gale in the city, most often in spring.85
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.Warm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.85
- Wellington 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSpring gales through the strait · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)The wind funnels through Cook Strait all year and peaks in spring, when the airport's crosswind landings become a spectator sport and a southerly change takes the temperature with it.84
- Nouméa 🇳🇨 NeukaledonienThe alizés blow hardest · 1. Sep. – 31. Dez.The south-east trades come in most afternoons from spring and turn the Anse Vata into one of the more reliable kite and windsurf spots anywhere.80
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.80
- Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalienMaestrale · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.78
- Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilienTrade-wind season · 1. Aug. – 15. Jan. (meist)The alisios pick up from August and hold into the new year, which suits the kite and windsurf schools along this coast and makes the afternoon on an exposed beach hard work.78
- Girona 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind funnels down off the Pyrenees for days at a time in winter, which is why the sky is so clear and why nobody sits outside while it blows.78
- Menorca 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.77
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.77
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.77
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1. Okt. – 1. März (meist)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.76
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe libeccio and the strait · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.76
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)Toliara is constantly swept by the Tsio Katimo, a steady south-easterly that also fills the kite schools at Ifaty and Anakao with 15 to 25 knots most afternoons from around April to November.76
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalienThe maestrale · 15. Okt. – 15. Mai (meist)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.75
- Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.75
- Istanbul 🇹🇷 TürkeiLodos and poyraz storm season · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)The two winter winds take turns, and when either blows hard the Bosphorus ferries and the island boats are cancelled at short notice.74
- Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 GriechenlandThe vardaris · 15. Nov. – 15. März (meist)A cold north wind funnels down the Axios valley into the gulf in winter, clears the air and takes several degrees off whatever the thermometer says on the waterfront.74
- Baku 🇦🇿 AserbaidschanKhazri wind · 15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The city is named for its wind, and the northerly khazri is at its hardest in the cold half of the year: it clears the air, strips the boulevard and makes the cold feel like a different number.73
… und 36 weitere im November.
Windsaison im Dezember
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1. Aug. – 31. März (meist)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.92
- Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.91
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.Warm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.91
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe windy months · 1. Sep. – 28. Feb. (meist)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienPatagonian wind season · 1. Okt. – 28. Feb. (meist)The westerlies blow hardest through spring and summer, which decides whether the boats sail out of Piramides on a given morning and how much dust is on the road to the peninsula.90
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 NeuseelandThe nor'west arch · 1. Sep. – 31. Dez. (meist)A foehn wind off the Alps arrives with a bar of cloud over the ranges and a hot dry gale in the city, most often in spring.89
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaThe summer south-easter · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)The wind that runs Cape Town reaches the valley too, blunted by the mountains but still enough to move an outdoor tasting indoors after lunch.89
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienThe Fremantle Doctor · 1. Nov. – 31. MärzThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.87
- Wellington 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSpring gales through the strait · 1. Sep. – 15. Dez. (meist)The wind funnels through Cook Strait all year and peaks in spring, when the airport's crosswind landings become a spectator sport and a southerly change takes the temperature with it.87
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.86
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1. Dez. – 28. Feb. (meist)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.83
- Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.83
- Sal 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeTrade-wind season · 1. Nov. – 31. Mai (meist)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.82
- Dali 🇨🇳 Volksrepublik ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)One of Dali's four old set pieces, and the least romantic: the gap at Xiaguan funnels a hard, dry wind up the lake through winter and spring.81
- Kenting-Nationalpark 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.80
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1. Okt. – 1. März (meist)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.78
- Holbox 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 15. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.78
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoThe nortes · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every couple of weeks through the winter and bring two or three grey, blustery days with a chopped-up sea and the ferries to Isla running rough.77
- Bacalar 🇲🇽 MexikoNortes season · 1. Nov. – 28. Feb. (meist)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.77
- Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilienTrade-wind season · 1. Aug. – 15. Jan. (meist)The alisios pick up from August and hold into the new year, which suits the kite and windsurf schools along this coast and makes the afternoon on an exposed beach hard work.76
- Menorca 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.76
- Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalienMaestrale · 1. Nov. – 30. Apr. (meist)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.75
- Girona 🇪🇸 SpanienThe tramuntana · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)The north wind funnels down off the Pyrenees for days at a time in winter, which is why the sky is so clear and why nobody sits outside while it blows.73
- Charlotte Amalie Amerikanische JungferninselnChristmas winds · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.73
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe mistral · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.72
… und 48 weitere im Dezember.