Temporada de viento, mes a mes en todo el mundo

1. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Ene – 31 DicWarm 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
2. 🥾 Cantón de Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dic – 28 Feb (normalmente)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.89
3. 🥾 Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.89
4. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.89
5. 🏖️ Puerto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
6. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
7. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.87
8. 🏙️ Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
9. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.86
10. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
11. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82
12. 🏝️ Isla Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
13. 🏖️ Parque nacional Kenting 🇹🇼 República de ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.82
14. 🏖️ Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
15. 🏙️ Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (normalmente)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.81
16. 🏙️ Ciudad de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
17. 🏙️ Bacalar 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.79
18. 🏖️ Mui Ne 🇻🇳 VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.78
19. 🏝️ Isla de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Ene – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
20. 🏝️ Charlotte Amalie Islas Vírgenes de los Estados UnidosChristmas winds · 15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.77
21. 🏖️ San Juan del Sur 🇳🇮 NicaraguaPapagayo offshore winds · 1 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)Wind funnelling across Lake Nicaragua blows hard offshore through the dry season, grooming the waves into clean, hollow shapes.77
22. 🏙️ Barranquilla 🇨🇴 ColombiaBrisas of the dry months · 1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
23. 🏝️ Isla Miyako 🇯🇵 JapónWinter north winds · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.75
24. 🏖️ Cartagena de Indias 🇨🇴 ColombiaTrade wind season · 15 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)A steady breeze off the sea holds the humidity down and makes the walled town walkable in the middle of the day.74
25. 🏙️ Marsella 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.73

…y 45 más en enero.

Qué hay en el mundo en enero →

1. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Ene – 31 DicWarm 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
2. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90
3. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
4. 🏙️ Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
5. 🥾 Cantón de Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dic – 28 Feb (normalmente)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.88
6. 🏖️ Puerto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
7. 🏖️ Parque nacional Kenting 🇹🇼 República de ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.88
8. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.88
9. 🥾 Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.88
10. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.88
11. 🏙️ Ciudad de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
12. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
13. 🏖️ Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
14. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82
15. 🏝️ Isla Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
16. 🏝️ Isla Miyako 🇯🇵 JapónWinter north winds · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.81
17. 🏖️ Mui Ne 🇻🇳 VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.80
18. 🏙️ Bacalar 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.80
19. 🏙️ Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (normalmente)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.79
20. 🏝️ Isla de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Ene – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
21. 🏝️ Menorca 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.79
22. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.78
23. 🏙️ Barranquilla 🇨🇴 ColombiaBrisas of the dry months · 1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
24. 🏝️ Charlotte Amalie Islas Vírgenes de los Estados UnidosChristmas winds · 15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.78
25. 🏙️ Marsella 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.77

…y 43 más en febrero.

Qué hay en el mundo en febrero →

1. 🏖️ Dahab 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.93
2. 🏙️ Ciudad de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
3. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.91
4. 🏖️ Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)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
5. 🏖️ El Gouna 🇪🇬 EgiptoKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.90
6. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.90
7. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90
8. 🏖️ Villa Cisneros Sahara OccidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.90
9. 🏖️ Sharm el-Sheij 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)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
10. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Ene – 31 DicWarm 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
11. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.85
12. 🏖️ Parque nacional Kenting 🇹🇼 República de ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.84
13. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.83
14. 🏝️ Menorca 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.83
15. 🏖️ Alguer 🇮🇹 ItaliaThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.82
16. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranciaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.82
17. 🏙️ Split 🇭🇷 CroaciaBura season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)The dry northeasterly comes off the Dinarics in gales that shut the catamarans and sometimes the coast road.81
18. 🏙️ Marsella 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.81
19. 🥾 Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.81
20. 🏝️ Isla de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Ene – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
21. 🏝️ Isla Miyako 🇯🇵 JapónWinter north winds · 15 Nov – 5 Mar (normalmente)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.80
22. 🏙️ Gerona 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
23. 🏙️ Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.79
24. 🏙️ Salónica 🇬🇷 GreciaThe vardaris · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
25. 🏙️ Aviñón 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.78

…y 35 más en marzo.

Qué hay en el mundo en marzo →

1. 🏖️ Esauira 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
2. 🏙️ Ciudad de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
3. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.89
4. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.89
5. 🏖️ Villa Cisneros Sahara OccidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.89
6. 🏙️ Bakú 🇦🇿 AzerbaiyánKhazri wind · 15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
7. 🏖️ Alguer 🇮🇹 ItaliaThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.88
8. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranciaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.88
9. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.88
10. 🏙️ Marsella 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.87
11. 🏙️ Zadar 🇭🇷 CroaciaBura · 15 Oct – 15 AbrThe 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
12. 🏙️ Aviñón 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.86
13. 🏙️ Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.86
14. 🏙️ Toulouse 🇫🇷 FranciaVent d'autan · 15 Sep – 30 Abr (normalmente)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.85
15. 🏙️ Montpellier 🇫🇷 FranciaTramontane · 1 Oct – 30 AbrThe northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.85
16. 🏙️ Trieste 🇮🇹 ItaliaBora · 1 Oct – 30 AbrThe 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
17. 🏙️ Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItaliaPeler and ora · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
18. 🏖️ Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)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
19. 🏖️ El Gouna 🇪🇬 EgiptoKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.82
20. 🏖️ Dahab 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.82
21. 🏞️ Parque nacional de Árboles de Josué 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring wind season · 1 Mar – 15 Jun (normalmente)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
22. 🏖️ Sharm el-Sheij 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)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
23. 🏙️ Múnich 🇩🇪 AlemaniaFoehn wind · 1 Sep – 31 May (normalmente)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.79
24. 🏝️ Isla de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Ene – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
25. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AustriaFoehn wind · 1 Oct – 31 May (normalmente)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

…y 17 más en abril.

Qué hay en el mundo en abril →

1. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
2. 🏖️ Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.95
3. 🏖️ Çeşme 🇹🇷 TurquíaAlacati windsurfing season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
4. 🏝️ Lanzarote 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
5. 🏖️ Cádiz 🇪🇸 EspañaThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
6. 🏙️ Tánger 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe eastern wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
7. 🏖️ Esauira 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
8. 🏖️ Alguer 🇮🇹 ItaliaThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.93
9. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranciaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.93
10. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.93
11. 🏖️ Datça 🇹🇷 TurquíaMeltemi season · 15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)The north wind gets up most afternoons through the summer and the peninsula sticks out into it.93
12. 🏙️ Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.93
13. 🏝️ Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
14. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
15. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.91
16. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
17. 🏖️ Villa Cisneros Sahara OccidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
18. 🏙️ Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItaliaPeler and ora · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
19. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
20. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.86
21. 🏖️ Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalauiMwera winds · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
22. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.86
23. 🏖️ Toliara I 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
24. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)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
25. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.82

…y 23 más en mayo.

Qué hay en el mundo en mayo →

1. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.94
2. 🏖️ Cascaes 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.94
3. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
4. 🏙️ Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
5. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
6. 🏖️ Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.93
7. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.93
8. 🏝️ Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
9. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.92
10. 🏖️ Reserva nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PerúThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
11. 🏖️ Cádiz 🇪🇸 EspañaThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
12. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
13. 🏙️ Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.91
14. 🏙️ Oporto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
15. 🏝️ Lanzarote 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
16. 🏖️ Esauira 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
17. 🏙️ Tánger 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe eastern wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
18. 🏖️ Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalauiMwera winds · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
19. 🏖️ Málaga 🇪🇸 EspañaThe terral · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)Instead of the sea breeze, a dry wind comes down off the mountains behind the city and sits for two or three days.88
20. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
21. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.88
22. 🏖️ Toliara I 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
23. 🏖️ Villa Cisneros Sahara OccidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
24. 🏙️ Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BoliviaSurazo season · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
25. 🏙️ Santander 🇪🇸 EspañaGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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

…y 36 más en junio.

Qué hay en el mundo en junio →

1. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PerúParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.96
2. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
3. 🏙️ Oporto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
4. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.93
5. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
6. 🏖️ Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalauiMwera winds · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
7. 🏖️ Reserva nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PerúThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
8. 🏖️ Cascaes 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.91
9. 🏖️ Toliara I 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
10. 🏝️ Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
11. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
12. 🏙️ Santander 🇪🇸 EspañaGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
13. 🏙️ Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BoliviaSurazo season · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
14. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.88
15. 🏖️ Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.88
16. 🏙️ Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
17. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.87
18. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauricioThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.87
19. 🏙️ Bogotá 🇨🇴 ColombiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Sep (normalmente)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
20. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
21. 🏝️ Lanzarote 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
22. 🏖️ Cádiz 🇪🇸 EspañaThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
23. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.86
24. 🏖️ Villa Cisneros Sahara OccidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.86
25. 🏖️ Esauira 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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

…y 49 más en julio.

Qué hay en el mundo en julio →

1. 🏙️ Oporto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
2. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PerúParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.95
3. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
4. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.95
5. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.94
6. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
7. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.93
8. 🏖️ Reserva nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PerúThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
9. 🏖️ Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalauiMwera winds · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
10. 🏖️ Cascaes 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.90
11. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauricioThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.90
12. 🏖️ Toliara I 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
13. 🏙️ Bogotá 🇨🇴 ColombiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Sep (normalmente)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
14. 🏙️ Santander 🇪🇸 EspañaGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
15. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
16. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
17. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.87
18. 🏖️ Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.87
19. 🏙️ Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
20. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)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
21. 🏝️ Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
22. 🏖️ Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagascarVaratraza wind season · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
23. 🏙️ Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 BrasilMinuano behind the fronts · 15 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)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
24. 🏝️ Isla Rodrigues 🇲🇺 MauricioThe trades blow hardest · 1 Jun – 30 SepThe south-easterlies run all year and stiffen through the southern winter, which is why the lagoon at Mourouk fills with kites.85
25. 🏝️ Bora Bora 🇵🇫 Polinesia FrancesaThe maramu trade wind · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)The southeast maramu blows hardest through the dry months and chops the lagoon most afternoons.84

…y 51 más en agosto.

Qué hay en el mundo en agosto →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
2. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.95
3. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PerúParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.94
4. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)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
5. 🏙️ Toulouse 🇫🇷 FranciaVent d'autan · 15 Sep – 30 Abr (normalmente)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.93
6. 🏖️ Reserva nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PerúThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
7. 🏙️ Oporto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
8. 🏝️ Numea 🇳🇨 Nueva CaledoniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Sep – 31 DicThe 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
9. 🏖️ Puerto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
10. 🏖️ Cascaes 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.91
11. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
12. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
13. 🏙️ Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)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
14. 🏙️ Bogotá 🇨🇴 ColombiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Sep (normalmente)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
15. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.89
16. 🏖️ Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.89
17. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.89
18. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauricioThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.89
19. 🏖️ Cádiz 🇪🇸 EspañaThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
20. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.88
21. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
22. 🏝️ Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
23. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspañaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe 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
24. 🏙️ Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItaliaPeler and ora · 1 Abr – 30 Sep (normalmente)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
25. 🏙️ Sacramento 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosDelta breeze · 1 Jun – 15 SepCool 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

…y 42 más en septiembre.

Qué hay en el mundo en septiembre →

1. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.96
2. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PerúParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Oct (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.92
3. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)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
4. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
5. 🏖️ Puerto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.92
6. 🏖️ Alguer 🇮🇹 ItaliaThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.90
7. 🏙️ Bakú 🇦🇿 AzerbaiyánKhazri wind · 15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
8. 🏙️ Toulouse 🇫🇷 FranciaVent d'autan · 15 Sep – 30 Abr (normalmente)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.86
9. 🏝️ Numea 🇳🇨 Nueva CaledoniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Sep – 31 DicThe 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
10. 🏙️ Zadar 🇭🇷 CroaciaBura · 15 Oct – 15 AbrThe 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
11. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauricioThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.84
12. 🏙️ Wellington 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaSpring gales through the strait · 1 Sep – 15 Dic (normalmente)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
13. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaThe nor'west arch · 1 Sep – 31 Dic (normalmente)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
14. 🏖️ Toliara I 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
15. 🏙️ Montpellier 🇫🇷 FranciaTramontane · 1 Oct – 30 AbrThe northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.79
16. 🏖️ Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilTrade-wind season · 1 Ago – 15 Ene (normalmente)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
17. 🏖️ Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagascarVaratraza wind season · 1 Abr – 30 Nov (normalmente)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
18. 🏙️ Trieste 🇮🇹 ItaliaBora · 1 Oct – 30 AbrThe 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
19. 🏖️ Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)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
20. 🏖️ Dahab 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.77
21. 🏖️ El Gouna 🇪🇬 EgiptoKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.76
22. 🏖️ Fortaleza 🇧🇷 BrasilWind season on the Ceará coast · 1 Jul – 31 Dic (normalmente)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
23. 🏖️ Sharm el-Sheij 🇪🇬 EgiptoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)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
24. 🏝️ West Island Islas CocosTrade wind season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)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
25. 🏙️ Múnich 🇩🇪 AlemaniaFoehn wind · 1 Sep – 31 May (normalmente)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.73

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1. 🏙️ Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
2. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
3. 🏖️ Puerto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.94
4. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.94
5. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.92
6. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
7. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaThe nor'west arch · 1 Sep – 31 Dic (normalmente)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
8. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Ene – 31 DicWarm 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
9. 🏙️ Wellington 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaSpring gales through the strait · 1 Sep – 15 Dic (normalmente)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
10. 🏝️ Numea 🇳🇨 Nueva CaledoniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Sep – 31 DicThe 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
11. 🥾 Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.80
12. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.78
13. 🏖️ Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilTrade-wind season · 1 Ago – 15 Ene (normalmente)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
14. 🏙️ Gerona 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
15. 🏝️ Menorca 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.77
16. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.77
17. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.77
18. 🏙️ Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (normalmente)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.76
19. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranciaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.76
20. 🏖️ Toliara I 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)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
21. 🏖️ Alguer 🇮🇹 ItaliaThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.75
22. 🏝️ Isla Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.75
23. 🏙️ Estambul 🇹🇷 TurquíaLodos and poyraz storm season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)The two winter winds take turns, and when either blows hard the Bosphorus ferries and the island boats are cancelled at short notice.74
24. 🏙️ Salónica 🇬🇷 GreciaThe vardaris · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)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
25. 🏙️ Bakú 🇦🇿 AzerbaiyánKhazri wind · 15 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)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

…y 36 más en noviembre.

Qué hay en el mundo en noviembre →

1. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibiaWind season · 1 Ago – 31 Mar (normalmente)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.92
2. 🏙️ Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
3. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Ene – 31 DicWarm 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
4. 🏖️ Puerto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
5. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
6. 🏙️ Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaThe nor'west arch · 1 Sep – 31 Dic (normalmente)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
7. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SudáfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
8. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.87
9. 🏙️ Wellington 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaSpring gales through the strait · 1 Sep – 15 Dic (normalmente)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
10. 🥾 Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.86
11. 🥾 Cantón de Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dic – 28 Feb (normalmente)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.83
12. 🏝️ Isla de Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.83
13. 🏝️ Isla de Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (normalmente)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.82
14. 🏙️ Ciudad de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dic – 15 Abr (normalmente)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
15. 🏖️ Parque nacional Kenting 🇹🇼 República de ChinaLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Abr (normalmente)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.80
16. 🏙️ Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (normalmente)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.78
17. 🏝️ Isla Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.78
18. 🏖️ Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)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
19. 🏙️ Bacalar 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.77
20. 🏖️ Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilTrade-wind season · 1 Ago – 15 Ene (normalmente)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
21. 🏝️ Menorca 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.76
22. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.75
23. 🏙️ Gerona 🇪🇸 EspañaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)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
24. 🏝️ Charlotte Amalie Islas Vírgenes de los Estados UnidosChristmas winds · 15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.73
25. 🏙️ Marsella 🇫🇷 FranciaThe mistral · 1 Dic – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.72

…y 48 más en diciembre.

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