Saison du vent, mois par mois dans le monde

1. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 janv. – 31 déc.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
2. 🥾 Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.89
3. 🥾 Lac Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.89
4. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.89
5. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe windy months · 1 sept. – 28 févr. (en général)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
6. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinePatagonian wind season · 1 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)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. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.87
8. 🏙️ Le Cap 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe summer south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82
12. 🏝️ Holbox 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
13. 🏖️ Parc national de Kenting 🇹🇼 TaïwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.82
14. 🏖️ Cancún 🇲🇽 MexiqueThe nortes · 1 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇨🇱 ChiliThe wind season · 1 oct. – 1 mars (en général)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.81
16. 🏙️ Dali 🇨🇳 ChineThe Xiaguan wind · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)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 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 1 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.79
18. 🏖️ Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.78
19. 🏝️ île Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 janv. – 31 août (en général)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-Amélie Îles Vierges des États-UnisChristmas winds · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.77
21. 🏖️ San Juan del Sur 🇳🇮 NicaraguaPapagayo offshore winds · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)Wind funnelling across Lake Nicaragua blows hard offshore through the dry season, grooming the waves into clean, hollow shapes.77
22. 🏙️ Barranquilla 🇨🇴 ColombieBrisas of the dry months · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)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. 🏝️ Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JaponWinter north winds · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.75
24. 🏖️ Carthagène des Indes 🇨🇴 ColombieTrade wind season · 15 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)A steady breeze off the sea holds the humidity down and makes the walled town walkable in the middle of the day.74
25. 🏙️ Marseille 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.73

…et 45 de plus en janvier.

Au programme dans le monde en janvier →

1. 🏙️ Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 janv. – 31 déc.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
2. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)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 🇦🇷 ArgentinePatagonian wind season · 1 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)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. 🏙️ Le Cap 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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. 🥾 Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.88
6. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe windy months · 1 sept. – 28 févr. (en général)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
7. 🏖️ Parc national de Kenting 🇹🇼 TaïwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.88
8. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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. 🥾 Lac Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.88
10. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.88
11. 🏙️ Dali 🇨🇳 ChineThe Xiaguan wind · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)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 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe summer south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇲🇽 MexiqueThe nortes · 1 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82
15. 🏝️ Holbox 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
16. 🏝️ Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JaponWinter north winds · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.81
17. 🏖️ Mũi Né 🇻🇳 VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.80
18. 🏙️ Bacalar 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 1 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.80
19. 🏙️ Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliThe wind season · 1 oct. – 1 mars (en général)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.79
20. 🏝️ île Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 janv. – 31 août (en général)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. 🏝️ Minorque 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.79
22. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieMaestrale · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)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 🇨🇴 ColombieBrisas of the dry months · 1 déc. – 31 mars (en général)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-Amélie Îles Vierges des États-UnisChristmas winds · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.78
25. 🏙️ Marseille 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.77

…et 43 de plus en février.

Au programme dans le monde en février →

1. 🏖️ Dahab 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe gulf wind · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.93
2. 🏙️ Dali 🇨🇳 ChineThe Xiaguan wind · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)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. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.91
4. 🏖️ Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe kite and windsurf season · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 🇪🇬 ÉgypteKite season on the lagoon · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90
8. 🏖️ Dakhla Sahara occidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 mars – 30 sept. (en général)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.90
9. 🏖️ Charm el-Cheikh 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe gulf wind · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 janv. – 31 déc.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
11. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.85
12. 🏖️ Parc national de Kenting 🇹🇼 TaïwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.84
13. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieMaestrale · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.83
14. 🏝️ Minorque 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.83
15. 🏖️ Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalieThe maestrale · 15 oct. – 15 mai (en général)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.82
16. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.82
17. 🏙️ Split 🇭🇷 CroatieBura season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)The dry northeasterly comes off the Dinarics in gales that shut the catamarans and sometimes the coast road.81
18. 🏙️ Marseille 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.81
19. 🥾 Lac Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.81
20. 🏝️ île Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 janv. – 31 août (en général)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. 🏝️ Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JaponWinter north winds · 15 nov. – 5 mars (en général)From late autumn a steady north wind makes north-facing beaches rough and feels colder than the sun suggests.80
22. 🏙️ Gérone 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)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 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.79
24. 🏙️ Thessalonique 🇬🇷 GrèceThe vardaris · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)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. 🏙️ Avignon 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.78

…et 35 de plus en mars.

Au programme dans le monde en mars →

1. 🏖️ Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarocThe alizes · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Dali 🇨🇳 ChineThe Xiaguan wind · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)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 🇮🇹 ItalieMaestrale · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.89
4. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.89
5. 🏖️ Dakhla Sahara occidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 mars – 30 sept. (en général)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.89
6. 🏙️ Bakou 🇦🇿 AzerbaïdjanKhazri wind · 15 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)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. 🏖️ Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalieThe maestrale · 15 oct. – 15 mai (en général)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.88
8. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.88
9. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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. 🏙️ Marseille 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.87
11. 🏙️ Zadar 🇭🇷 CroatieBura · 15 oct. – 15 avr.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
12. 🏙️ Avignon 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.86
13. 🏙️ Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.86
14. 🏙️ Toulouse 🇫🇷 FranceVent d'autan · 15 sept. – 30 avr. (en général)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 🇫🇷 FranceTramontane · 1 oct. – 30 avr.The northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.85
16. 🏙️ Trieste 🇮🇹 ItalieBora · 1 oct. – 30 avr.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
17. 🏙️ Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItaliePeler and ora · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏖️ Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe kite and windsurf season · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 🇪🇬 ÉgypteKite season on the lagoon · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe gulf wind · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.82
21. 🏞️ Parc national de Joshua Tree 🇺🇸 États-UnisSpring wind season · 1 mars – 15 juin (en général)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. 🏖️ Charm el-Cheikh 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe gulf wind · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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. 🏙️ Munich 🇩🇪 AllemagneFoehn wind · 1 sept. – 31 mai (en général)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.79
24. 🏝️ île Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 janv. – 31 août (en général)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 🇦🇹 AutricheFoehn wind · 1 oct. – 31 mai (en général)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

…et 17 de plus en avril.

Au programme dans le monde en avril →

1. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Grande Canarie 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
2. 🏖️ Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.95
3. 🏖️ Tchesmé 🇹🇷 TurquieAlacati windsurfing season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
5. 🏖️ Cadix 🇪🇸 EspagneThe levante · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Tanger 🇲🇦 MarocThe eastern wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏖️ Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarocThe alizes · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏖️ Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalieThe maestrale · 15 oct. – 15 mai (en général)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.93
9. 🏖️ Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.93
10. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspagneLevante season · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇹🇷 TurquieMeltemi season · 15 mai – 15 sept. (en général)The north wind gets up most afternoons through the summer and the peninsula sticks out into it.93
12. 🏙️ Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.93
13. 🏝️ Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
14. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibieThe east wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 mai – 30 sept.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.91
16. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
17. 🏖️ Dakhla Sahara occidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 mars – 30 sept. (en général)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
18. 🏙️ Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItaliePeler and ora · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇺🇸 États-UnisTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)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. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.86
23. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)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 🇦🇷 ArgentineZonda wind · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieSailing season and the trades · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.82

…et 23 de plus en mai.

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1. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.94
2. 🏖️ Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇳🇦 NamibieThe east wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Lisbonne 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 Grande Canarie 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
6. 🏖️ Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.93
7. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspagneLevante season · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
9. 🏖️ Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.92
10. 🏖️ Réserve nationale de Paracas 🇵🇪 PérouThe paracas wind · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏖️ Cadix 🇪🇸 EspagneThe levante · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 mai – 30 sept. (en général)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.91
14. 🏙️ Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
16. 🏖️ Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarocThe alizes · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Tanger 🇲🇦 MarocThe eastern wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)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. 🏖️ Malaga 🇪🇸 EspagneThe terral · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇺🇸 États-UnisTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieSailing season and the trades · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)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. 🏖️ Dakhla Sahara occidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 mars – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇧🇴 BolivieSurazo season · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneGalerna season · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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

…et 36 de plus en juin.

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1. 🏙️ Ica 🇵🇪 PérouParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 juil. – 15 oct. (en général)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.96
2. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibieThe east wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 mai – 30 sept.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.93
5. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)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. 🏖️ Réserve nationale de Paracas 🇵🇪 PérouThe paracas wind · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏖️ Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
11. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Grande Canarie 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
12. 🏙️ Santander 🇪🇸 EspagneGalerna season · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇧🇴 BolivieSurazo season · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)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 mai – 30 sept.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.88
15. 🏖️ Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.88
16. 🏙️ Lisbonne 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneLevante season · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇺 MauriceThe south-east trades · 15 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.87
19. 🏙️ Bogota 🇨🇴 ColombieAugust wind and kites · 20 juil. – 10 sept. (en général)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 🇺🇸 États-UnisTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
22. 🏖️ Cadix 🇪🇸 EspagneThe levante · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieSailing season and the trades · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.86
24. 🏖️ Dakhla Sahara occidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 mars – 30 sept. (en général)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.86
25. 🏖️ Essaouira 🇲🇦 MarocThe alizes · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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

…et 49 de plus en juillet.

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1. 🏙️ Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇵🇪 PérouParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 juil. – 15 oct. (en général)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.95
3. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibieThe east wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)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 mai – 30 sept.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.94
6. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieSailing season and the trades · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.93
8. 🏖️ Réserve nationale de Paracas 🇵🇪 PérouThe paracas wind · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 mai – 31 août (en général)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. 🏖️ Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇺 MauriceThe south-east trades · 15 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.90
12. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)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. 🏙️ Bogota 🇨🇴 ColombieAugust wind and kites · 20 juil. – 10 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneGalerna season · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇺🇸 États-UnisTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 Grande Canarie 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
17. 🏙️ Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.87
18. 🏖️ Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.87
19. 🏙️ Lisbonne 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 🇦🇷 ArgentineZonda wind · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
22. 🏖️ Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagascarVaratraza wind season · 1 avr. – 30 nov. (en général)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 🇧🇷 BrésilMinuano behind the fronts · 15 mai – 31 août (en général)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. 🏝️ Rodrigues 🇲🇺 MauriceThe trades blow hardest · 1 juin – 30 sept.The 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 🇵🇫 Polynésie françaiseThe maramu trade wind · 1 juin – 15 sept. (en général)The southeast maramu blows hardest through the dry months and chops the lagoon most afternoons.84

…et 51 de plus en août.

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1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibieThe east wind · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)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 🇵🇪 PérouParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 juil. – 15 oct. (en général)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.94
4. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentineZonda wind · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)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 🇫🇷 FranceVent d'autan · 15 sept. – 30 avr. (en général)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.93
6. 🏖️ Réserve nationale de Paracas 🇵🇪 PérouThe paracas wind · 1 juin – 30 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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. 🏝️ Nouméa 🇳🇨 Nouvelle-CalédonieThe alizés blow hardest · 1 sept. – 31 déc.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
9. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe windy months · 1 sept. – 28 févr. (en général)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
10. 🏖️ Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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 mai – 30 sept.The peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
12. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Lisbonne 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 juin – 15 sept. (en général)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. 🏙️ Bogota 🇨🇴 ColombieAugust wind and kites · 20 juil. – 10 sept. (en général)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 mai – 30 sept.The north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.89
16. 🏖️ Costa da Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 mai – 30 sept.The summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.89
17. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralieSailing season and the trades · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇲🇺 MauriceThe south-east trades · 15 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.89
19. 🏖️ Cadix 🇪🇸 EspagneThe levante · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneLevante season · 15 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇺🇸 États-UnisTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 mai – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade wind season · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
23. 🏙️ Las Palmas de Grande Canarie 🇪🇸 EspagneTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 mai – 30 sept.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
24. 🏙️ Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItaliePeler and ora · 1 avr. – 30 sept. (en général)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 🇺🇸 États-UnisDelta breeze · 1 juin – 15 sept.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

…et 42 de plus en septembre.

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1. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)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 🇵🇪 PérouParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 juil. – 15 oct. (en général)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.92
3. 🏙️ Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentineZonda wind · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)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 🇦🇷 ArgentinePatagonian wind season · 1 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe windy months · 1 sept. – 28 févr. (en général)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.92
6. 🏖️ Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalieThe maestrale · 15 oct. – 15 mai (en général)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.90
7. 🏙️ Bakou 🇦🇿 AzerbaïdjanKhazri wind · 15 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)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 🇫🇷 FranceVent d'autan · 15 sept. – 30 avr. (en général)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.86
9. 🏝️ Nouméa 🇳🇨 Nouvelle-CalédonieThe alizés blow hardest · 1 sept. – 31 déc.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
10. 🏙️ Zadar 🇭🇷 CroatieBura · 15 oct. – 15 avr.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
11. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauriceThe south-east trades · 15 mai – 31 oct. (en général)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.84
12. 🏙️ Wellington 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSpring gales through the strait · 1 sept. – 15 déc. (en général)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 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeThe nor'west arch · 1 sept. – 31 déc. (en général)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 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)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 🇫🇷 FranceTramontane · 1 oct. – 30 avr.The northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.79
16. 🏖️ Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilTrade-wind season · 1 août – 15 janv. (en général)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 avr. – 30 nov. (en général)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 🇮🇹 ItalieBora · 1 oct. – 30 avr.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
19. 🏖️ Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe kite and windsurf season · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe gulf wind · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.77
21. 🏖️ El Gouna 🇪🇬 ÉgypteKite season on the lagoon · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 🇧🇷 BrésilWind season on the Ceará coast · 1 juil. – 31 déc. (en général)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. 🏖️ Charm el-Cheikh 🇪🇬 ÉgypteThe gulf wind · 15 mars – 15 oct. (en général)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 Îles CocosTrade wind season · 1 mai – 31 oct. (en général)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. 🏙️ Munich 🇩🇪 AllemagneFoehn wind · 1 sept. – 31 mai (en général)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. 🏙️ Le Cap 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇦🇷 ArgentinePatagonian wind season · 1 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe windy months · 1 sept. – 28 févr. (en général)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.94
4. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.92
6. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe summer south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeThe nor'west arch · 1 sept. – 31 déc. (en général)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 janv. – 31 déc.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
9. 🏙️ Wellington 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSpring gales through the strait · 1 sept. – 15 déc. (en général)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. 🏝️ Nouméa 🇳🇨 Nouvelle-CalédonieThe alizés blow hardest · 1 sept. – 31 déc.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
11. 🥾 Lac Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.80
12. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieMaestrale · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)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 🇧🇷 BrésilTrade-wind season · 1 août – 15 janv. (en général)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. 🏙️ Gérone 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)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. 🏝️ Minorque 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.77
16. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.77
18. 🏙️ Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChiliThe wind season · 1 oct. – 1 mars (en général)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 🇫🇷 FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.76
20. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 avr. – 15 nov. (en général)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. 🏖️ Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalieThe maestrale · 15 oct. – 15 mai (en général)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.75
22. 🏝️ Holbox 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.75
23. 🏙️ Istanbul 🇹🇷 TurquieLodos and poyraz storm season · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)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. 🏙️ Thessalonique 🇬🇷 GrèceThe vardaris · 15 nov. – 15 mars (en général)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. 🏙️ Bakou 🇦🇿 AzerbaïdjanKhazri wind · 15 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)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

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1. 🏖️ Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamibieWind season · 1 août – 31 mars (en général)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.92
2. 🏙️ Le Cap 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 janv. – 31 déc.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
4. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe windy months · 1 sept. – 28 févr. (en général)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
5. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinePatagonian wind season · 1 oct. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeThe nor'west arch · 1 sept. – 31 déc. (en général)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 🇿🇦 Afrique du SudThe summer south-easter · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇦🇺 AustralieThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 nov. – 31 marsThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.87
9. 🏙️ Wellington 🇳🇿 Nouvelle-ZélandeSpring gales through the strait · 1 sept. – 15 déc. (en général)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. 🥾 Lac Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.86
11. 🥾 Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 déc. – 28 févr. (en général)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.83
12. 🏝️ Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.83
13. 🏝️ Sal 🇨🇻 Cap-VertTrade-wind season · 1 nov. – 31 mai (en général)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. 🏙️ Dali 🇨🇳 ChineThe Xiaguan wind · 1 déc. – 15 avr. (en général)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. 🏖️ Parc national de Kenting 🇹🇼 TaïwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 oct. – 15 avr. (en général)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 🇨🇱 ChiliThe wind season · 1 oct. – 1 mars (en général)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.78
17. 🏝️ Holbox 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 15 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇲🇽 MexiqueThe nortes · 1 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)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 🇲🇽 MexiqueNortes season · 1 nov. – 28 févr. (en général)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.77
20. 🏖️ Pipa 🇧🇷 BrésilTrade-wind season · 1 août – 15 janv. (en général)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. 🏝️ Minorque 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.76
22. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalieMaestrale · 1 nov. – 30 avr. (en général)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.75
23. 🏙️ Gérone 🇪🇸 EspagneThe tramuntana · 1 nov. – 31 mars (en général)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-Amélie Îles Vierges des États-UnisChristmas winds · 15 déc. – 15 mars (en général)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.73
25. 🏙️ Marseille 🇫🇷 FranceThe mistral · 1 déc. – 30 avr. (en général)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.72

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