Temporada de vento, mês a mês pelo mundo
O vento famoso da região chega quase toda tarde; velejadores e kitesurfistas amam, as mesas dos cafés, não.
144 destinos no SeasonMap, ranqueados dentro de cada mês pela nota de conforto — porque a questão não é só onde a temporada está acontecendo, mas se o clima vale a viagem nesse período.
Quando acontece
Temporada de vento em janeiro
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DezWarm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.95
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.89
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.89
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulThe windy months · 1 Set – 28 Fev (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Out – 28 Fev (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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.87
- Cidade do Cabo 🇿🇦 África do SulThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 África do SulThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustráliaThe 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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
- Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Out – 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
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Out – 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
- Cidade de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dez – 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
- Bacalar 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.79
- Mui Ne 🇻🇳 VietnãKite 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
- Ilha de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 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
- Charlotte Amalie Ilhas Virgens AmericanasChristmas winds · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.77
- San Juan del Sur 🇳🇮 NicaráguaPapagayo offshore winds · 1 Dez – 15 Abr (normalmente)Wind funnelling across Lake Nicaragua blows hard offshore through the dry season, grooming the waves into clean, hollow shapes.77
- Barranquilla 🇨🇴 ColômbiaBrisas of the dry months · 1 Dez – 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
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapãoWinter 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
- Cartagena das Índias 🇨🇴 ColômbiaTrade wind season · 15 Dez – 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
- Marselha 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.73
…e mais 45 em janeiro.
Temporada de vento em fevereiro
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DezWarm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.94
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Out – 28 Fev (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
- Cidade do Cabo 🇿🇦 África do SulThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.88
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulThe windy months · 1 Set – 28 Fev (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88
- Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Out – 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
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- 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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.88
- Cidade de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dez – 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
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 África do SulThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustráliaThe 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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapãoWinter 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
- Mui Ne 🇻🇳 VietnãKite 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
- Bacalar 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.80
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Out – 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
- Ilha de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 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
- Minorca 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.79
- Ólbia 🇮🇹 ItáliaMaestrale · 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
- Barranquilla 🇨🇴 ColômbiaBrisas of the dry months · 1 Dez – 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
- Charlotte Amalie Ilhas Virgens AmericanasChristmas winds · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.78
- Marselha 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.77
…e mais 43 em fevereiro.
Temporada de vento em março
- Dahab 🇪🇬 EgitoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Out (normalmente)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.93
- Cidade de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dez – 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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.91
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- El Gouna 🇪🇬 EgitoKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Dakhla Saara OcidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Set (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.90
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DezWarm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.86
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustráliaThe 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
- Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Out – 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
- Ólbia 🇮🇹 ItáliaMaestrale · 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
- Minorca 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.83
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItáliaThe maestrale · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.82
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrançaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.82
- Split 🇭🇷 CroáciaBura 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
- Marselha 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.81
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.81
- Ilha de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 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
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapãoWinter 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
- Girona 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe 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
- Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.79
- Salonica 🇬🇷 GréciaThe 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
- Avinhão 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.78
…e mais 35 em março.
Temporada de vento em abril
- Essauira 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
- Cidade de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dez – 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
- Ólbia 🇮🇹 ItáliaMaestrale · 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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.89
- Dakhla Saara OcidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Set (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.89
- Bacu 🇦🇿 AzerbaijãoKhazri wind · 15 Out – 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
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItáliaThe maestrale · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.88
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrançaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.88
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- Marselha 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.87
- Zadar 🇭🇷 CroáciaBura · 15 Out – 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
- Avinhão 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.86
- Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.86
- Toulouse 🇫🇷 FrançaVent d'autan · 15 Set – 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
- Montpellier 🇫🇷 FrançaTramontane · 1 Out – 30 AbrThe northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.85
- Trieste 🇮🇹 ItáliaBora · 1 Out – 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
- Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItáliaPeler and ora · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- El Gouna 🇪🇬 EgitoKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Dahab 🇪🇬 EgitoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Out (normalmente)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.82
- Parque Nacional de Joshua Tree 🇺🇸 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
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Munique 🇩🇪 AlemanhaFoehn wind · 1 Set – 31 Mai (normalmente)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.79
- Ilha de Margarita 🇻🇪 VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 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
- Innsbruck 🇦🇹 ÁustriaFoehn wind · 1 Out – 31 Mai (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
…e mais 17 em abril.
Temporada de vento em maio
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.95
- Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.95
- Çeşme 🇹🇷 TurquiaAlacati windsurfing season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe 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
- Cádis 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe levante · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Tânger 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe eastern wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Essauira 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItáliaThe maestrale · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.93
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrançaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.93
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspanhaLevante season · 15 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Datça 🇹🇷 TurquiaMeltemi season · 15 Mai – 15 Set (normalmente)The north wind gets up most afternoons through the summer and the peninsula sticks out into it.93
- Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.93
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.92
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe east wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.91
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
- Dakhla Saara OcidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Set (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
- Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItáliaPeler and ora · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
- Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 Mai – 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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.86
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagáscarTsio 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
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 Mai – 31 Out (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
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustráliaSailing season and the trades · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.82
…e mais 23 em maio.
Temporada de vento em junho
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.94
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe east wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.93
- Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.93
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspanhaLevante season · 15 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.92
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.92
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
- Cádis 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe levante · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Gibraltar GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.91
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe 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
- Essauira 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
- Tânger 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe eastern wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 Mai – 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
- Málaga 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe terral · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustráliaSailing season and the trades · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.88
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagáscarTsio 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
- Dakhla Saara OcidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Set (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BolíviaSurazo season · 1 Mai – 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
- Santander 🇪🇸 EspanhaGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
…e mais 36 em junho.
Temporada de vento em julho
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Out (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.96
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe east wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.93
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 Mai – 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
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagáscarTsio 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
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.89
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.89
- Santander 🇪🇸 EspanhaGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra 🇧🇴 BolíviaSurazo season · 1 Mai – 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
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.88
- Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.88
- Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspanhaLevante season · 15 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauríciaThe south-east trades · 15 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.87
- Bogotá 🇨🇴 ColômbiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Set (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
- Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe 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
- Cádis 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe levante · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustráliaSailing season and the trades · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.86
- Dakhla Saara OcidentalTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Set (normalmente)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.86
- Essauira 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe alizes · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
…e mais 49 em julho.
Temporada de vento em agosto
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Out (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.95
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe east wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.94
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustráliaSailing season and the trades · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.93
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
- Nkhata Bay 🇲🇼 MalawiMwera winds · 1 Mai – 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
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauríciaThe south-east trades · 15 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.90
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagáscarTsio 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
- Bogotá 🇨🇴 ColômbiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Set (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
- Santander 🇪🇸 EspanhaGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
- Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.87
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.87
- Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.87
- Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 Mai – 31 Out (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
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.86
- Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagáscarVaratraza 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
- Porto Alegre 🇧🇷 BrasilMinuano behind the fronts · 15 Mai – 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
- Rodrigues 🇲🇺 MauríciaThe trades blow hardest · 1 Jun – 30 SetThe south-easterlies run all year and stiffen through the southern winter, which is why the lagoon at Mourouk fills with kites.85
- Bora Bora 🇵🇫 Polinésia FrancesaThe maramu trade wind · 1 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)The southeast maramu blows hardest through the dry months and chops the lagoon most afternoons.84
…e mais 51 em agosto.
Temporada de vento em setembro
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe east wind · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Out (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.94
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 Mai – 31 Out (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
- Toulouse 🇫🇷 FrançaVent d'autan · 15 Set – 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
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Set (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
- Porto 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Numeá 🇳🇨 Nova CaledóniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Set – 31 DezThe 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
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulThe windy months · 1 Set – 28 Fev (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Peniche 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Lisboa 🇵🇹 PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Set (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
- Bogotá 🇨🇴 ColômbiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Set (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
- Aveiro 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.89
- Costa de Caparica 🇵🇹 PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.89
- Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustráliaSailing season and the trades · 15 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.89
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauríciaThe south-east trades · 15 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.89
- Cádis 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe levante · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspanhaLevante season · 15 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Maui 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 Mai – 30 Set (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
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.87
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 EspanhaTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 Mai – 30 SetThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.87
- Sirmione 🇮🇹 ItáliaPeler and ora · 1 Abr – 30 Set (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
- Sacramento 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosDelta breeze · 1 Jun – 15 SetCool 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
…e mais 42 em setembro.
Temporada de vento em outubro
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Ica 🇵🇪 PeruParacas wind and sandstorms · 1 Jul – 15 Out (normalmente)La paraca, a strong afternoon wind that lifts sand off the desert, is most frequent in the southern winter.92
- Mendoza 🇦🇷 ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 Mai – 31 Out (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
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Out – 28 Fev (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
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulThe windy months · 1 Set – 28 Fev (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.92
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItáliaThe maestrale · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.90
- Bacu 🇦🇿 AzerbaijãoKhazri wind · 15 Out – 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
- Toulouse 🇫🇷 FrançaVent d'autan · 15 Set – 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
- Numeá 🇳🇨 Nova CaledóniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Set – 31 DezThe south-east trades come in most afternoons from spring and turn the Anse Vata into one of the more reliable kite and windsurf spots anywhere.84
- Zadar 🇭🇷 CroáciaBura · 15 Out – 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
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauríciaThe south-east trades · 15 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.84
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaSpring gales through the strait · 1 Set – 15 Dez (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
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaThe nor'west arch · 1 Set – 31 Dez (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
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagáscarTsio 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
- Montpellier 🇫🇷 FrançaTramontane · 1 Out – 30 AbrThe northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.79
- Praia de Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilTrade-wind season · 1 Ago – 15 Jan (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
- Antsiranana 🇲🇬 MadagáscarVaratraza 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
- Trieste 🇮🇹 ItáliaBora · 1 Out – 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
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Dahab 🇪🇬 EgitoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Out (normalmente)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.77
- El Gouna 🇪🇬 EgitoKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Fortaleza 🇧🇷 BrasilWind season on the Ceará coast · 1 Jul – 31 Dez (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
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Out (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
- Ilha Ocidental Ilhas CocosTrade wind season · 1 Mai – 31 Out (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
- Munique 🇩🇪 AlemanhaFoehn wind · 1 Set – 31 Mai (normalmente)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.73
…e mais 10 em outubro.
Temporada de vento em novembro
- Cidade do Cabo 🇿🇦 África do SulThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Out – 28 Fev (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
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulThe windy months · 1 Set – 28 Fev (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.94
- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustráliaThe 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
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 África do SulThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaThe nor'west arch · 1 Set – 31 Dez (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
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DezWarm Pacific air meeting cold air off the highlands raises the Xocomil across Atitlán from late morning most days, hard enough to turn a boat over.85
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaSpring gales through the strait · 1 Set – 15 Dez (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
- Numeá 🇳🇨 Nova CaledóniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Set – 31 DezThe south-east trades come in most afternoons from spring and turn the Anse Vata into one of the more reliable kite and windsurf spots anywhere.80
- Lago de Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.80
- Ólbia 🇮🇹 ItáliaMaestrale · 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
- Praia de Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilTrade-wind season · 1 Ago – 15 Jan (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
- Girona 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe 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
- Minorca 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.77
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.77
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Out – 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
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrançaThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.76
- Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagáscarTsio 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
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItáliaThe maestrale · 15 Out – 15 Mai (normalmente)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.75
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.75
- Istambul 🇹🇷 TurquiaLodos 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
- Salonica 🇬🇷 GréciaThe 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
- Bacu 🇦🇿 AzerbaijãoKhazri wind · 15 Out – 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
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- Lüderitz 🇳🇦 NamíbiaWind 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
- Cidade do Cabo 🇿🇦 África do SulThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Panajachel 🇬🇹 GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DezWarm 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
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulThe windy months · 1 Set – 28 Fev (normalmente)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Out – 28 Fev (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
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaThe nor'west arch · 1 Set – 31 Dez (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
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 África do SulThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Perth 🇦🇺 AustráliaThe 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
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaSpring gales through the strait · 1 Set – 15 Dez (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
- 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
- Monteverde 🇨🇷 Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dez – 28 Fev (normalmente)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.83
- Ilha da Boa Vista 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (normalmente)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.83
- Ilha do Sal 🇨🇻 Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 Mai (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
- Cidade de Dali 🇨🇳 República Popular da ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dez – 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
- Kenting 🇹🇼 TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Out – 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
- Punta Arenas 🇨🇱 ChileThe wind season · 1 Out – 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
- Ilha Holbox 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.78
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Fev (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
- Bacalar 🇲🇽 MéxicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.77
- Praia de Pipa 🇧🇷 BrasilTrade-wind season · 1 Ago – 15 Jan (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
- Minorca 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.76
- Ólbia 🇮🇹 ItáliaMaestrale · 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
- Girona 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe 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
- Charlotte Amalie Ilhas Virgens AmericanasChristmas winds · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.73
- Marselha 🇫🇷 FrançaThe mistral · 1 Dez – 30 Abr (normalmente)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.72
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