Wind season, month by month around the world

When it is on

• Jan80
• Feb78
• Mar69
• Apr41
• May45
• Jun58
• Jul70
• Aug72
• Sep64
• Oct38
• Nov66
• Dec82

Number of destinations with wind season on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Wind season in January

1. 🇬🇹 Panajachel, GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DecWarm 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.95climate
2. 🇨🇷 Monteverde, Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.89climate
3. 🇬🇹 Lake Atitlán, GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.89climate
4. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.89climate
5. 🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88climate
6. 🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn, ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)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.87climate
7. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.87climate
8. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South AfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.86climate
9. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.86climate
10. 🇲🇦 Rabat, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Low pressure comes in off the ocean in runs of two or three days, with wind along the corniche and the river mouth closed to the small boats.83climate
11. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.83climate
12. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82climate
13. 🇲🇽 Holbox, MexicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82climate
14. 🇹🇼 Kenting, TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.82climate
15. 🇲🇽 Cancún, MexicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.81climate
16. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Depressions come through the strait in runs and the fast ferries to Spain are cancelled for a day or two at a time.81climate
17. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (usually)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.81climate
18. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)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.79climate
19. 🇲🇽 Bacalar, MexicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.79climate
20. 🇻🇳 Mui Ne, VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.78climate
21. 🇻🇪 Margarita, VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 31 Aug (usually)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.78climate
22. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsChristmas winds · 15 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.77climate
23. 🇨🇴 Barranquilla, ColombiaBrisas of the dry months · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)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.76climate
24. 🇨🇴 Cartagena, ColombiaTrade wind season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)A steady breeze off the sea holds the humidity down and makes the walled town walkable in the middle of the day.74climate
25. 🇫🇷 Marseille, FranceThe mistral · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.73climate

…and 55 more in January.

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Wind season in February

1. 🇬🇹 Panajachel, GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DecWarm 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.94climate
2. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90climate
3. 🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn, ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)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.89climate
4. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South AfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.88climate
5. 🇨🇷 Monteverde, Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.88climate
6. 🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.88climate
7. 🇹🇼 Kenting, TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.88climate
8. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.88climate
9. 🇬🇹 Lake Atitlán, GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.88climate
10. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.88climate
11. 🇲🇦 Rabat, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Low pressure comes in off the ocean in runs of two or three days, with wind along the corniche and the river mouth closed to the small boats.86climate
12. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Depressions come through the strait in runs and the fast ferries to Spain are cancelled for a day or two at a time.85climate
13. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)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.84climate
14. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.84climate
15. 🇲🇽 Cancún, MexicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.82climate
16. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.82climate
17. 🇲🇽 Holbox, MexicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.82climate
18. 🇻🇳 Mui Ne, VietnamKite and windsurf season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northeast wind blows most afternoons and this is where Asia's kite crowd spends its winter.80climate
19. 🇲🇽 Bacalar, MexicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.80climate
20. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (usually)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.79climate
21. 🇻🇪 Margarita, VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 31 Aug (usually)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.79climate
22. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.79climate
23. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.78climate
24. 🇨🇴 Barranquilla, ColombiaBrisas of the dry months · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)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.78climate
25. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsChristmas winds · 15 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The trades stiffen from around Christmas into March.78climate

…and 53 more in February.

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Wind season in March

1. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.93climate
2. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)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.91climate
3. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.91climate
4. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)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.90climate
5. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.90climate
6. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.90climate
7. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.90climate
8. Dakhla, Western SaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.90climate
9. 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)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.89climate
10. 🇲🇦 Rabat, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Low pressure comes in off the ocean in runs of two or three days, with wind along the corniche and the river mouth closed to the small boats.87climate
11. 🇬🇹 Panajachel, GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DecWarm 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.86climate
12. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.85climate
13. 🇹🇼 Kenting, TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.84climate
14. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.83climate
15. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Depressions come through the strait in runs and the fast ferries to Spain are cancelled for a day or two at a time.83climate
16. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.83climate
17. 🇮🇹 Alghero, ItalyThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (usually)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.82climate
18. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.82climate
19. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaBura season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)The dry northeasterly comes off the Dinarics in gales that shut the catamarans and sometimes the coast road.81climate
20. 🇫🇷 Marseille, FranceThe mistral · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.81climate
21. 🇬🇹 Lake Atitlán, GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.81climate
22. 🇻🇪 Margarita, VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 31 Aug (usually)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.80climate
23. 🇪🇸 Girona, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)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.80climate
24. 🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence, FranceThe mistral · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.79climate
25. 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki, GreeceThe vardaris · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)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.78climate

…and 44 more in March.

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Wind season in April

1. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoThe alizes · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.96climate
2. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)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.93climate
3. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.89climate
4. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.89climate
5. Dakhla, Western SaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.89climate
6. 🇦🇿 Baku, AzerbaijanKhazri wind · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)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.88climate
7. 🇮🇹 Alghero, ItalyThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (usually)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.88climate
8. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.88climate
9. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.88climate
10. 🇫🇷 Marseille, FranceThe mistral · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)Three days at a time of hard, cold, clean wind, most often between December and April.87climate
11. 🇭🇷 Zadar, CroatiaBura · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe 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.87climate
12. 🇫🇷 Avignon, FranceThe mistral · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The Rhone valley funnels the wind straight past the ramparts, hardest from December to April.86climate
13. 🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence, FranceThe mistral · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)The valley wind comes down for two or three days at a time, hardest between December and April.86climate
14. 🇫🇷 Toulouse, FranceVent d'autan · 15 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.85climate
15. 🇫🇷 Montpellier, FranceTramontane · 1 Oct – 30 AprThe northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.85climate
16. 🇮🇹 Trieste, ItalyBora · 1 Oct – 30 AprThe 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.84climate
17. 🇮🇹 Sirmione, ItalyPeler and ora · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.84climate
18. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)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.83climate
19. 🇺🇸 Outer Banks, United StatesNor'easter and overwash season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Autumn and winter coastal storms push sand and water across NC-12 at Pea Island and north of Buxton, and the road shuts until the ploughs clear it.83climate
20. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.82climate
21. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.82climate
22. 🇺🇸 Joshua Tree National Park, United StatesSpring wind season · 1 Mar – 15 Jun (usually)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.81climate
23. 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)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.81climate
24. 🇩🇪 Munich, GermanyFoehn wind · 1 Sep – 31 May (usually)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.79climate
25. 🇻🇪 Margarita, VenezuelaWind season at El Yaque · 1 Jan – 31 Aug (usually)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.78climate

…and 16 more in April.

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Wind season in May

1. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.95climate
2. 🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.95climate
3. 🇹🇷 Çeşme, TurkeyAlacati windsurfing season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.95climate
4. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.94climate
5. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.94climate
6. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoThe eastern wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The levante funnels through the strait for days at a time, flattening the beach umbrellas and putting the fast ferries to Tarifa on hold.94climate
7. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoThe alizes · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.93climate
8. 🇮🇹 Alghero, ItalyThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (usually)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.93climate
9. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.93climate
10. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.93climate
11. 🇹🇷 Datça, TurkeyMeltemi season · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The north wind gets up most afternoons through the summer and the peninsula sticks out into it.93climate
12. Gibraltar, GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.93climate
13. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.92climate
14. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.92climate
15. 🇵🇹 Aveiro, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.91climate
16. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90climate
17. Dakhla, Western SaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88climate
18. 🇮🇹 Sirmione, ItalyPeler and ora · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.87climate
19. 🇺🇸 Maui, United StatesTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.86climate
20. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.86climate
21. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.86climate
22. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)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.85climate
23. 🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)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.84climate
24. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.82climate
25. 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz, BoliviaSurazo season · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)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.81climate

…and 20 more in May.

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Wind season in June

1. 🇵🇹 Aveiro, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.94climate
2. 🇵🇹 Cascais, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.94climate
3. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.94climate
4. 🇵🇹 Lisbon, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.93climate
5. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.93climate
6. 🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.93climate
7. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.93climate
8. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.92climate
9. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.92climate
10. 🇵🇪 Paracas, PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)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.92climate
11. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.91climate
12. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.91climate
13. Gibraltar, GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.91climate
14. 🇵🇹 Porto, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.90climate
15. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.90climate
16. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoThe alizes · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.90climate
17. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoThe eastern wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The levante funnels through the strait for days at a time, flattening the beach umbrellas and putting the fast ferries to Tarifa on hold.90climate
18. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainThe terral · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Instead of the sea breeze, a dry wind comes down off the mountains behind the city and sits for two or three days.88climate
19. 🇺🇸 Maui, United StatesTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.88climate
20. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.88climate
21. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)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.88climate
22. Dakhla, Western SaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.88climate
23. 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz, BoliviaSurazo season · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)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.87climate
24. 🇪🇸 Santander, SpainGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The Cantabrian coast's own squall: a hot, still afternoon flips inside an hour to a north-westerly gale and a ten-degree drop.86climate
25. 🇺🇸 Sacramento, United StatesDelta breeze · 1 Jun – 15 SepCool marine air pulled up from the bay through the delta most summer evenings, which is why a 38-degree afternoon here becomes a pleasant night.85climate

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Wind season in July

1. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.95climate
2. 🇵🇹 Porto, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.94climate
3. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.93climate
4. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.93climate
5. 🇵🇪 Paracas, PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)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.92climate
6. 🇵🇹 Cascais, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.91climate
7. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)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.91climate
8. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.89climate
9. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.89climate
10. 🇪🇸 Santander, SpainGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The Cantabrian coast's own squall: a hot, still afternoon flips inside an hour to a north-westerly gale and a ten-degree drop.89climate
11. 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz, BoliviaSurazo season · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)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.88climate
12. 🇵🇹 Aveiro, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.88climate
13. 🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.88climate
14. 🇵🇹 Lisbon, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.87climate
15. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.87climate
16. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (usually)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.87climate
17. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)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.86climate
18. 🇺🇸 Maui, United StatesTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.86climate
19. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.86climate
20. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.86climate
21. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.86climate
22. Dakhla, Western SaharaTrade-wind kite season · 15 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)The reliable northerly blows most afternoons across the flat water inside the lagoon, which is the entire reason the camps exist.86climate
23. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoThe alizes · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.85climate
24. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoThe eastern wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The levante funnels through the strait for days at a time, flattening the beach umbrellas and putting the fast ferries to Tarifa on hold.84climate
25. Gibraltar, GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.84climate

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Wind season in August

1. 🇵🇹 Porto, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.95climate
2. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.95climate
3. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.95climate
4. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.94climate
5. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.93climate
6. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.93climate
7. 🇵🇪 Paracas, PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)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.92climate
8. 🇵🇹 Cascais, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.90climate
9. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (usually)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.90climate
10. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)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.89climate
11. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)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.88climate
12. 🇪🇸 Santander, SpainGalerna season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The Cantabrian coast's own squall: a hot, still afternoon flips inside an hour to a north-westerly gale and a ten-degree drop.88climate
13. 🇺🇸 Maui, United StatesTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.87climate
14. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.87climate
15. 🇵🇹 Aveiro, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.87climate
16. 🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.87climate
17. 🇵🇹 Lisbon, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.86climate
18. 🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)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.86climate
19. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.86climate
20. 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, BrazilMinuano behind the fronts · 15 May – 31 Aug (usually)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.85climate
21. 🇲🇺 Rodrigues, MauritiusThe trades blow hardest · 1 Jun – 30 SepThe south-easterlies run all year and stiffen through the southern winter, which is why the lagoon at Mourouk fills with kites.85climate
22. 🇵🇫 Bora Bora, French PolynesiaThe maramu trade wind · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The southeast maramu blows hardest through the dry months and chops the lagoon most afternoons.84climate
23. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through summer, which is why Famara is a surf and kite beach and why a still day on the east coast is worth using while you have it.84climate
24. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.84climate
25. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.83climate

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Wind season in September

1. 🇳🇦 Swakopmund, NamibiaThe east wind · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.96climate
2. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.95climate
3. 🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)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.94climate
4. 🇫🇷 Toulouse, FranceVent d'autan · 15 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.93climate
5. 🇵🇪 Paracas, PeruThe paracas wind · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)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.93climate
6. 🇵🇹 Porto, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.91climate
7. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Sep – 31 DecThe 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.91climate
8. 🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91climate
9. 🇵🇹 Cascais, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why Guincho belongs to kitesurfers and why the sheltered town beaches fill instead.91climate
10. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe peninsula sticks far enough west that the summer north wind hits it hard from midday.90climate
11. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.90climate
12. 🇵🇹 Lisbon, PortugalThe nortada · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.89climate
13. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaAugust wind and kites · 20 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)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.89climate
14. 🇵🇹 Aveiro, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe north wind gets up along this coast after lunch through the summer and holds until evening.89climate
15. 🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica, PortugalNortada afternoons · 1 May – 30 SepThe summer north wind fills in after midday and blows sand down the whole strand.89climate
16. 🇦🇺 Airlie Beach, AustraliaSailing season and the trades · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The south-easterly trades blow hardest through the middle of the year, which is exactly what the bareboat fleet is here for.89climate
17. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (usually)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.89climate
18. 🇪🇸 Cádiz, SpainThe levante · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.88climate
19. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainLevante season · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)The easterly funnels through the strait for days at a time and is why every kite and windsurf school in Spain is here.88climate
20. 🇺🇸 Maui, United StatesTrade wind and windsurf season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)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.87climate
21. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainTrade wind season · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow hardest through the summer, which is the whole reason the island is a windsurf destination and the reason a beach day here often means a windbreak.87climate
22. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainTrade winds and the north cloud · 1 May – 30 SepThe alisios blow along the north coast all summer and drag low cloud, the panza de burro, over the city while the south of the island stays clear.87climate
23. 🇮🇹 Sirmione, ItalyPeler and ora · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)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.87climate
24. 🇺🇸 Sacramento, United StatesDelta breeze · 1 Jun – 15 SepCool marine air pulled up from the bay through the delta most summer evenings, which is why a 38-degree afternoon here becomes a pleasant night.87climate
25. Gibraltar, GibraltarThe Levanter cloud · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)When the easterly blows, damp air piles against the Rock and a banner of cloud sits on the ridge for days.87climate

…and 39 more in September.

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Wind season in October

1. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.96climate
2. 🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaZonda wind · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)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.92climate
3. 🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn, ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)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.92climate
4. 🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.92climate
5. 🇮🇹 Alghero, ItalyThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (usually)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.90climate
6. 🇦🇿 Baku, AzerbaijanKhazri wind · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)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.87climate
7. 🇫🇷 Toulouse, FranceVent d'autan · 15 Sep – 30 Apr (usually)A warm southeasterly that funnels between the Montagne Noire and the Pyrenees and can blow for two or three days without pause.86climate
8. 🇺🇸 Outer Banks, United StatesNor'easter and overwash season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Autumn and winter coastal storms push sand and water across NC-12 at Pea Island and north of Buxton, and the road shuts until the ploughs clear it.85climate
9. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Sep – 31 DecThe 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.84climate
10. 🇭🇷 Zadar, CroatiaBura · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe 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.84climate
11. 🇲🇺 Grand Baie, MauritiusThe south-east trades · 15 May – 31 Oct (usually)The trade winds blow through the winter and the island reorganises around them.84climate
12. 🇳🇿 Wellington, New ZealandSpring gales through the strait · 1 Sep – 15 Dec (usually)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.82climate
13. 🇳🇿 Christchurch, New ZealandThe nor'west arch · 1 Sep – 31 Dec (usually)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.81climate
14. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)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.80climate
15. 🇫🇷 Montpellier, FranceTramontane · 1 Oct – 30 AprThe northwesterly funnels down between the Massif Central and the Pyrenees and can blow for three days at a stretch.79climate
16. 🇧🇷 Pipa, BrazilTrade-wind season · 1 Aug – 15 Jan (usually)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.79climate
17. 🇮🇹 Trieste, ItalyBora · 1 Oct – 30 AprThe 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.78climate
18. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptThe kite and windsurf season · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)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.77climate
19. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)The northerly funnels down the narrow gulf most afternoons from spring into autumn.77climate
20. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptKite season on the lagoon · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)The northerly gets up most afternoons through the warm half of the year, which is the whole reason the kite schools are here.76climate
21. 🇧🇷 Fortaleza, BrazilWind season on the Ceará coast · 1 Jul – 31 Dec (usually)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.75climate
22. 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptThe gulf wind · 15 Mar – 15 Oct (usually)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.75climate
23. West Island, Cocos (Keeling) IslandsTrade wind season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)Southeast trade winds hold for about nine months of the year, but the steadiest stretch for kitesurfing across the lagoon runs May to October.75climate
24. 🇩🇪 Munich, GermanyFoehn wind · 1 Sep – 31 May (usually)A few times a season the warm downslope wind clears the air until the Alps stand on the horizon eighty kilometres away.73climate
25. 🇧🇷 Natal, BrazilTrade-wind season · 1 Aug – 15 Jan (usually)The alisios blow hard and steadily along this coast from August, which is why the kite schools north and south of the city fill from September.73climate

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Wind season in November

1. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South AfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.95climate
2. 🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn, ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)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.94climate
3. 🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.94climate
4. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.94climate
5. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.92climate
6. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.92climate
7. 🇲🇦 Rabat, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Low pressure comes in off the ocean in runs of two or three days, with wind along the corniche and the river mouth closed to the small boats.89climate
8. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Depressions come through the strait in runs and the fast ferries to Spain are cancelled for a day or two at a time.86climate
9. 🇳🇿 Christchurch, New ZealandThe nor'west arch · 1 Sep – 31 Dec (usually)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.85climate
10. 🇬🇹 Panajachel, GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DecWarm 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.85climate
11. 🇳🇿 Wellington, New ZealandSpring gales through the strait · 1 Sep – 15 Dec (usually)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.84climate
12. 🇳🇨 Nouméa, New CaledoniaThe alizés blow hardest · 1 Sep – 31 DecThe 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.80climate
13. 🇬🇹 Lake Atitlán, GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.80climate
14. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.78climate
15. 🇧🇷 Pipa, BrazilTrade-wind season · 1 Aug – 15 Jan (usually)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.78climate
16. 🇪🇸 Girona, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)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.78climate
17. 🇺🇸 Outer Banks, United StatesNor'easter and overwash season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Autumn and winter coastal storms push sand and water across NC-12 at Pea Island and north of Buxton, and the road shuts until the ploughs clear it.77climate
18. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.77climate
19. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.77climate
20. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.77climate
21. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (usually)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.76climate
22. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceThe libeccio and the strait · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The strait funnels wind hard enough to cancel the Sardinia crossings and the island excursions, most often between November and May.76climate
23. 🇲🇬 Toliara, MadagascarTsio Katimo, the south wind · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)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.76climate
24. 🇮🇹 Alghero, ItalyThe maestrale · 15 Oct – 15 May (usually)The northwesterly comes straight at this coast for most of the cold half of the year.75climate
25. 🇲🇽 Holbox, MexicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.75climate

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1. 🇳🇦 Lüderitz, NamibiaWind season · 1 Aug – 31 Mar (usually)A near-constant south wind blows across the lagoon west of town from August to March, regularly gusting 20 to 40 knots.92climate
2. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South AfricaThe south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)The summer wind that runs the city, laying a cloth of cloud over Table Mountain and shutting the cableway for days at a time.91climate
3. 🇬🇹 Panajachel, GuatemalaThe Xocomil · 1 Jan – 31 DecWarm 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.91climate
4. 🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South AfricaThe windy months · 1 Sep – 28 Feb (usually)The city earned its nickname honestly, and spring into summer is when it blows hardest.91climate
5. 🇦🇷 Puerto Madryn, ArgentinaPatagonian wind season · 1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)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.90climate
6. 🇳🇿 Christchurch, New ZealandThe nor'west arch · 1 Sep – 31 Dec (usually)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.89climate
7. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe summer south-easter · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.89climate
8. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaThe Fremantle Doctor · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe sea breeze comes in most summer afternoons and takes the edge off a hot day within an hour.87climate
9. 🇳🇿 Wellington, New ZealandSpring gales through the strait · 1 Sep – 15 Dec (usually)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.87climate
10. 🇬🇹 Lake Atitlán, GuatemalaXocomil on the lake · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The xocomil gets up over the water around midday and turns the crossings into a soaking.86climate
11. 🇨🇷 Monteverde, Costa RicaThe windy months · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)The trade winds come over the continental divide hard enough to lean on, carrying cloud with them even on a dry day.83climate
12. 🇲🇦 Rabat, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Low pressure comes in off the ocean in runs of two or three days, with wind along the corniche and the river mouth closed to the small boats.83climate
13. 🇨🇻 Boa Vista, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly blows hardest through the winter half of the year.83climate
14. 🇲🇦 Tangier, MoroccoAtlantic winter storms · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Depressions come through the strait in runs and the fast ferries to Spain are cancelled for a day or two at a time.82climate
15. 🇨🇻 Sal, Cabo VerdeTrade-wind season · 1 Nov – 31 May (usually)The north-easterly is at its most dependable through the northern winter, which is what built Santa Maria's kite and windsurf trade.82climate
16. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaThe Xiaguan wind · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)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.81climate
17. 🇹🇼 Kenting, TaiwanLuoshanfeng, the downslope wind · 1 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The northeast monsoon pours over the mountain range and hits the peninsula at close to typhoon strength on the worst days.80climate
18. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChileThe wind season · 1 Oct – 1 Mar (usually)The westerlies peak with the southern summer and the city keeps ropes strung along the exposed street corners for people to hold.78climate
19. 🇲🇽 Holbox, MexicoNortes season · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts drop down the Gulf every few weeks through winter and each brings a day or two of hard north wind.78climate
20. 🇲🇽 Cancún, MexicoThe nortes · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)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.77climate
21. 🇲🇽 Bacalar, MexicoNortes season · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Cold fronts push down the Gulf every week or two and arrive here as two or three grey, blustery days.77climate
22. 🇧🇷 Pipa, BrazilTrade-wind season · 1 Aug – 15 Jan (usually)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.76climate
23. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The north wind runs for days at a stretch in winter.76climate
24. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyMaestrale · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The northwesterly arrives hardest in the cold half of the year and can cancel the Corsica and mainland ferries for a day.75climate
25. 🇪🇸 Girona, SpainThe tramuntana · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)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.73climate

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