Best time to fly a kite in Montpellier

Based on archive 3 years of daily weather data, the best month for kite flying in Montpellier is July (kite score 87/100 — YES). Here's the full month-by-month breakdown.

Monthly averages
MonthWindGustsRainTempGood daysScoreVerdict
January7.1 mph14.6 mph3.9 mm8°C270EH…
February6.7 mph14.3 mph3.3 mm10°C470EH…
March8.4 mph17.7 mph4.3 mm11°C670EH…
April7.3 mph15.8 mph2.1 mm15°C785YES
May6.4 mph14.6 mph3.4 mm18°C566EH…
June6.0 mph14.2 mph1.2 mm24°C477EH…
July6.9 mph16.1 mph0.9 mm26°C787YES
August6.3 mph14.4 mph0.8 mm26°C480YES
September6.4 mph13.7 mph3.0 mm20°C570EH…
October7.3 mph15.0 mph3.2 mm17°C570EH…
November7.1 mph14.4 mph2.6 mm11°C680YES
December7.1 mph14.4 mph3.5 mm8°C670EH…

"Good days" = days with wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph and less than 2 mm rain. Scores mirror the live forecast weighting (wind 45%, gusts 25%, rain 20%, temp 10%).

Why July is the pick

In July the average wind in Montpellier is 6.9 mph with gusts to 16.1 mph, average daily rain is 0.9 mm and the average temperature is 26°C. Roughly 7 days in the month fall in the ideal kite window (wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph, dry).

How this score works

The monthly kite score reuses the same scoring as the live forecast for Montpellier: wind is 45% of the score, gusts 25%, rain 20% and temperature 10%. 80+ is a YES month, 50–79 is EH…, under 50 is a NOPE.

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