Best time to fly a kite in Toronto

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

Monthly averages
MonthWindGustsRainTempGood daysScoreVerdict
January9.7 mph20.1 mph2.3 mm-4°C1585YES
February8.4 mph17.0 mph1.7 mm-4°C985YES
March8.8 mph18.8 mph2.6 mm2°C1185YES
April8.8 mph19.2 mph3.7 mm7°C770EH…
May7.5 mph17.2 mph3.4 mm13°C670EH…
June7.2 mph16.8 mph2.6 mm20°C682YES
July6.1 mph14.9 mph2.4 mm23°C371EH…
August6.9 mph15.1 mph2.6 mm21°C578EH…
September6.4 mph13.9 mph1.4 mm18°C582YES
October8.1 mph16.5 mph2.3 mm12°C985YES
November8.9 mph18.5 mph1.5 mm5°C13100YES
December8.8 mph18.6 mph2.8 mm-0°C1185YES

"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 November is the pick

In November the average wind in Toronto is 8.9 mph with gusts to 18.5 mph, average daily rain is 1.5 mm and the average temperature is 5°C. Roughly 13 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 Toronto: 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.

Check today before you go

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