Essaouira wind, on average (ERA5, 2021–2025)
On average, the daily maximum wind at 10 m reaches 12 knots or more on about 243 days a year at Essaouira (Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2021–2025). That is 67% of days. It is not wind every day, and it is not a guarantee for a given week.
TL;DR
On average, the daily maximum wind at 10 m reaches 12 knots or more on about 243 days a year at Essaouira (Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2021–2025). That is 67% of days. It is not wind every day, and it is not a guarantee for a given week.
Methodology
Source: Open-Meteo archive, ERA5, latitude 31.508, longitude -9.760, 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025. A windy day is a day whose maximum wind at 10 m is at least 12 knots. The monthly figure is the average of those daily maxima, rounded to the nearest knot. This is not a beach anemometer and not an afternoon-only average.
Annual summary
- Windy days per year, on average
- 243 days (67%)
- Definition
- Daily max at 10 m ≥ 12 knots
- Highest months in this series
- July–August (18 kn daily max, on average)
- Source
- Open-Meteo ERA5, 2021–2025
Average daily maximum, by month (2021–2025)
| Month | Daily max (knots) | Days ≥ 12 knots |
|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 46% |
| February | 13 | 52% |
| March | 14 | 64% |
| April | 15 | 69% |
| May | 17 | 79% |
| June | 16 | 78% |
| July | 18 | 91% |
| August | 18 | 94% |
| September | 15 | 73% |
| October | 13 | 52% |
| November | 13 | 59% |
| December | 11 | 40% |
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