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Porto
Porto. Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Porto

Kitesurf spot · Portugal

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 12 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
21°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 13 kn
Gusts
30kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 9 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Wopen to the W
  • Best wind: N or Salong the shore
  • Avoid: Eblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 16 °C3/2 wetsuit
  • Best in Mar2 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Porto
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the east, 10 knots20knoffnot safe0.9 mwaves22°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the east, 12 knots24knoffnot safechop21°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east, 13 knots30knoffnot safechop17°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east, 9 knots22knoffnot safechop17°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots9kncross-offchop16°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 5 knots11knoffnot safechop17°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knots13knoffnot safechop16°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 7 knots16kncross-offchop17°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 9 knots26knside0.9 mwaves18°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 3 knots14kncross-off0.8 mwaves20°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 00:42 −0.9 mHigh 07:07 +1.1 mLow 13:35 −1.0 mHigh 19:56 +0.8 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 01:57 −0.8 mHigh 08:26 +1.0 mLow 14:59 −0.9 mHigh 21:21 +0.7 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 03:23 −0.8 mHigh 09:48 +1.0 mLow 16:19 −1.0 mHigh 22:38 +0.8 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best in Mar

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Porto

Porto - panoramio (86)
Pastoras beach. Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Porto

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces W, so wind from the E blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 16°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing W. Wind from the W blows onshore, wind from the E blows out to sea, and wind from the N or S runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 45). The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 17°C in June, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For kitesurfing at beginner level the best month is usually March, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Porto. Within 5 km we also list 9 surf spots.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$858–US$1,640 each

about US$858–US$1,640 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to OPO, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$449–US$925
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$27–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$181–US$301
Food7 days eating outabout US$201–US$375
Totalabout US$858–US$1,640

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Porto

Closest

Porto

9 min by car · 788 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 788 places to stay in Porto · Booking.com

About Porto its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 25m

About 16h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → OPO, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), then 30 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.