Overview

Bonvillars beach is a spot on the south shore of Lake Neuchâtel, in the canton of Vaud. Lake Neuchâtel is the largest lake entirely within Switzerland (38 km long). Bonvillars is a wine-growing village and its beach offers lake access. The prevailing wind is the Bise (north-east).

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Bonvillars Beach / Lake Neuchâtel: when to go?

The season runs from April to July, peaking in April: 19 rideable days a month and 215 hours of usable wind, at 21 °C. The low point is October, at 13.3 days.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

16-22 knots · 65% 22-30 knots · 32% 30-40 knots · 3% 40+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 16 and 22 knots — 65% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is June, with 61 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — Bonvillars Beach / Lake Neuchâtel — averaged over 3 years of records
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	20.0	165 h	6 °C	19 mm
February	15.0	125 h	8 °C	19 mm
March	15.3	141 h	12 °C	24 mm
April	20.0	215 h	13 °C	45 mm
May	17.0	185 h	19 °C	40 mm
June	18.7	169 h	24 °C	61 mm
July	18.3	177 h	26 °C	60 mm
August	13.7	141 h	27 °C	32 mm
September	14.7	146 h	21 °C	51 mm
October	13.3	121 h	17 °C	58 mm
November	19.3	147 h	9 °C	46 mm
December	16.7	124 h	6 °C	39 mm