Camino de Santiago weather: every route, stage by stage and month by month
19 routes to Santiago. Warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.
The Camino de Santiago isn't one route: it's many ways that reach Santiago de Compostela from all over Spain. Here are the official bad-weather warnings for each of them, compared stage by stage and month by month, to help you pick a route and a season.
The Camino Francés crosses northern Spain from east to west, from the Pyrenees to Galicia, and in a few weeks it passes through several kinds of bad weather: storms and heat on the Meseta, snow on the mountain passes and rain in Galicia. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
32 stages from Roncesvalles to Santiago, 14 warning zones. A warning on 17% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, January.
The Camino Portugués enters Spain at Tui, across the Miño, and climbs through the Rías Baixas to Santiago. Its warnings are mostly rain and wind in autumn and winter, with the odd heat warning in summer. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
6 stages from Tui to Santiago, 4 warning zones. A warning on 14% of stage-days; best month, June; busiest, October.
The Camino del Norte follows the Bay of Biscay coast from Irún and turns inland through Galicia to reach Santiago. Its bad weather is rain and wind rather than heat, and by warnings it's one of the calmest pilgrim routes. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
36 stages from Irún to Santiago, 9 warning zones. A warning on 10% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, June.
The Camino Primitivo leaves Oviedo, crosses south-western Asturias and the Lugo mountains, and joins the Camino Francés at Melide to reach Santiago. By warnings it has fewer than the Francés: in winter wind leads, with some snow in the mountains, and in June, storms. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
13 stages from Oviedo to Santiago, 5 warning zones. A warning on 12% of stage-days; best month, August; busiest, June.
The Camino Inglés, the one used by pilgrims arriving by sea, leaves Ferrol, skirts the rías to Betanzos and climbs through inland A Coruña to Santiago. By warnings it's one of the calmest pilgrim routes, with fewer than the Francés and the Portugués; what there is is wind and rain, mostly from October to January. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
5 stages from Ferrol to Santiago, 2 warning zones. A warning on 12% of stage-days; best month, August; busiest, January.
The Camino de Fisterra y Muxía starts in Santiago and heads west through Negreira and Olveiroa to the coast at Cee, Fisterra and Muxía. By warnings it has fewer than the Francés and the Portugués, and in the last eight years it hasn't had a single red-warning day. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
5 stages from Santiago to Fisterra and Muxía, 2 warning zones. A warning on 12% of stage-days; best month, August; busiest, October.
The Vía de la Plata climbs from Seville to Santiago along the line of an old Roman road through Extremadura, Salamanca and Zamora, and enters Galicia by the Sanabrés. It's a route of heat in summer and of cold, wind and mountain snow in winter, with somewhat fewer warnings than the Camino Francés. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
39 stages from Sevilla to Santiago, 19 warning zones. A warning on 16% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, July.
The Camino de Invierno leaves the Camino Francés at Ponferrada and follows the Sil valley through Valdeorras and the Ribeira Sacra to Santiago. By warnings it's one of the calmest pilgrim routes, with far fewer than the Francés. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
12 stages from Ponferrada to Santiago, 5 warning zones. A warning on 12% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, January.
The Camino Aragonés crosses the Pyrenees at Somport, drops down to Jaca and heads west to join the Camino Francés at Puente la Reina. It's short, but by warnings it's one of the busiest pilgrim routes, with far more than the Francés. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
6 stages from Somport to Puente la Reina, 3 warning zones. A warning on 28% of stage-days; best month, October; busiest, August.
The Camino de Madrid leaves the capital, crosses the Guadarrama mountains towards Segovia and runs down across the Meseta to join the Camino Francés at Sahagún. It's short, but it gets more warnings than the Francés: heat in summer and cold, snow and fog in winter. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
13 stages from Madrid to Sahagún, 6 warning zones. A warning on 20% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, January.
The Camino Mozárabe leaves Granada, passes through Córdoba and joins the Vía de la Plata at Mérida. By warnings it's a summer route: almost everything is packed into July and August, for heat, and the rest of the year is fairly calm. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
16 stages from Granada to Mérida, 8 warning zones. A warning on 15% of stage-days; best month, February; busiest, July.
The Camino del Salvador links León and Oviedo, crossing the Cantabrian mountains over the Pajares pass. It's short, but by warnings it has more than the Camino Francés, mostly because of snow in the mountains. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
5 stages from León to Oviedo, 4 warning zones. A warning on 20% of stage-days; best month, May; busiest, January.
The Camino Vasco del Interior leaves Irún heading inland, passes Tolosa, the San Adrián tunnel and Vitoria, and joins the Camino Francés at Santo Domingo de la Calzada. By warnings it sits a little below the Francés and above the Camino del Norte. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
8 stages from Irún to Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 5 warning zones. A warning on 15% of stage-days; best month, February; busiest, June.
The Camino de Levante leaves València, crosses La Mancha, passes through Toledo and Ávila and reaches Zamora, where it joins the Vía de la Plata. It's an inland route with a tough summer: heat and storms are the warnings that weigh most, and by warnings it's a little busier than the Camino Francés. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
28 stages from València to Zamora, 14 warning zones. A warning on 20% of stage-days; best month, February; busiest, July.
The Ruta de la Lana follows the old wool-trade routes from Alicante, through Cuenca and Guadalajara, to Burgos, where it joins the Camino Francés. It starts on the coast and ends on the Castilian plateau, so it brings together two kinds of weather: summer heat in La Mancha and winter snow in the northern sierras. By warnings it's a little busier than the Camino Francés. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
27 stages from Alicante to Burgos, 13 warning zones. A warning on 20% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, July.
The Camino Jacobeo del Ebro follows the river upstream from the delta at Deltebre, passes through Zaragoza and reaches Logroño, where it joins the Camino Francés. It's one of the pilgrim routes with the most warnings: wind on the lower Ebro, heat in the Aragonese valley and storms in summer. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
17 stages from Deltebre to Logroño, 6 warning zones. A warning on 23% of stage-days; best month, October; busiest, July.
This Camino Catalán leaves Barcelona, passes Montserrat, crosses the provinces of Lleida and Huesca and joins the Camino Aragonés at Santa Cilia. Its bad weather is mostly a summer thing: heat and storms in July and August, with the Lleida lands and southern Huesca the section with the most heat warnings. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
16 stages from Barcelona to Santa Cilia, 7 warning zones. A warning on 24% of stage-days; best month, March; busiest, August.
The Camino del Baztán comes from Bayonne, in France, and crosses the Baztan valley to Pamplona, where it joins the Camino Francés. Here is its Spanish part, from Urdax: a few stages, with wind and rain in winter and storms in June. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
4 stages from Urdax to Pamplona, 2 warning zones. A warning on 20% of stage-days; best month, April; busiest, June.
The Camino Olvidado leaves Bilbao and runs along the southern edge of the Cantabrian mountains, through northern Burgos, Palencia and León, to Villafranca del Bierzo, where it joins the Camino Francés. It's a mountain route, and its bad weather is winter weather: snow and wind are the warnings that weigh most. By warnings it's a little busier than the Camino Francés. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.
23 stages from Bilbao to Villafranca del Bierzo, 8 warning zones. A warning on 20% of stage-days; best month, May; busiest, January.
AEMET doesn't warn by village but by zone, and each route crosses its own: from the Cantabrian coast to the Meseta and from Andalusia to Galicia, one route's bad weather has little to do with another's.
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Average warning days a year in each zone, 2019–2025, against the median of Spain's zones (54 days). Approximate route through the stages. Tap a zone to go to its page.
Frequently asked questions
Which Camino de Santiago route gets the fewest bad-weather warnings?
By warnings, the Camino del Norte: on average, a warning on 10% of stage-days. Then the Camino de Invierno (12%), the Camino Inglés (12%) and the Camino Primitivo (12%). The one with the most warnings is the Camino Aragonés (28%).
What's the best month to walk the Camino de Santiago?
It depends on the route. By warnings, the best month is April on the Camino Francés, June on the Camino Portugués, April on the Camino del Norte, August on the Camino Primitivo, August on the Camino Inglés, August on the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía, April on the Vía de la Plata, April on the Camino de Invierno, October on the Camino Aragonés, April on the Camino de Madrid, February on the Camino Mozárabe, May on the Camino del Salvador, February on the Camino Vasco del Interior, February on the Camino de Levante, April on the Ruta de la Lana, October on the Camino Jacobeo del Ebro, March on the Camino Catalán, April on the Camino del Baztán and May on the Camino Olvidado.
Which Camino route gets the fewest warnings in winter?
From December to February, the Camino Mozárabe: a warning on 7% of stage-days, against 32% on the Camino Aragonés.
And in summer?
From June to August, the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía: a warning on 5% of stage-days, against 43% on the Camino Aragonés.
What is the Camino Francés?
It's the most walked route of the Camino de Santiago: it comes in from France over the Pyrenees and crosses Navarre, La Rioja, Castilla y León and Galicia to Santiago. When people just say 'the Camino de Santiago', they nearly always mean this one.
This is not a forecast: it counts the warnings AEMET issued on those dates in past years. A warning is a forecast that a threshold will be crossed in the zone, not damage.
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