Camino Catalán weather: warnings stage by stage, month by month

Camino Catalán, Barcelona to Santa Cilia, in 16 stages. Warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

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.

March

the month with the fewest warnings

1.7 warning days walking the whole route

August

the month with the most warnings

7.3 warning days in 16 stages

warning zones

in 3 provinces

red days on some stage

2019 to 2025

It's many stages through two regions, Catalonia and Aragon. Here we count, for each one, the warning days in the zones it crosses, and add them up month by month.

March and October are the best months to walk it. The busiest are July and August, for heat and storms; June, for storms and rain; and January, for cold and fog.

Some red days have covered the whole Camino, such as 28 June 2019 for heat, or 29 June 2023 and 12 July 2025 for rain and storms. In winter, red has come with snow and wind, such as 7 and 8 December 2024.

The Camino Catalán's warning zones

AEMET doesn't warn by village but by zone. The Camino Catalán crosses 7 warning zones, each with its own thresholds and warnings: on the same day one section can have a warning and the next none.

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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.

Walking the whole route, month by month

How many warning days you'd get, on average, walking one stage a day from Barcelona to Santa Cilia in each month. Tap a month to see it stage by stage.

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6.5Jan 1.8Feb 1.7Mar 1.9Apr 2.7May 5.8Jun 7.0Jul 7.3Aug 3.7Sep 1.8Oct 1.8Nov 3.5Dec

Stage-days with a warning, average 2019–2025, over 16 stages; the colour is the day's highest level in the stage's zones.

Stage by stage, month by month

Share of days with some warning in each stage's zones, 2019–2025. The darker, the more warnings.

Stage	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1. Barcelona – Sant Cugat del Vallès	12	7	12	14	17	23	28	33	35	21	19	15
2. Sant Cugat del Vallès – Esparreguera	12	6	8	12	14	21	24	26	26	14	10	12
3. Esparreguera – Montserrat	43	12	11	16	19	31	39	41	29	15	14	14
4. Montserrat – Igualada	43	12	11	16	19	31	39	41	29	15	14	14
5. Igualada – La Panadella	12	6	8	12	14	21	24	26	26	14	10	12
6. La Panadella – Tàrrega	54	15	11	17	21	44	60	60	32	16	15	33
7. Tàrrega – Linyola	50	12	8	9	14	39	57	53	17	8	10	24
8. Linyola – Algerri	50	12	8	9	14	39	57	53	17	8	10	24
9. Algerri – Tamarite de Litera	54	13	12	12	19	45	59	59	21	8	10	25
10. Tamarite de Litera – Monzón	46	9	10	8	15	40	52	50	15	4	8	20
11. Monzón – Berbegal	50	12	11	10	18	47	54	53	21	7	10	26
12. Berbegal – Pueyo de Fañanás	40	9	8	7	15	39	39	44	20	7	6	20
13. Pueyo de Fañanás – Huesca	40	9	8	7	15	39	39	44	20	7	6	20
14. Huesca – Bolea	40	9	8	7	15	39	39	44	20	7	6	20
15. Bolea – La Peña Estación	40	9	8	7	15	39	39	44	20	7	6	20
16. La Peña Estación – Santa Cilia	65	31	32	21	23	48	51	53	27	21	31	50

The Camino Catalán section by section

Barcelona and Montserrat: Barcelona – La Panadella

From Barcelona to La Panadella, by way of Montserrat, rain and storms are the top reasons for a warning. It's the calmest section of the Camino: February and March are the calmest months, and August and July the busiest.

Most common: rain, storms and heat. Most warnings in August and July; fewest in February and March.

Lleida: La Panadella – Tamarite de Litera

Across the central Lleida plain, heat is the top reason for a warning: it's the zone with the most heat warnings on the route, and yellow starts at 36 °C. It's the busiest section, above all in July and August, and there are fog warnings too.

Most common: heat, rain and storms. Most warnings in July and August; fewest in March and October.

Huesca: Tamarite de Litera – Santa Cilia

In Huesca storms lead the warnings, with August and January the busiest months. The last stage, towards Santa Cilia, enters the Pirineo oscense zone, the one with the most snow and wind warnings on the Camino Catalán; there the yellow snow warning takes 5 cm in 24 hours.

Most common: storms, rain and heat. Most warnings in August and January; fewest in October and April.

The worst days on the Camino Catalán

The days since 2018 with orange or red on the most stages at once.

red28 June 2019: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red14 August 2021: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red29 June 2023: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
red18 July 2023: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red12 July 2025: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
red17 August 2025: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
orange14 October 2018: orange warning on 16 of 16 stages, for rain, storms and wind · the episode
orange9 January 2021: orange warning on 16 of 16 stages, for wind and snow · the episode

When a warning is issued on the Camino Catalán

Thresholds change from zone to zone. These are the yellow ones in the Camino Catalán's zones:

Zone	Heat	Cold	Wind	Rain 1 h	Snow 24 h
Litoral de Barcelona	34 °C	−1 °C	70 km/h	20 mm	2 cm
Prelitoral de Barcelona	36 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	20 mm	2 cm
Depresión central de Barcelona	36 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Depresión central de Lleida	36 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Sur de Huesca	36 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Centro de Huesca	36 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Pirineo oscense	34 °C	−6 °C	80 km/h	15 mm	5 cm

Yellow thresholds from AEMET's warning plan. Orange and red need more. Storms have no numeric threshold.

Tips for the Camino Catalán

Check AEMET's forecast the evening before each stage, and the zone's warnings on the Climaviso map.
In July and August, set off early: heat is the top reason for a warning in high summer, above all in the Lleida lands and southern Huesca.
In summer, watch for storms too: after heat, they're the most common warning in July and August.
In winter, check the snow and wind warnings for the Pirineo oscense zone before the last stage.
A warning covers the whole zone: it doesn't mean it will happen on your stage, but it does mean you should keep an eye out.

Frequently asked questions

What's the best month to walk the Camino Catalán?

By warnings, March: on average, 1.7 warning days if you walk the 16 stages that month. Then October and February. The month with the most warnings is August, with 7.3 days.

Which section of the Camino Catalán gets the most rain warnings?

Barcelona and Montserrat: on average, a rain warning on 11% of days, mostly in May, August and September.

Does the Camino Catalán get hot enough for warnings in summer?

In July and August, the section with the most heat warnings is Lleida: a heat warning on 45% of days, on average.

Can it snow on the Camino Catalán?

Yes, above all on the mountain sections: snow warnings bunch up in the Pirineo oscense, Centro de Huesca and Depresión central de Barcelona zones, in January, February and December. There, yellow needs 5 cm in 24 hours.

What should I do if there's a warning on my stage?

A yellow warning calls for attention, not cancelling: check the forecast, set off early if it's for heat and have a plan B for storms or snow on a pass. With orange or red, follow Civil Protection's and the hostels' advice, and consider shortening or changing the stage.

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.