Camino de Fisterra y Muxía weather: warnings stage by stage, month by month

Camino de Fisterra y Muxía, Santiago to Fisterra and Muxía, in 5 stages. Warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

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.

August

the month with the fewest warnings

0.2 warning days walking the whole route

October

the month with the most warnings

1.1 warning days in 5 stages

warning zones

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red days on some stage

2019 to 2025

It's five stages, all in the province of A Coruña and in two warning zones: inland and western A Coruña. Here we count, for each one, the warning days in the zones it crosses, and add them up month by month.

It's a route of two seasons. July and August are the calmest months, and October to January the busiest, with rain and wind. Its worst days have been orange warnings for rain and wind, such as 9 November 2018 or 18 and 19 December 2019.

Snow barely counts, and heat brings few warnings, especially on the coast, although in August it's the top reason for a warning.

The Camino de Fisterra y Muxía's warning zones

AEMET doesn't warn by village but by zone. The Camino de Fisterra y Muxía crosses 2 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 Santiago to Fisterra and Muxía in each month. Tap a month to see it stage by stage.

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1.0Jan 0.7Feb 0.6Mar 0.4Apr 0.3May 0.3Jun 0.2Jul 0.2Aug 0.5Sep 1.1Oct 0.9Nov 1.0Dec

Stage-days with a warning, average 2019–2025, over 5 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. Santiago de Compostela – Negreira	15	11	11	7	7	10	7	6	11	17	15	16
2. Negreira – Olveiroa	23	15	16	10	9	11	7	7	14	25	18	24
3. Olveiroa – Cee	22	13	12	8	5	4	3	3	9	24	18	20
4. Cee – Fisterra	22	13	12	8	5	4	3	3	9	24	18	20
5. Fisterra – Muxía	22	13	12	8	5	4	3	3	9	24	18	20

The Camino de Fisterra y Muxía section by section

Santiago to Olveiroa: Santiago de Compostela – Olveiroa

The first two stages get slightly more warnings than the coast. Rain and wind above all, with October and December the busiest months.

Most common: rain, wind and storms. Most warnings in October and December; fewest in August and July.

Costa da Morte: Olveiroa – Muxía

From Olveiroa to Cee the Camino drops to the coast and carries on to Fisterra and Muxía. Here rain and wind are the most common warnings; October and January are the busiest, and July and August the calmest.

Most common: rain, wind and storms. Most warnings in October and January; fewest in July and August.

The worst days on the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía

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

orange9 November 2018: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind
orange1 February 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind · the episode
orange6 June 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind
orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind · the episode
orange16 January 2020: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind
orange28 February 2020: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind

When a warning is issued on the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía

Thresholds change from zone to zone. These are the yellow ones in the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía's zones:

Zone	Heat	Cold	Wind	Rain 1 h	Snow 24 h
Interior de A Coruña	34 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Oeste de A Coruña	34 °C	−1 °C	80 km/h	15 mm	2 cm

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

Tips for the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía

Check AEMET's forecast the evening before each stage, and the zone's warnings on the Climaviso map.
From October to January, pack for rain and wind: they're the most common warnings.
With a wind warning, avoid the exposed stretches by the sea between Fisterra and Muxía.
July and August are the route's months with the fewest warnings.
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 de Fisterra y Muxía?

By warnings, August: on average, 0.2 warning days if you walk the 5 stages that month. Then July and May. The month with the most warnings is October, with 1.1 days.

Which section of the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía gets the most rain warnings?

Santiago to Olveiroa: on average, a rain warning on 9% of days, mostly in October, November and December.

Does the Camino de Fisterra y Muxía get hot enough for warnings in summer?

Not much: in July and August, even the section with the most heat warnings (Santiago to Olveiroa) doesn't reach 5% of days with a heat warning.

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.