The Camino Francés in April: warnings stage by stage

Camino Francés in April, 32 stages. April warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in April, expect around 2.9 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the fewest warnings.

2.9

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.2

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in April

Stage by stage in April

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles12%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri12%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona16%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina10%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella10%

6. Estella – Los Arcos10%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño7%

8. Logroño – Nájera5%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada5%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado9%

11. Belorado – Agés14%

12. Agés – Burgos14%

13. Burgos – Hontanas8%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino9%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes7%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios7%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino8%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas6%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León6%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife6%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga6%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino19%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada19%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo2%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro9%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela9%

27. Triacastela – Sarria10%

28. Sarria – Portomarín6%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei6%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa9%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo7%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela7%

Share of April days with some warning in each stage's zones, 2019–2025; the colour is each day's highest level.

Which warnings come in April

Storms1.6

Rain1.4

Wind0.6

Snow0.5

Cold0.2

Stage-days with a warning of each kind in April, on average; a day can have several.

Section by section in April

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	0.7 over 6 stages	rain and storms
La Rioja	0.2 over 3 stages	rain and storms
Burgos	0.4 over 4 stages	storms and rain
Palencia	0.2 over 3 stages	storms and rain
León Meseta	0.3 over 5 stages	storms and rain
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.4 over 3 stages	snow and storms
Galicia	0.6 over 8 stages	rain and storms

The worst April days on the Camino Francés

orange1 April 2022: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for snow · the episode
orange25 April 2025: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange2 April 2022: orange warning on 6 of 32 stages, for snow · the episode
orange5 April 2024: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for wind
orange6 April 2024: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for wind

Frequently asked questions

Is April a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, April is number 1 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.9 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in April is León mountains and El Bierzo; the fewest, La Rioja.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in April?

Mostly for storms and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.2 stage-days in April, on average.

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.