The Camino Francés in August: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 7.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

7.1

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

22%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

1.7

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles31%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri31%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona36%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina33%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella33%

6. Estella – Los Arcos39%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño40%

8. Logroño – Nájera36%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada36%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado37%

11. Belorado – Agés27%

12. Agés – Burgos25%

13. Burgos – Hontanas23%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino24%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes22%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios22%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino22%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas16%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León16%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife16%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga16%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino19%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada21%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo20%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro20%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela7%

27. Triacastela – Sarria8%

28. Sarria – Portomarín6%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei6%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa9%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo6%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela6%

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

Which warnings come in August

Heat4.8

Storms2.8

Rain1.3

Wind0.1

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

Section by section in August

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	2.0 over 6 stages	heat and storms
La Rioja	1.1 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Burgos	1.1 over 4 stages	heat and storms
Palencia	0.7 over 3 stages	heat and storms
León Meseta	0.8 over 5 stages	heat and storms
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.6 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Galicia	0.7 over 8 stages	heat and storms

The worst August days on the Camino Francés

red9 August 2023: red warning on 25 of 32 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
orange22 August 2023: orange warning on 20 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
orange10 August 2025: orange warning on 18 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
orange14 August 2021: orange warning on 17 of 32 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
orange10 August 2024: orange warning on 17 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
red17 August 2025: red warning on 15 of 32 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
orange23 August 2023: orange warning on 15 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
orange31 August 2024: orange warning on 14 of 32 stages, for rain and storms · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, August is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 7.1 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is La Rioja; the fewest, Galicia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in August?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 1.7 stage-days in August, 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.