The Camino Francés in December: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 6.3 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 8 of 12 for fewest warnings.

6.3

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

20%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.7

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Fog

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles26%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri26%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona34%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina20%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella20%

6. Estella – Los Arcos24%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño14%

8. Logroño – Nájera11%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada11%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado24%

11. Belorado – Agés25%

12. Agés – Burgos25%

13. Burgos – Hontanas17%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino21%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes17%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios17%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino19%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas15%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León15%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife15%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga15%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino40%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada36%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo8%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro20%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela14%

27. Triacastela – Sarria23%

28. Sarria – Portomarín15%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei15%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa21%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo16%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela16%

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

Which warnings come in December

Fog2.2

Wind1.9

Snow1.8

Rain0.8

Cold0.3

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

Section by section in December

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	1.5 over 6 stages	snow and wind
La Rioja	0.4 over 3 stages	fog and wind
Burgos	0.9 over 4 stages	wind and fog
Palencia	0.5 over 3 stages	fog and wind
León Meseta	0.8 over 5 stages	fog and wind
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.8 over 3 stages	snow and wind
Galicia	1.4 over 8 stages	rain and wind

The worst December days on the Camino Francés

orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 28 of 32 stages, for wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 23 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange20 December 2019: orange warning on 14 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange12 December 2019: orange warning on 9 of 32 stages, for rain and snow · the episode
orange22 December 2019: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for wind · the episode
orange5 December 2021: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for rain, wind and snow
orange9 December 2021: orange warning on 7 of 32 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange16 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 32 stages, for rain and snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, December is number 8 of 12 for calm: on average, 6.3 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is León mountains and El Bierzo; the fewest, La Rioja.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in December?

Mostly for fog and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.7 stage-days in December, 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.