The Camino Francés in February: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in February, expect around 4.6 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 7 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.6

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

14%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.4

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in February

Stage by stage in February

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles18%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri18%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona19%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina9%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella9%

6. Estella – Los Arcos10%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño8%

8. Logroño – Nájera6%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada6%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado15%

11. Belorado – Agés23%

12. Agés – Burgos24%

13. Burgos – Hontanas14%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino17%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes14%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios14%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino17%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas13%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León13%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife13%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga13%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino28%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada26%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo6%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro13%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela12%

27. Triacastela – Sarria19%

28. Sarria – Portomarín14%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei14%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa18%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo11%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela11%

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

Which warnings come in February

Cold1.7

Wind1.6

Snow1.4

Rain0.4

Fog0.3

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

Section by section in February

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	0.8 over 6 stages	snow and wind
La Rioja	0.2 over 3 stages	cold and snow
Burgos	0.8 over 4 stages	cold and snow
Palencia	0.4 over 3 stages	cold and wind
León Meseta	0.7 over 5 stages	cold and wind
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.6 over 3 stages	snow and cold
Galicia	1.1 over 8 stages	wind and snow

The worst February days on the Camino Francés

orange23 February 2023: orange warning on 16 of 32 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange2 February 2019: orange warning on 13 of 32 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange1 February 2019: orange warning on 12 of 32 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange29 February 2020: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for wind · the episode
orange24 February 2023: orange warning on 7 of 32 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange20 February 2021: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange26 February 2024: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for wind and snow
orange27 February 2024: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is February a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, February is number 7 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.6 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in February is León mountains and El Bierzo; the fewest, La Rioja.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in February?

Mostly for cold and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.4 stage-days in February, 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.