The Camino Francés in January: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 11 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the most warnings.

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

34%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

1.1

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles41%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri41%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona43%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina28%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella28%

6. Estella – Los Arcos33%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño19%

8. Logroño – Nájera18%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada18%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado36%

11. Belorado – Agés55%

12. Agés – Burgos60%

13. Burgos – Hontanas44%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino47%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes41%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios41%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino46%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas39%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León39%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife39%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga39%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino63%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada52%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo18%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro28%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela17%

27. Triacastela – Sarria24%

28. Sarria – Portomarín17%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei17%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa22%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo15%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela15%

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

Which warnings come in January

Cold4.3

Wind2.8

Snow2.5

Fog2.0

Rain0.6

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

Section by section in January

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	2.1 over 6 stages	snow and cold
La Rioja	0.5 over 3 stages	cold and fog
Burgos	2.0 over 4 stages	cold and wind
Palencia	1.3 over 3 stages	cold and fog
León Meseta	2.0 over 5 stages	cold and fog
León mountains and El Bierzo	1.3 over 3 stages	cold and snow
Galicia	1.5 over 8 stages	wind and cold

The worst January days on the Camino Francés

orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 18 of 32 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange9 January 2021: orange warning on 17 of 32 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange18 January 2023: orange warning on 17 of 32 stages, for snow · the episode
orange17 January 2023: orange warning on 16 of 32 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange28 January 2026: orange warning on 14 of 32 stages, for snow · the episode
red23 January 2019: red warning on 13 of 32 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange30 January 2021: orange warning on 12 of 32 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
red22 January 2019: red warning on 10 of 32 stages, for cold and snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is January a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, January is number 12 of 12 for calm: on average, 11 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Burgos; the fewest, La Rioja.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in January?

Mostly for cold and wind. Orange or red shows up on 1.1 stage-days in January, 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.