The Camino Francés in July: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in July, expect around 6.8 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 9 of 12 for fewest warnings.

6.8

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

21%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

2.2

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in July

Stage by stage in July

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles24%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri24%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona31%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina28%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella28%

6. Estella – Los Arcos38%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño39%

8. Logroño – Nájera37%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada37%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado37%

11. Belorado – Agés29%

12. Agés – Burgos29%

13. Burgos – Hontanas24%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino25%

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 Camino23%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas14%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León14%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife14%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga14%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino17%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada21%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo18%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro18%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela7%

27. Triacastela – Sarria8%

28. Sarria – Portomarín7%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei7%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa10%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo7%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in July

Heat4.2

Storms3.0

Rain1.6

Wind0.1

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

Section by section in July

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	1.7 over 6 stages	heat and storms
La Rioja	1.1 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Burgos	1.2 over 4 stages	heat and storms
Palencia	0.7 over 3 stages	heat and storms
León Meseta	0.8 over 5 stages	storms and heat
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.6 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Galicia	0.7 over 8 stages	storms and heat

The worst July days on the Camino Francés

red17 July 2022: red warning on 29 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
red16 July 2022: red warning on 25 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
orange23 July 2019: orange warning on 24 of 32 stages, for rain, storms, wind and heat · the episode
orange14 July 2022: orange warning on 23 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
orange8 July 2019: orange warning on 22 of 32 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange13 July 2022: orange warning on 22 of 32 stages, for heat · the episode
orange12 July 2026: orange warning on 20 of 32 stages, for rain, storms and heat · the episode
orange22 July 2019: orange warning on 18 of 32 stages, for rain, storms and heat · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is July a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, July is number 9 of 12 for calm: on average, 6.8 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in July is La Rioja; the fewest, Galicia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in July?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 2.2 stage-days in July, 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.