The Camino Francés in March: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in March, expect around 4.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 5 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.0

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

12%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.4

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in March

Stage by stage in March

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles21%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri21%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona25%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina12%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella12%

6. Estella – Los Arcos12%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño7%

8. Logroño – Nájera7%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada7%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado14%

11. Belorado – Agés24%

12. Agés – Burgos21%

13. Burgos – Hontanas12%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino12%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes9%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios9%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino9%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas7%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León7%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife7%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga7%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino26%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada26%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo3%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro11%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela10%

27. Triacastela – Sarria12%

28. Sarria – Portomarín8%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei8%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa11%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo11%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela11%

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

Which warnings come in March

Wind2.3

Snow1.3

Rain0.5

Cold0.4

Storms0.3

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

Section by section in March

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	1.0 over 6 stages	wind and snow
La Rioja	0.2 over 3 stages	wind and storms
Burgos	0.7 over 4 stages	wind and snow
Palencia	0.3 over 3 stages	wind and snow
León Meseta	0.4 over 5 stages	wind and cold
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.5 over 3 stages	snow and wind
Galicia	0.8 over 8 stages	wind and rain

The worst March days on the Camino Francés

orange1 March 2020: orange warning on 22 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange2 March 2020: orange warning on 22 of 32 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange27 March 2024: orange warning on 9 of 32 stages, for wind
orange15 March 2020: orange warning on 6 of 32 stages, for rain, storms and snow
orange2 March 2024: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for snow
orange6 March 2020: orange warning on 3 of 32 stages, for wind and snow
orange7 March 2020: orange warning on 3 of 32 stages, for snow
orange31 March 2022: orange warning on 3 of 32 stages, for snow

Frequently asked questions

Is March a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, March is number 5 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.0 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in March is León mountains and El Bierzo; the fewest, La Rioja.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in March?

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