The Camino Francés in May: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in May, expect around 3.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 3 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.7

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

12%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.1

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in May

Stage by stage in May

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles12%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri12%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona15%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina13%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella13%

6. Estella – Los Arcos15%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño15%

8. Logroño – Nájera14%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada14%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado17%

11. Belorado – Agés17%

12. Agés – Burgos16%

13. Burgos – Hontanas12%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino14%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes10%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios10%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino13%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas10%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León10%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife10%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga10%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino12%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada10%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo7%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro10%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela10%

27. Triacastela – Sarria11%

28. Sarria – Portomarín10%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei10%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa10%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo7%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in May

Storms3.1

Rain2.6

Wind0.2

Heat0.1

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

Section by section in May

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	0.8 over 6 stages	rain and storms
La Rioja	0.4 over 3 stages	storms and rain
Burgos	0.6 over 4 stages	storms and rain
Palencia	0.3 over 3 stages	storms and rain
León Meseta	0.5 over 5 stages	storms and rain
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.3 over 3 stages	storms and rain
Galicia	0.8 over 8 stages	storms and rain

The worst May days on the Camino Francés

orange10 May 2025: orange warning on 10 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange2 May 2026: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange14 May 2025: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange3 May 2026: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange4 May 2026: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange29 May 2023: orange warning on 4 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange31 May 2023: orange warning on 4 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange18 May 2025: orange warning on 4 of 32 stages, for rain and storms

Frequently asked questions

Is May a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, May is number 3 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.7 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in May is Burgos; the fewest, Galicia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in May?

Mostly for storms and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 stage-days in May, 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.