The Camino Francés in October: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in October, expect around 3.5 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 2 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.5

warning days

in 32 stages, on average

11%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.3

orange or red days

in 32 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in October

Stage by stage in October

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1. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port – Roncesvalles13%

2. Roncesvalles – Zubiri13%

3. Zubiri – Pamplona15%

4. Pamplona – Puente la Reina11%

5. Puente la Reina – Estella11%

6. Estella – Los Arcos11%

7. Los Arcos – Logroño5%

8. Logroño – Nájera4%

9. Nájera – Santo Domingo de la Calzada4%

10. Santo Domingo de la Calzada – Belorado13%

11. Belorado – Agés17%

12. Agés – Burgos15%

13. Burgos – Hontanas7%

14. Hontanas – Boadilla del Camino8%

15. Boadilla del Camino – Carrión de los Condes7%

16. Carrión de los Condes – Terradillos de los Templarios7%

17. Terradillos de los Templarios – Bercianos del Real Camino7%

18. Bercianos del Real Camino – Mansilla de las Mulas6%

19. Mansilla de las Mulas – León6%

20. León – Villar de Mazarife6%

21. Villar de Mazarife – Astorga6%

22. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino17%

23. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada17%

24. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo4%

25. Villafranca del Bierzo – O Cebreiro10%

26. O Cebreiro – Triacastela10%

27. Triacastela – Sarria16%

28. Sarria – Portomarín13%

29. Portomarín – Palas de Rei13%

30. Palas de Rei – Arzúa20%

31. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo17%

32. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela17%

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

Which warnings come in October

Wind2.3

Rain1.7

Storms0.2

Fog0.1

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

Section by section in October

Section	Warning days	Most common
Navarre	0.7 over 6 stages	wind and rain
La Rioja	0.1 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Burgos	0.5 over 4 stages	wind and rain
Palencia	0.2 over 3 stages	wind and rain
León Meseta	0.3 over 5 stages	wind and rain
León mountains and El Bierzo	0.4 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	1.2 over 8 stages	rain and wind

The worst October days on the Camino Francés

orange9 October 2024: orange warning on 25 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange20 October 2020: orange warning on 10 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 October 2020: orange warning on 10 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange6 October 2026: orange warning on 8 of 32 stages, for rain and storms
orange2 October 2020: orange warning on 6 of 32 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange14 October 2018: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain, storms and wind · the episode
orange23 October 2022: orange warning on 5 of 32 stages, for rain and wind
orange14 October 2019: orange warning on 3 of 32 stages, for rain and wind

Frequently asked questions

Is October a good month to walk the Camino Francés?

By warnings, October is number 2 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.5 warning days walking the 32 stages. The section with the most warnings in October is Galicia; the fewest, La Rioja.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Francés in October?

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.3 stage-days in October, 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.