Camino Inglés weather: warnings stage by stage, month by month

Camino Inglés, Ferrol to Santiago, in 5 stages. Warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

The Camino Inglés, the one used by pilgrims arriving by sea, leaves Ferrol, skirts the rías to Betanzos and climbs through inland A Coruña to Santiago. By warnings it's one of the calmest pilgrim routes, with fewer than the Francés and the Portugués; what there is is wind and rain, mostly from October to January. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.

August

the month with the fewest warnings

0.2 warning days walking the whole route

January

the month with the most warnings

1.0 warning days in 5 stages

warning zones

in 1 provinces

red days on some stage

2019 to 2025

It's five stages, all in the province of A Coruña and in just two warning zones. Here we count, for each one, the warning days in the zones it crosses, and add them up month by month.

Summer is the best time: July and August are the calmest months. The busiest run from October to January, with rain and wind. Snow barely appears.

Its red-warning days in the last eight years have been 21 and 22 December 2019, both for wind and on all five stages.

The Camino Inglés's warning zones

AEMET doesn't warn by village but by zone. The Camino Inglés crosses 2 warning zones, each with its own thresholds and warnings: on the same day one section can have a warning and the next none.

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Average warning days a year in each zone, 2019–2025, against the median of Spain's zones (54 days). Approximate route through the stages. Tap a zone to go to its page.

Walking the whole route, month by month

How many warning days you'd get, on average, walking one stage a day from Ferrol to Santiago in each month. Tap a month to see it stage by stage.

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1.0Jan 0.6Feb 0.6Mar 0.4Apr 0.3May 0.5Jun 0.3Jul 0.2Aug 0.5Sep 0.8Oct 0.9Nov 0.9Dec

Stage-days with a warning, average 2019–2025, over 5 stages; the colour is the day's highest level in the stage's zones.

Stage by stage, month by month

Share of days with some warning in each stage's zones, 2019–2025. The darker, the more warnings.

Stage	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1. Ferrol – Pontedeume	23	11	14	7	5	6	4	3	9	15	19	18
2. Pontedeume – Betanzos	23	11	14	7	5	6	4	3	9	15	19	18
3. Betanzos – Hospital de Bruma	24	13	15	9	10	12	7	6	12	20	22	21
4. Hospital de Bruma – Sigüeiro	15	11	11	7	7	10	7	6	11	17	15	16
5. Sigüeiro – Santiago de Compostela	15	11	11	7	7	10	7	6	11	17	15	16

The Camino Inglés section by section

Ferrol and the rías: Ferrol – Betanzos

From Ferrol to Betanzos, by way of Pontedeume, wind is the top reason for a warning, with rain behind it. January and November are the busiest months.

Most common: wind, rain and storms. Most warnings in January and November; fewest in August and July.

Inland A Coruña: Betanzos – Santiago de Compostela

From Betanzos the Camino climbs through Hospital de Bruma and Sigüeiro to Santiago. Here rain comes ahead of wind, and summer brings the odd heat warning; January and December are the busiest.

Most common: rain, wind and storms. Most warnings in January and December; fewest in August and July.

From A Coruña

From A Coruña, a single stage leads to Hospital de Bruma, where it joins the route from Ferrol. It crosses the same two warning zones, so their warnings are very alike.

Share of days with some warning in each variant stage's zones, 2019–2025. It joins the main route at Hospital de Bruma.

Stage	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1. A Coruña – Hospital de Bruma	24	13	15	9	10	12	7	6	12	20	22	21

The worst days on the Camino Inglés

The days since 2018 with orange or red on the most stages at once.

red21 December 2019: red warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind · the episode
red22 December 2019: red warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind · the episode
orange9 November 2018: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind
orange1 February 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind · the episode
orange6 June 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind
orange26 November 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for wind
orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange16 January 2020: orange warning on 5 of 5 stages, for rain and wind

When a warning is issued on the Camino Inglés

Thresholds change from zone to zone. These are the yellow ones in the Camino Inglés's zones:

Zone	Heat	Cold	Wind	Rain 1 h	Snow 24 h
Noroeste de A Coruña	34 °C	−1 °C	80 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Interior de A Coruña	34 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm

Yellow thresholds from AEMET's warning plan. Orange and red need more. Storms have no numeric threshold.

Tips for the Camino Inglés

Check AEMET's forecast the evening before each stage, and the zone's warnings on the Climaviso map.
From October to January, pack for rain and wind: they're the most common warnings.
With a wind warning, take care on the stretches along the rías between Ferrol and Betanzos.
In summer, with a heat warning, set off early: here yellow for heat takes 34 °C.
A warning covers the whole zone: it doesn't mean it will happen on your stage, but it does mean you should keep an eye out.

Frequently asked questions

What's the best month to walk the Camino Inglés?

By warnings, August: on average, 0.2 warning days if you walk the 5 stages that month. Then July and May. The month with the most warnings is January, with 1.0 days.

Which section of the Camino Inglés gets the most rain warnings?

Inland A Coruña: on average, a rain warning on 7% of days, mostly in October, November and December.

Does the Camino Inglés get hot enough for warnings in summer?

Not much: in July and August, even the section with the most heat warnings (Inland A Coruña) doesn't reach 5% of days with a heat warning.

What should I do if there's a warning on my stage?

A yellow warning calls for attention, not cancelling: check the forecast, set off early if it's for heat and have a plan B for storms or snow on a pass. With orange or red, follow Civil Protection's and the hostels' advice, and consider shortening or changing the stage.

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.