The Camino de Invierno in December: warnings stage by stage

Camino de Invierno in December, 12 stages. December warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 1.6 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 8 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.6

warning days

in 12 stages, on average

13%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 12%

0.2

orange or red days

in 12 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Ponferrada – Borrenes8%

2. Borrenes – O Barco de Valdeorras11%

3. O Barco de Valdeorras – A Rúa6%

4. A Rúa – Quiroga8%

5. Quiroga – A Pobra do Brollón7%

6. A Pobra do Brollón – Monforte de Lemos7%

7. Monforte de Lemos – Chantada7%

8. Chantada – Rodeiro21%

9. Rodeiro – Lalín21%

10. Lalín – Silleda21%

11. Silleda – Ponte Ulla24%

12. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela16%

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

Which warnings come in December

Rain0.9

Wind0.7

Fog0.2

Snow0.1

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

Section by section in December

Section	Warning days	Most common
El Bierzo	0.2 over 2 stages	fog and wind
Valdeorras and Ribeira Sacra	0.3 over 5 stages	rain and wind
Deza and Ulla	1.0 over 5 stages	rain and wind

The worst December days on the Camino de Invierno

orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 12 of 12 stages, for wind · the episode
orange12 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 12 stages, for rain · the episode
orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 12 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 12 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange22 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 12 stages, for wind · the episode
orange18 December 2018: orange warning on 4 of 12 stages, for rain and wind
orange11 December 2020: orange warning on 4 of 12 stages, for rain

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to walk the Camino de Invierno?

By warnings, December is number 8 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.6 warning days walking the 12 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Deza and Ulla; the fewest, Valdeorras and Ribeira Sacra.

Which warnings are there on the Camino de Invierno in December?

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.2 stage-days in December, 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.