The Ruta de la Lana in August: warnings stage by stage

Ruta de la Lana in August, 27 stages. August warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 11 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 11 of 12 for fewest warnings.

warning days

in 27 stages, on average

41%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

2.0

orange or red days

in 27 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Alicante – Orito24%

2. Orito – Petrer30%

3. Petrer – Villena21%

4. Villena – Caudete50%

5. Caudete – Almansa47%

6. Almansa – Alpera47%

7. Alpera – Alatoz62%

8. Alatoz – Casas-Ibáñez59%

9. Casas-Ibáñez – Villarta60%

10. Villarta – Campillo de Altobuey47%

11. Campillo de Altobuey – Monteagudo de las Salinas59%

12. Monteagudo de las Salinas – Fuentes58%

13. Fuentes – Cuenca58%

14. Cuenca – Villar de Domingo García59%

15. Villar de Domingo García – Villaconejos de Trabaque41%

16. Villaconejos de Trabaque – Salmerón41%

17. Salmerón – Viana de Mondéjar39%

18. Viana de Mondéjar – Cifuentes39%

19. Cifuentes – Mandayona40%

20. Mandayona – Atienza29%

21. Atienza – Retortillo de Soria32%

22. Retortillo de Soria – Fresno de Caracena30%

23. Fresno de Caracena – San Esteban de Gormaz27%

24. San Esteban de Gormaz – Quintanarraya29%

25. Quintanarraya – Santo Domingo de Silos25%

26. Santo Domingo de Silos – Mecerreyes25%

27. Mecerreyes – Burgos23%

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

Which warnings come in August

Heat8.3

Storms3.3

Rain2.0

Wind0.1

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

Section by section in August

Section	Warning days	Most common
Alicante	1.2 over 4 stages	heat and storms
Albacete	2.8 over 5 stages	heat and storms
Cuenca	3.6 over 7 stages	heat and storms
La Alcarria and Atienza	1.8 over 5 stages	heat and storms
Soria and Burgos	1.6 over 6 stages	heat and storms

The worst August days on the Ruta de la Lana

red14 August 2021: red warning on 26 of 27 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red9 August 2023: red warning on 24 of 27 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red15 August 2021: red warning on 21 of 27 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red17 August 2025: red warning on 19 of 27 stages, for heat · the episode
orange13 August 2021: orange warning on 19 of 27 stages, for heat · the episode
orange16 August 2025: orange warning on 19 of 27 stages, for heat · the episode
red10 August 2023: red warning on 17 of 27 stages, for heat · the episode
orange3 August 2018: orange warning on 15 of 27 stages, for heat · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to walk the Ruta de la Lana?

By warnings, August is number 11 of 12 for calm: on average, 11 warning days walking the 27 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Albacete; the fewest, Soria and Burgos.

Which warnings are there on the Ruta de la Lana in August?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 2.0 stage-days in August, 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.