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

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

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 3.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 7 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.7

warning days

in 27 stages, on average

14%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.4

orange or red days

in 27 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Alicante – Orito8%

2. Orito – Petrer16%

3. Petrer – Villena13%

4. Villena – Caudete15%

5. Caudete – Almansa10%

6. Almansa – Alpera10%

7. Alpera – Alatoz18%

8. Alatoz – Casas-Ibáñez14%

9. Casas-Ibáñez – Villarta15%

10. Villarta – Campillo de Altobuey8%

11. Campillo de Altobuey – Monteagudo de las Salinas17%

12. Monteagudo de las Salinas – Fuentes14%

13. Fuentes – Cuenca14%

14. Cuenca – Villar de Domingo García14%

15. Villar de Domingo García – Villaconejos de Trabaque4%

16. Villaconejos de Trabaque – Salmerón6%

17. Salmerón – Viana de Mondéjar6%

18. Viana de Mondéjar – Cifuentes6%

19. Cifuentes – Mandayona15%

20. Mandayona – Atienza13%

21. Atienza – Retortillo de Soria18%

22. Retortillo de Soria – Fresno de Caracena18%

23. Fresno de Caracena – San Esteban de Gormaz14%

24. San Esteban de Gormaz – Quintanarraya18%

25. Quintanarraya – Santo Domingo de Silos25%

26. Santo Domingo de Silos – Mecerreyes25%

27. Mecerreyes – Burgos17%

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

Wind1.8

Fog0.9

Snow0.6

Cold0.5

Rain0.3

Storms0.1

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
Alicante	0.5 over 4 stages	wind and rain
Albacete	0.7 over 5 stages	wind and fog
Cuenca	0.8 over 7 stages	wind and cold
La Alcarria and Atienza	0.6 over 5 stages	wind and fog
Soria and Burgos	1.2 over 6 stages	fog and wind

The worst December days on the Ruta de la Lana

orange20 December 2019: orange warning on 24 of 27 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 19 of 27 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 16 of 27 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange22 December 2019: orange warning on 11 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode
orange12 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode
orange13 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode
orange27 December 2020: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for wind and cold · the episode
orange28 December 2020: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, December is number 7 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.7 warning days walking the 27 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Soria and Burgos; the fewest, Cuenca.

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

Mostly for wind and fog. Orange or red shows up on 0.4 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.