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

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

If you walk the whole route in May, expect around 3.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 5 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.1

warning days

in 27 stages, on average

12%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.2

orange or red days

in 27 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in May

Stage by stage in May

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1. Alicante – Orito10%

2. Orito – Petrer16%

3. Petrer – Villena15%

4. Villena – Caudete17%

5. Caudete – Almansa12%

6. Almansa – Alpera12%

7. Alpera – Alatoz15%

8. Alatoz – Casas-Ibáñez11%

9. Casas-Ibáñez – Villarta12%

10. Villarta – Campillo de Altobuey8%

11. Campillo de Altobuey – Monteagudo de las Salinas12%

12. Monteagudo de las Salinas – Fuentes10%

13. Fuentes – Cuenca10%

14. Cuenca – Villar de Domingo García11%

15. Villar de Domingo García – Villaconejos de Trabaque7%

16. Villaconejos de Trabaque – Salmerón9%

17. Salmerón – Viana de Mondéjar9%

18. Viana de Mondéjar – Cifuentes9%

19. Cifuentes – Mandayona9%

20. Mandayona – Atienza7%

21. Atienza – Retortillo de Soria11%

22. Retortillo de Soria – Fresno de Caracena10%

23. Fresno de Caracena – San Esteban de Gormaz10%

24. San Esteban de Gormaz – Quintanarraya14%

25. Quintanarraya – Santo Domingo de Silos16%

26. Santo Domingo de Silos – Mecerreyes16%

27. Mecerreyes – Burgos12%

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

Which warnings come in May

Storms2.6

Rain2.3

Wind0.2

Heat0.1

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

Section by section in May

Section	Warning days	Most common
Alicante	0.6 over 4 stages	storms and rain
Albacete	0.6 over 5 stages	storms and rain
Cuenca	0.7 over 7 stages	storms and rain
La Alcarria and Atienza	0.5 over 5 stages	storms and rain
Soria and Burgos	0.8 over 6 stages	storms and rain

The worst May days on the Ruta de la Lana

orange2 May 2025: orange warning on 18 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange7 May 2026: orange warning on 9 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange10 May 2025: orange warning on 8 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange25 May 2020: orange warning on 6 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange23 May 2023: orange warning on 4 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange24 May 2023: orange warning on 4 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange7 May 2025: orange warning on 3 of 27 stages, for rain and storms
orange23 May 2025: orange warning on 2 of 27 stages, for rain and storms

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, May is number 5 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.1 warning days walking the 27 stages. The section with the most warnings in May is Alicante; the fewest, La Alcarria and Atienza.

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

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