Camino de Madrid weather: warnings stage by stage, month by month

Camino de Madrid, Madrid to Sahagún, in 13 stages. Warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

The Camino de Madrid leaves the capital, crosses the Guadarrama mountains towards Segovia and runs down across the Meseta to join the Camino Francés at Sahagún. It's short, but it gets more warnings than the Francés: heat in summer and cold, snow and fog in winter. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.

April

the month with the fewest warnings

1.2 warning days walking the whole route

January

the month with the most warnings

5.3 warning days in 13 stages

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in 4 provinces

red days on some stage

2019 to 2025

It comes in three sections: Madrid and its sierra, Segovia, and the Meseta of Valladolid into the province of León. Here we count, for each stage, the warning days in the zones it crosses, and add them up month by month.

By warnings, April and October are the best months. January is the busiest, for cold and fog, and from June to August come storms and heat.

In the last eight years the red days on the route were 8, 9 and 12 January 2021, 14 and 15 August 2021, 9 August 2023, with a red heat warning on every stage, and 3 September 2023.

The Camino de Madrid's warning zones

AEMET doesn't warn by village but by zone. The Camino de Madrid crosses 6 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 Madrid to Sahagún in each month. Tap a month to see it stage by stage.

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5.3Jan 1.7Feb 1.8Mar 1.2Apr 1.4May 3.9Jun 4.8Jul 4.2Aug 1.5Sep 1.2Oct 1.4Nov 2.5Dec

Stage-days with a warning, average 2019–2025, over 13 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. Madrid – Tres Cantos	24	4	5	5	9	30	53	51	13	9	6	6
2. Tres Cantos – Manzanares el Real	40	12	23	10	11	33	56	53	18	13	16	18
3. Manzanares el Real – Cercedilla	28	12	23	8	9	29	47	43	15	12	15	16
4. Cercedilla – Segovia	39	17	29	13	13	34	50	43	17	15	18	20
5. Segovia – Santa María la Real de Nieva	55	20	29	13	13	29	31	28	12	12	16	24
6. Santa María la Real de Nieva – Coca	43	14	12	6	11	25	29	23	9	6	7	13
7. Coca – Alcazarén	51	17	13	10	14	34	34	29	11	9	10	24
8. Alcazarén – Puente Duero	40	11	8	9	9	31	32	28	8	7	9	22
9. Puente Duero – Peñaflor de Hornija	40	11	8	9	9	31	32	28	8	7	9	22
10. Peñaflor de Hornija – Medina de Rioseco	40	11	8	9	9	31	32	28	8	7	9	22
11. Medina de Rioseco – Cuenca de Campos	40	11	8	9	9	31	32	28	8	7	9	22
12. Cuenca de Campos – Grajal de Campos	47	15	8	10	12	33	34	28	11	8	12	24
13. Grajal de Campos – Sahagún	39	13	7	6	10	20	14	16	8	6	8	15

The Camino de Madrid section by section

Madrid: Madrid – Cercedilla

From the city to Cercedilla. In the Metropolitana y Henares zone heat is the top reason for a warning; climbing into the Sierra de Madrid, a zone with far more warnings than most of Spain, the heat threshold drops to 34 °C and snow appears. July and August are the busiest months.

Most common: heat, rain and storms. Most warnings in July and August; fewest in April and February.

Segovia: Cercedilla – Coca

The stage from Cercedilla to Segovia crosses the Sistema Central de Segovia, the zone with the most snow warnings on the route. After that, across the Meseta de Segovia, storms and heat take over. January and July are the busiest months; April and October the calmest.

Most common: storms, heat and rain. Most warnings in January and July; fewest in April and October.

Valladolid and León: Coca – Sahagún

The longest section runs across the Meseta de Valladolid to Sahagún, already in León: storms and heat in summer, fog in winter. January and June are the busiest months; October and March the calmest.

Most common: storms, heat and fog. Most warnings in January and June; fewest in October and March.

The worst days on the Camino de Madrid

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

red9 August 2023: red warning on 13 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange13 July 2022: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange14 July 2022: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange16 July 2022: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange17 July 2022: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange11 June 2025: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
red9 January 2021: red warning on 12 of 13 stages, for snow · the episode
red14 August 2021: red warning on 12 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode

When a warning is issued on the Camino de Madrid

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

Zone	Heat	Cold	Wind	Rain 1 h	Snow 24 h
Metropolitana y Henares	36 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Sierra de Madrid	34 °C	−6 °C	80 km/h	15 mm	5 cm
Sistema Central de Segovia	34 °C	−6 °C	80 km/h	15 mm	5 cm
Meseta de Segovia	36 °C	−6 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Meseta de Valladolid	36 °C	−6 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Meseta de León	36 °C	−6 °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 de Madrid

Check AEMET's forecast the evening before each stage, and the zone's warnings on the Climaviso map.
In winter, ask before crossing the Guadarrama from Cercedilla to Segovia: it's the section with the most snow warnings on the route.
With a heat warning, set off very early and carry more water than you think you need, above all on the stages out of Madrid.
With a storm warning, avoid high, open stretches in the afternoon.
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 de Madrid?

By warnings, April: on average, 1.2 warning days if you walk the 13 stages that month. Then October and May. The month with the most warnings is January, with 5.3 days.

Which section of the Camino de Madrid gets the most rain warnings?

Madrid: on average, a rain warning on 5% of days, mostly in June, September and October.

Does the Camino de Madrid get hot enough for warnings in summer?

In July and August, the section with the most heat warnings is Madrid: a heat warning on 45% of days, on average.

Can it snow on the Camino de Madrid?

Yes, above all on the mountain sections: snow warnings bunch up in the Sistema Central de Segovia, Sierra de Madrid and Meseta de Segovia zones, in January, March and December. There, yellow needs 5 cm in 24 hours.

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.