The Camino de Madrid in August: warnings stage by stage

Camino de Madrid in August, 13 stages. August warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 4.2 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.2

warning days

in 13 stages, on average

33%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

1.1

orange or red days

in 13 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Madrid – Tres Cantos51%

2. Tres Cantos – Manzanares el Real53%

3. Manzanares el Real – Cercedilla43%

4. Cercedilla – Segovia43%

5. Segovia – Santa María la Real de Nieva28%

6. Santa María la Real de Nieva – Coca23%

7. Coca – Alcazarén29%

8. Alcazarén – Puente Duero28%

9. Puente Duero – Peñaflor de Hornija28%

10. Peñaflor de Hornija – Medina de Rioseco28%

11. Medina de Rioseco – Cuenca de Campos28%

12. Cuenca de Campos – Grajal de Campos28%

13. Grajal de Campos – Sahagún16%

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

Heat3.4

Storms0.9

Rain0.4

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
Madrid	1.5 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Segovia	0.9 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Valladolid and León	1.8 over 7 stages	heat and storms

The worst August days on the Camino de Madrid

red9 August 2023: red warning on 13 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
red14 August 2021: red warning on 12 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange22 August 2023: orange warning on 12 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange17 August 2025: orange warning on 12 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange16 August 2025: orange warning on 11 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange2 August 2018: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange3 August 2018: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange13 August 2021: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to walk the Camino de Madrid?

By warnings, August is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.2 warning days walking the 13 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Madrid; the fewest, Valladolid and León.

Which warnings are there on the Camino de Madrid in August?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 1.1 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.