The Camino de Madrid in January: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 5.3 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the most warnings.

5.3

warning days

in 13 stages, on average

41%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.5

orange or red days

in 13 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Madrid – Tres Cantos24%

2. Tres Cantos – Manzanares el Real40%

3. Manzanares el Real – Cercedilla28%

4. Cercedilla – Segovia39%

5. Segovia – Santa María la Real de Nieva55%

6. Santa María la Real de Nieva – Coca43%

7. Coca – Alcazarén51%

8. Alcazarén – Puente Duero40%

9. Puente Duero – Peñaflor de Hornija40%

10. Peñaflor de Hornija – Medina de Rioseco40%

11. Medina de Rioseco – Cuenca de Campos40%

12. Cuenca de Campos – Grajal de Campos47%

13. Grajal de Campos – Sahagún39%

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

Which warnings come in January

Cold2.7

Fog1.4

Wind1.0

Snow0.7

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

Section by section in January

Section	Warning days	Most common
Madrid	0.9 over 3 stages	cold and snow
Segovia	1.4 over 3 stages	cold and snow
Valladolid and León	3.0 over 7 stages	cold and fog

The worst January days on the Camino de Madrid

red9 January 2021: red warning on 12 of 13 stages, for snow · the episode
orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 12 of 13 stages, for wind · the episode
orange13 January 2021: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for cold · the episode
orange14 January 2021: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for cold · the episode
orange28 January 2026: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
red12 January 2021: red warning on 7 of 13 stages, for cold and fog · the episode
orange30 January 2021: orange warning on 6 of 13 stages, for wind · the episode
red8 January 2021: red warning on 5 of 13 stages, for cold and snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, January is number 12 of 12 for calm: on average, 5.3 warning days walking the 13 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Segovia; the fewest, Madrid.

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

Mostly for cold and fog. Orange or red shows up on 0.5 stage-days in January, 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.