Camino Mozárabe weather: warnings stage by stage, month by month

Camino Mozárabe, Granada to Mérida, in 16 stages. Warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

The Camino Mozárabe leaves Granada, passes through Córdoba and joins the Vía de la Plata at Mérida. By warnings it's a summer route: almost everything is packed into July and August, for heat, and the rest of the year is fairly calm. This is what the official warnings say, stage by stage and month by month.

February

the month with the fewest warnings

0.6 warning days walking the whole route

July

the month with the most warnings

8.0 warning days in 16 stages

warning zones

in 4 provinces

red days on some stage

2019 to 2025

It comes in three sections: Granada and Jaén, Córdoba and its sierra, and the La Serena country in Badajoz as far as Mérida. Here we count, for each stage, the warning days in the zones it crosses, and add them up month by month.

February and April are the best months to walk it. July and August are by far the busiest, with heat and storms along the whole route; June comes next.

The hardest days of the last eight years were heatwaves with a red warning on every stage at once, such as 3 and 4 August 2018 or 13 to 15 August 2021. Snow, on the other hand, barely counts.

The Camino Mozárabe's warning zones

AEMET doesn't warn by village but by zone. The Camino Mozárabe crosses 8 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 Granada to Mérida in each month. Tap a month to see it stage by stage.

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1.8Jan 0.6Feb 1.3Mar 0.9Apr 1.0May 3.8Jun 8.0Jul 6.8Aug 1.7Sep 1.5Oct 1.0Nov 0.9Dec

Stage-days with a warning, average 2019–2025, over 16 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. Granada – Pinos Puente	15	8	6	2	6	23	53	46	10	6	4	4
2. Pinos Puente – Moclín	15	8	6	2	6	23	53	46	10	6	4	4
3. Moclín – Alcalá la Real	18	9	13	5	6	25	54	47	11	9	5	9
4. Alcalá la Real – Alcaudete	9	4	13	4	8	32	67	55	13	8	3	6
5. Alcaudete – Baena	6	2	7	5	7	32	67	55	14	8	5	5
6. Baena – Castro del Río	5	2	6	4	3	19	35	32	8	7	5	5
7. Castro del Río – Córdoba	17	6	9	8	8	32	68	60	15	10	7	7
8. Córdoba – Cerro Muriano	18	6	10	8	10	33	68	61	17	11	6	7
9. Cerro Muriano – Villaharta	10	3	9	6	5	19	38	33	10	10	5	3
10. Villaharta – Alcaracejos	10	3	9	6	5	19	38	33	10	10	5	3
11. Alcaracejos – Hinojosa del Duque	10	3	9	6	5	19	38	33	10	10	5	3
12. Hinojosa del Duque – Monterrubio de la Serena	12	3	11	8	7	23	45	35	11	14	8	6
13. Monterrubio de la Serena – Castuera	5	1	6	5	4	19	40	31	7	10	5	5
14. Castuera – Campanario	5	1	6	5	4	19	40	31	7	10	5	5
15. Campanario – Medellín	13	3	6	9	6	24	48	42	11	11	11	12
16. Medellín – Mérida	13	3	5	7	5	23	48	42	10	9	10	11

The Camino Mozárabe section by section

Granada and Jaén: Granada – Alcaudete

From the Genil basin to the hills of Jaén and Alcaudete. Heat is the top reason for a warning, above all on dropping into the Guadalquivir valley in Jaén; July and August are the busiest months, and April and November the calmest.

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

Córdoba: Alcaudete – Hinojosa del Duque

The stage into Córdoba enters the Campiña cordobesa, the zone with the most heat warnings on the whole route and one with far more warnings than most of Spain. Climbing into the Sierra Morena, through Sierra y Pedroches, warnings drop. February and December are the calmest months.

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

Extremadura: Hinojosa del Duque – Mérida

The last stages cross Barros y Serena and the Vegas del Guadiana to Mérida, where the Vía de la Plata begins. Heat and storms in July and August; February and May are the calmest months.

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

The worst days on the Camino Mozárabe

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

red3 August 2018: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red4 August 2018: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red13 August 2021: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red14 August 2021: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red15 August 2021: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red13 July 2022: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red14 July 2022: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red23 July 2022: red warning on 16 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode

When a warning is issued on the Camino Mozárabe

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

Zone	Heat	Cold	Wind	Rain 1 h	Snow 24 h
Cuenca del Genil	38 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Capital y Montes de Jaén	38 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Valle del Guadalquivir de Jaén	38 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Subbética cordobesa	38 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Campiña cordobesa	38 °C	−1 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Sierra y Pedroches	38 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Barros y Serena	38 °C	−4 °C	70 km/h	15 mm	2 cm
Vegas del Guadiana	38 °C	−4 °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 Mozárabe

Check AEMET's forecast the evening before each stage, and the zone's warnings on the Climaviso map.
With a heat warning, set off very early and carry more water than you think you need: along the whole route a yellow heat warning needs 38 °C, and July and August still fill up with warnings.
If you can choose, walk it outside summer: from autumn to spring there are few warnings.
With a storm warning, avoid open, unsheltered 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 Mozárabe?

By warnings, February: on average, 0.6 warning days if you walk the 16 stages that month. Then April and December. The month with the most warnings is July, with 8.0 days.

Which section of the Camino Mozárabe gets the most rain warnings?

Córdoba: on average, a rain warning on 3% of days, mostly in March, September and October.

Does the Camino Mozárabe get hot enough for warnings in summer?

In July and August, the section with the most heat warnings is Granada and Jaén: a heat warning on 52% of days, on average.

Can it snow on the Camino Mozárabe?

Yes, above all on the mountain sections: snow warnings bunch up in the Capital y Montes de Jaén and Cuenca del Genil zones, in January, February and March. There, yellow needs 2 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.