The Camino del Norte in April: warnings stage by stage

Camino del Norte in April, 36 stages. April warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in April, expect around 1.5 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the fewest warnings.

1.5

warning days

in 36 stages, on average

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 10%

0.1

orange or red days

in 36 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in April

Stage by stage in April

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1. Irún – San Sebastián6%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz6%

3. Zarautz – Deba6%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein7%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika3%

6. Gernika – Bilbao5%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete5%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales3%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo1%

10. Laredo – Güemes1%

11. Güemes – Santander1%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar1%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas1%

14. Comillas – Colombres1%

15. Colombres – Llanes1%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella1%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga1%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa1%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón1%

20. Gijón – Avilés2%

21. Avilés – Muros de Nalón2%

22. Muros de Nalón – Soto de Luiña2%

23. Soto de Luiña – Cadavedo2%

24. Cadavedo – Luarca2%

25. Luarca – La Caridad2%

26. La Caridad – Ribadeo8%

27. Ribadeo – Lourenzá6%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo6%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán10%

30. Gontán – Vilalba6%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde6%

32. Baamonde – Miraz6%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes9%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa7%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo7%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in April

Rain1.0

Storms0.6

Wind0.3

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

Section by section in April

Section	Warning days	Most common
Basque Country	0.4 over 7 stages	rain and storms
Cantabria	0.1 over 6 stages	rain and storms
Asturias	0.2 over 12 stages	rain and storms
Galicia	0.8 over 11 stages	rain and storms

The worst April days on the Camino del Norte

orange5 April 2024: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind
orange6 April 2024: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind
orange1 April 2022: orange warning on 2 of 36 stages, for snow · the episode
orange2 April 2022: orange warning on 2 of 36 stages, for snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is April a good month to walk the Camino del Norte?

By warnings, April is number 1 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.5 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in April is Galicia; the fewest, Cantabria.

Which warnings are there on the Camino del Norte in April?

Mostly for rain and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 stage-days in April, 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.