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The Camino del Norte in August: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 3.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 6 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.1

warning days

in 36 stages, on average

9%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 10%

0.6

orange or red days

in 36 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Irún – San Sebastián17%
2. San Sebastián – Zarautz17%
3. Zarautz – Deba17%
4. Deba – Markina-Xemein18%
5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika14%
6. Gernika – Bilbao20%
7. Bilbao – Portugalete20%
8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales16%
9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo11%
10. Laredo – Güemes11%
11. Güemes – Santander11%
12. Santander – Santillana del Mar11%
13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas11%
14. Comillas – Colombres11%
15. Colombres – Llanes5%
16. Llanes – Ribadesella5%
17. Ribadesella – Colunga5%
18. Colunga – Villaviciosa5%
19. Villaviciosa – Gijón5%
20. Gijón – Avilés5%
21. Avilés – Muros de Nalón3%
22. Muros de Nalón – Soto de Luiña3%
23. Soto de Luiña – Cadavedo3%
24. Cadavedo – Luarca3%
25. Luarca – La Caridad3%
26. La Caridad – Ribadeo5%
27. Ribadeo – Lourenzá2%
28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo2%
29. Mondoñedo – Gontán7%
30. Gontán – Vilalba6%
31. Vilalba – Baamonde6%
32. Baamonde – Miraz6%
33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes9%
34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa6%
35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo6%
36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela6%

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

Rain1.8
Storms1.3
Heat0.9
Wind0.1

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

Section by section in August

SectionWarning daysMost common
Basque Country1.2 over 7 stagesrain and storms
Cantabria0.7 over 6 stagesrain and storms
Asturias0.5 over 12 stagesrain and storms
Galicia0.6 over 11 stagesheat and storms

The worst August days on the Camino del Norte

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, August is number 6 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.1 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Basque Country; the fewest, Asturias.

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

Mostly for rain and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.6 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.

The Camino del Norte, month by month