The Camino del Norte in February: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in February, expect around 2.8 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 5 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.8

warning days

in 36 stages, on average

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 10%

0.3

orange or red days

in 36 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in February

Stage by stage in February

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1. Irún – San Sebastián6%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz6%

3. Zarautz – Deba6%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein8%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika5%

6. Gernika – Bilbao7%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete7%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales7%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo5%

10. Laredo – Güemes5%

11. Güemes – Santander5%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar5%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas5%

14. Comillas – Colombres6%

15. Colombres – Llanes5%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella5%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga5%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa5%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón5%

20. Gijón – Avilés7%

21. Avilés – Muros de Nalón5%

22. Muros de Nalón – Soto de Luiña5%

23. Soto de Luiña – Cadavedo5%

24. Cadavedo – Luarca5%

25. Luarca – La Caridad5%

26. La Caridad – Ribadeo12%

27. Ribadeo – Lourenzá12%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo12%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán19%

30. Gontán – Vilalba14%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde14%

32. Baamonde – Miraz14%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes18%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa11%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo11%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela11%

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

Which warnings come in February

Wind1.9

Rain0.7

Fog0.3

Snow0.1

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

Section by section in February

Section	Warning days	Most common
Basque Country	0.4 over 7 stages	wind and rain
Cantabria	0.3 over 6 stages	wind and rain
Asturias	0.6 over 12 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	1.5 over 11 stages	wind and fog

The worst February days on the Camino del Norte

orange1 February 2019: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange29 February 2020: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange12 February 2024: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for wind
orange28 February 2020: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for wind
orange19 February 2021: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange20 February 2021: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange10 February 2019: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind
orange16 February 2020: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, February is number 5 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.8 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in February is Galicia; the fewest, Asturias.

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

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.3 stage-days in February, 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.