The Camino del Norte in January: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 5.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 9 of 12 for fewest warnings.

5.0

warning days

in 36 stages, on average

14%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 10%

0.7

orange or red days

in 36 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Irún – San Sebastián13%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz13%

3. Zarautz – Deba13%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein14%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika10%

6. Gernika – Bilbao16%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete16%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales16%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo13%

10. Laredo – Güemes13%

11. Güemes – Santander13%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar13%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas13%

14. Comillas – Colombres17%

15. Colombres – Llanes10%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella10%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga10%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa10%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón10%

20. Gijón – Avilés12%

21. Avilés – Muros de Nalón7%

22. Muros de Nalón – Soto de Luiña7%

23. Soto de Luiña – Cadavedo7%

24. Cadavedo – Luarca7%

25. Luarca – La Caridad7%

26. La Caridad – Ribadeo23%

27. Ribadeo – Lourenzá22%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo22%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán28%

30. Gontán – Vilalba17%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde17%

32. Baamonde – Miraz17%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes22%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa15%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo15%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela15%

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

Wind3.2

Rain1.5

Cold0.6

Snow0.4

Fog0.1

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
Basque Country	0.9 over 7 stages	wind and rain
Cantabria	0.8 over 6 stages	wind and rain
Asturias	1.1 over 12 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	2.1 over 11 stages	wind and rain

The worst January days on the Camino del Norte

orange29 January 2019: orange warning on 29 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange17 January 2023: orange warning on 15 of 36 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange16 January 2020: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for rain and wind
orange21 January 2021: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange16 January 2023: orange warning on 11 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange28 January 2019: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange26 January 2025: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, January is number 9 of 12 for calm: on average, 5.0 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Galicia; the fewest, Asturias.

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

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.7 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.