The Camino del Norte in March: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in March, expect around 2.5 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 3 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.5

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 March

Stage by stage in March

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1. Irún – San Sebastián6%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz6%

3. Zarautz – Deba6%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein7%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika4%

6. Gernika – Bilbao6%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete6%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales5%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo4%

10. Laredo – Güemes4%

11. Güemes – Santander4%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar4%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas4%

14. Comillas – Colombres4%

15. Colombres – Llanes3%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella3%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga3%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa3%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón3%

20. Gijón – Avilés6%

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 – Ribadeo16%

27. Ribadeo – Lourenzá15%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo15%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán17%

30. Gontán – Vilalba8%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde8%

32. Baamonde – Miraz8%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes11%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa11%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo11%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela11%

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

Which warnings come in March

Wind1.8

Rain0.7

Storms0.3

Snow0.1

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

Section by section in March

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	0.5 over 12 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	1.3 over 11 stages	wind and rain

The worst March days on the Camino del Norte

orange3 March 2020: orange warning on 20 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange6 March 2019: orange warning on 16 of 36 stages, for wind
orange1 March 2020: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange2 March 2020: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange2 March 2024: orange warning on 7 of 36 stages, for rain and snow
orange3 March 2019: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind
orange30 March 2023: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, March is number 3 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.5 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in March is Galicia; the fewest, Asturias.

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

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