The Camino del Norte in May: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in May, expect around 2.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 4 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.7

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 May

Stage by stage in May

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1. Irún – San Sebastián11%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz11%

3. Zarautz – Deba11%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein12%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika9%

6. Gernika – Bilbao11%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete11%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales12%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo9%

10. Laredo – Güemes9%

11. Güemes – Santander9%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar9%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas9%

14. Comillas – Colombres9%

15. Colombres – Llanes5%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella5%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga5%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa5%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón5%

20. Gijón – Avilés6%

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 – Lourenzá5%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo5%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán11%

30. Gontán – Vilalba10%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde10%

32. Baamonde – Miraz10%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes10%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa7%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo7%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in May

Rain2.0

Storms1.7

Wind0.2

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

Section by section in May

Section	Warning days	Most common
Basque Country	0.7 over 7 stages	rain and storms
Cantabria	0.6 over 6 stages	rain and storms
Asturias	0.6 over 12 stages	rain and storms
Galicia	0.9 over 11 stages	storms and rain

The worst May days on the Camino del Norte

orange15 May 2025: orange warning on 7 of 36 stages, for rain
orange18 May 2025: orange warning on 5 of 36 stages, for rain and storms
orange22 May 2026: orange warning on 5 of 36 stages, for rain and storms
orange24 May 2026: orange warning on 5 of 36 stages, for rain and storms
orange30 May 2025: orange warning on 2 of 36 stages, for rain, storms and heat
orange27 May 2026: orange warning on 2 of 36 stages, for heat
orange28 May 2026: orange warning on 2 of 36 stages, for heat

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, May is number 4 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.7 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in May is Basque Country; the fewest, Asturias.

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

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