The Camino del Norte in October: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in October, expect around 3.8 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 7 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.8

warning days

in 36 stages, on average

11%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 10%

0.4

orange or red days

in 36 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in October

Stage by stage in October

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1. Irún – San Sebastián10%

2. San Sebastián – Zarautz10%

3. Zarautz – Deba10%

4. Deba – Markina-Xemein12%

5. Markina-Xemein – Gernika9%

6. Gernika – Bilbao10%

7. Bilbao – Portugalete10%

8. Portugalete – Castro Urdiales10%

9. Castro Urdiales – Laredo8%

10. Laredo – Güemes8%

11. Güemes – Santander8%

12. Santander – Santillana del Mar8%

13. Santillana del Mar – Comillas8%

14. Comillas – Colombres11%

15. Colombres – Llanes9%

16. Llanes – Ribadesella9%

17. Ribadesella – Colunga9%

18. Colunga – Villaviciosa9%

19. Villaviciosa – Gijón9%

20. Gijón – Avilés10%

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 – Lourenzá16%

28. Lourenzá – Mondoñedo16%

29. Mondoñedo – Gontán18%

30. Gontán – Vilalba13%

31. Vilalba – Baamonde13%

32. Baamonde – Miraz13%

33. Miraz – Sobrado dos Monxes20%

34. Sobrado dos Monxes – Arzúa17%

35. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo17%

36. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela17%

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

Which warnings come in October

Rain2.3

Wind2.2

Fog0.2

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

Section by section in October

Section	Warning days	Most common
Basque Country	0.7 over 7 stages	rain and wind
Cantabria	0.5 over 6 stages	rain and wind
Asturias	0.9 over 12 stages	rain and wind
Galicia	1.8 over 11 stages	wind and rain

The worst October days on the Camino del Norte

orange9 October 2024: orange warning on 31 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange20 October 2023: orange warning on 29 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange23 October 2019: orange warning on 17 of 36 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange6 October 2026: orange warning on 8 of 36 stages, for rain and storms
orange3 October 2026: orange warning on 7 of 36 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange1 October 2020: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind
orange2 October 2020: orange warning on 4 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode
orange20 October 2020: orange warning on 2 of 36 stages, for wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, October is number 7 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.8 warning days walking the 36 stages. The section with the most warnings in October is Galicia; the fewest, Asturias.

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

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.4 stage-days in October, 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.