The Camino Olvidado in August: warnings stage by stage

Camino Olvidado in August, 23 stages. August warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 4.4 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 6 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.4

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

19%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.6

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz18%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena29%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros24%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices19%

5. Santelices – Arija19%

6. Arija – Olea20%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo23%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga22%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña17%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo17%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey18%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna17%

13. Cistierna – Boñar17%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva17%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla17%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena17%

17. La Magdalena – Riello17%

18. Riello – Fasgar17%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña17%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego21%

21. Labaniego – Congosto20%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras20%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo20%

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

Which warnings come in August

Heat2.9

Storms1.6

Rain0.9

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

Section by section in August

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.5 over 2 stages	heat and storms
Northern Burgos	0.8 over 4 stages	heat and storms
Palencia mountains	1.0 over 5 stages	heat and storms
León mountains and El Bierzo	2.2 over 12 stages	heat and storms

The worst August days on the Camino Olvidado

orange29 August 2022: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange14 August 2026: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange15 August 2026: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
red9 August 2023: red warning on 12 of 23 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
orange10 August 2025: orange warning on 11 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
orange25 August 2019: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange10 August 2024: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
orange20 August 2026: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, August is number 6 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.4 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Bizkaia; the fewest, León mountains and El Bierzo.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in August?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.6 stage-days in August, 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.