The Camino Olvidado in December: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 5.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

5.7

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

25%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.9

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Snow

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz7%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena19%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros24%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices21%

5. Santelices – Arija21%

6. Arija – Olea24%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo26%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga35%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña25%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo25%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey32%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna31%

13. Cistierna – Boñar31%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva31%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla31%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena31%

17. La Magdalena – Riello31%

18. Riello – Fasgar31%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña31%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego36%

21. Labaniego – Congosto8%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras8%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo8%

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

Which warnings come in December

Snow2.8

Wind2.3

Cold0.6

Fog0.6

Rain0.5

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

Section by section in December

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.3 over 2 stages	wind and rain
Northern Burgos	0.9 over 4 stages	wind and snow
Palencia mountains	1.4 over 5 stages	snow and wind
León mountains and El Bierzo	3.1 over 12 stages	snow and wind

The worst December days on the Camino Olvidado

orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 22 of 23 stages, for wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 19 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange9 December 2021: orange warning on 18 of 23 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange8 December 2021: orange warning on 17 of 23 stages, for wind and snow
red8 December 2024: red warning on 13 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
red9 December 2024: red warning on 13 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange13 December 2018: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange14 December 2018: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for snow · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, December is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 5.7 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Palencia mountains; the fewest, Bizkaia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in December?

Mostly for snow and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.9 stage-days in December, 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.