The Camino Olvidado in January: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 9.4 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the most warnings.

9.4

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

41%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

1.1

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz13%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena33%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros42%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices37%

5. Santelices – Arija37%

6. Arija – Olea42%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo53%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga59%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña41%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo41%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey48%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna48%

13. Cistierna – Boñar48%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva48%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla48%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena48%

17. La Magdalena – Riello48%

18. Riello – Fasgar48%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña48%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego52%

21. Labaniego – Congosto18%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras18%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo18%

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

Which warnings come in January

Cold4.1

Snow3.3

Wind2.6

Rain0.8

Fog0.5

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

Section by section in January

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.5 over 2 stages	wind and snow
Northern Burgos	1.6 over 4 stages	snow and cold
Palencia mountains	2.4 over 5 stages	cold and snow
León mountains and El Bierzo	4.9 over 12 stages	cold and snow

The worst January days on the Camino Olvidado

orange18 January 2023: orange warning on 22 of 23 stages, for snow · the episode
orange22 January 2019: orange warning on 20 of 23 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange23 January 2019: orange warning on 20 of 23 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 19 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange19 January 2023: orange warning on 19 of 23 stages, for rain and snow · the episode
orange9 January 2021: orange warning on 17 of 23 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange17 January 2023: orange warning on 14 of 23 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange6 January 2021: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for cold · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is January a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, January is number 12 of 12 for calm: on average, 9.4 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Palencia mountains; the fewest, Bizkaia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in January?

Mostly for cold and snow. Orange or red shows up on 1.1 stage-days in January, 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.