The Camino Olvidado in July: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in July, expect around 3.9 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 5 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.9

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

17%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.9

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in July

Stage by stage in July

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz12%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena23%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros21%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices17%

5. Santelices – Arija17%

6. Arija – Olea18%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo24%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga23%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña13%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo13%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey16%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna15%

13. Cistierna – Boñar15%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva15%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla15%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena15%

17. La Magdalena – Riello15%

18. Riello – Fasgar15%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña15%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego21%

21. Labaniego – Congosto18%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras18%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo18%

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

Which warnings come in July

Storms2.1

Heat2.1

Rain1.0

Wind0.1

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

Section by section in July

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.4 over 2 stages	heat and storms
Northern Burgos	0.7 over 4 stages	heat and storms
Palencia mountains	0.9 over 5 stages	storms and heat
León mountains and El Bierzo	2.0 over 12 stages	storms and heat

The worst July days on the Camino Olvidado

red16 July 2022: red warning on 23 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
orange17 July 2022: orange warning on 23 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
red23 July 2019: red warning on 20 of 23 stages, for rain, storms, wind and heat · the episode
orange4 July 2025: orange warning on 15 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange22 July 2019: orange warning on 14 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and heat · the episode
orange13 July 2019: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange12 July 2026: orange warning on 11 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and heat · the episode
orange3 July 2025: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is July a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, July is number 5 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.9 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in July is Palencia mountains; the fewest, León mountains and El Bierzo.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in July?

Mostly for storms and heat. Orange or red shows up on 0.9 stage-days in July, 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.