The Camino Olvidado in May: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in May, expect around 2.5 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the fewest warnings.

2.5

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

11%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.1

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in May

Stage by stage in May

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz9%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena15%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros14%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices12%

5. Santelices – Arija12%

6. Arija – Olea13%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo13%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga12%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña11%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo11%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey12%

12. Puente Almuhey – Cistierna10%

13. Cistierna – Boñar10%

14. Boñar – Robles de la Valcueva10%

15. Robles de la Valcueva – La Robla10%

16. La Robla – La Magdalena10%

17. La Magdalena – Riello10%

18. Riello – Fasgar10%

19. Fasgar – Igüeña10%

20. Igüeña – Labaniego10%

21. Labaniego – Congosto7%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras7%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo7%

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

Which warnings come in May

Storms2.2

Rain1.5

Wind0.2

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

Section by section in May

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.2 over 2 stages	storms and rain
Northern Burgos	0.5 over 4 stages	storms and rain
Palencia mountains	0.6 over 5 stages	storms and rain
León mountains and El Bierzo	1.1 over 12 stages	storms and rain

The worst May days on the Camino Olvidado

orange4 May 2020: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for wind
orange23 May 2026: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange9 May 2020: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange30 May 2025: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and heat
orange27 May 2026: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for heat
orange28 May 2026: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for heat

Frequently asked questions

Is May a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, May is number 1 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.5 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in May is Northern Burgos; the fewest, León mountains and El Bierzo.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in May?

Mostly for storms and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 stage-days in May, 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.