The Camino Olvidado in October: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in October, expect around 3.2 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 4 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.2

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

14%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 20%

0.4

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in October

Stage by stage in October

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1. Bilbao – Mimetiz7%

2. Mimetiz – Villasana de Mena14%

3. Villasana de Mena – Espinosa de los Monteros15%

4. Espinosa de los Monteros – Santelices14%

5. Santelices – Arija14%

6. Arija – Olea15%

7. Olea – Aguilar de Campoo13%

8. Aguilar de Campoo – Cervera de Pisuerga16%

9. Cervera de Pisuerga – Tarilonte de la Peña16%

10. Tarilonte de la Peña – Guardo16%

11. Guardo – Puente Almuhey17%

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 – Labaniego17%

21. Labaniego – Congosto4%

22. Congosto – Cabañas Raras4%

23. Cabañas Raras – Villafranca del Bierzo4%

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

Which warnings come in October

Wind2.9

Rain0.9

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

Section by section in October

Section	Warning days	Most common
Bizkaia	0.2 over 2 stages	wind and rain
Northern Burgos	0.6 over 4 stages	wind and rain
Palencia mountains	0.8 over 5 stages	wind and rain
León mountains and El Bierzo	1.6 over 12 stages	wind and rain

The worst October days on the Camino Olvidado

orange20 October 2020: orange warning on 20 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 October 2020: orange warning on 20 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange9 October 2024: orange warning on 20 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange23 October 2022: orange warning on 18 of 23 stages, for rain and wind
orange14 October 2018: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for rain · the episode
orange2 October 2020: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange28 October 2018: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for snow
orange29 October 2018: orange warning on 2 of 23 stages, for snow

Frequently asked questions

Is October a good month to walk the Camino Olvidado?

By warnings, October is number 4 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.2 warning days walking the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in October is Palencia mountains; the fewest, Bizkaia.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Olvidado in October?

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.4 stage-days in October, 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.