The Vía de la Plata in April: warnings stage by stage

Vía de la Plata in April, 39 stages. April warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in April, expect around 3.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the fewest warnings.

3.0

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

0.1

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in April

Stage by stage in April

yelloworangered

1. Sevilla – Guillena8%

2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos9%

3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata6%

4. Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara6%

5. El Real de la Jara – Monesterio7%

6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos5%

7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra6%

8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros5%

9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía9%

10. Torremejía – Mérida7%

11. Mérida – Aljucén7%

12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar10%

13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres9%

14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres7%

15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral8%

16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso7%

17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino14%

18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor13%

19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra14%

20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados10%

21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca6%

22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino7%

23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora6%

24. Zamora – Montamarta6%

25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela6%

26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara6%

27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera6%

28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente6%

29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria6%

30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián11%

31. Lubián – A Gudiña10%

32. A Gudiña – Laza8%

33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía4%

34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense5%

35. Ourense – Cea2%

36. Cea – Castro Dozón9%

37. Castro Dozón – Silleda9%

38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla11%

39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in April

Storms1.9

Rain1.6

Wind0.5

Snow0.2

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

Section by section in April

Section	Warning days	Most common
Seville	0.3 over 4 stages	rain and storms
Extremadura	1.3 over 15 stages	storms and rain
Salamanca	0.2 over 3 stages	storms and rain
Zamora	0.5 over 8 stages	storms and rain
Galicia	0.6 over 9 stages	rain and storms

The worst April days on the Vía de la Plata

orange27 April 2021: orange warning on 5 of 39 stages, for rain
orange12 April 2025: orange warning on 4 of 39 stages, for rain and storms
orange26 April 2026: orange warning on 4 of 39 stages, for rain and storms
orange5 April 2024: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for wind
orange6 April 2024: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for wind

Frequently asked questions

Is April a good month to walk the Vía de la Plata?

By warnings, April is number 1 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.0 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in April is Extremadura; the fewest, Zamora.

Which warnings are there on the Vía de la Plata in April?

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