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

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

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 11 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 11 of 12 for fewest warnings.

11

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

29%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

4.1

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Sevilla – Guillena45%
2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos46%
3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata24%
4. Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara24%
5. El Real de la Jara – Monesterio28%
6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos24%
7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra31%
8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros31%
9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía42%
10. Torremejía – Mérida42%
11. Mérida – Aljucén42%
12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar46%
13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres43%
14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres29%
15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral41%
16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso41%
17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino45%
18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor42%
19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra43%
20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados25%
21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca24%
22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino27%
23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora26%
24. Zamora – Montamarta26%
25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela26%
26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara26%
27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera26%
28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente26%
29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria26%
30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián26%
31. Lubián – A Gudiña12%
32. A Gudiña – Laza18%
33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía16%
34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense28%
35. Ourense – Cea29%
36. Cea – Castro Dozón13%
37. Castro Dozón – Silleda5%
38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla7%
39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela6%

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

Which warnings come in August

Heat10
Storms1.1
Rain0.6

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

Section by section in August

SectionWarning daysMost common
Seville1.4 over 4 stagesheat and storms
Extremadura5.7 over 15 stagesheat and storms
Salamanca0.8 over 3 stagesheat and storms
Zamora2.1 over 8 stagesheat and storms
Galicia1.3 over 9 stagesheat and storms

The worst August days on the Vía de la Plata

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, August is number 11 of 12 for calm: on average, 11 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Extremadura; the fewest, Galicia.

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

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 4.1 stage-days in August, 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.

The Vía de la Plata, month by month