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

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

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 6.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 8 of 12 for fewest warnings.

6.0

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

15%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

0.6

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Fog

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Sevilla – Guillena8%

2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos9%

3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata7%

4. Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara7%

5. El Real de la Jara – Monesterio9%

6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos5%

7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra6%

8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros5%

9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía12%

10. Torremejía – Mérida11%

11. Mérida – Aljucén11%

12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar15%

13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres11%

14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres7%

15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral8%

16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso7%

17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino14%

18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor11%

19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra13%

20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados25%

21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca20%

22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino25%

23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora23%

24. Zamora – Montamarta23%

25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela23%

26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara23%

27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera23%

28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente23%

29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria23%

30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián39%

31. Lubián – A Gudiña25%

32. A Gudiña – Laza18%

33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía12%

34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense12%

35. Ourense – Cea9%

36. Cea – Castro Dozón21%

37. Castro Dozón – Silleda21%

38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla24%

39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela16%

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

Which warnings come in December

Fog2.5

Rain2.0

Wind1.8

Snow0.4

Cold0.1

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

Section by section in December

Section	Warning days	Most common
Seville	0.3 over 4 stages	rain and wind
Extremadura	1.4 over 15 stages	rain and fog
Salamanca	0.7 over 3 stages	fog and wind
Zamora	2.0 over 8 stages	fog and wind
Galicia	1.6 over 9 stages	rain and wind

The worst December days on the Vía de la Plata

orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 36 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange20 December 2019: orange warning on 26 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 23 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange16 December 2019: orange warning on 12 of 39 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange13 December 2022: orange warning on 10 of 39 stages, for rain and wind
orange22 December 2019: orange warning on 9 of 39 stages, for wind · the episode
orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 5 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange12 December 2019: orange warning on 4 of 39 stages, for rain · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, December is number 8 of 12 for calm: on average, 6.0 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Zamora; the fewest, Seville.

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

Mostly for fog and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.6 stage-days in December, 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.