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

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

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 9.3 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

9.3

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

24%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

0.6

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Sevilla – Guillena12%
2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos14%
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 – Zafra7%
8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros5%
9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía13%
10. Torremejía – Mérida13%
11. Mérida – Aljucén13%
12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar18%
13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres11%
14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres7%
15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral15%
16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso15%
17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino21%
18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor12%
19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra27%
20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados46%
21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca39%
22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino42%
23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora39%
24. Zamora – Montamarta39%
25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela39%
26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara39%
27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera39%
28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente39%
29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria39%
30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián58%
31. Lubián – A Gudiña46%
32. A Gudiña – Laza34%
33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía29%
34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense29%
35. Ourense – Cea16%
36. Cea – Castro Dozón27%
37. Castro Dozón – Silleda21%
38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla22%
39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela15%

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

Which warnings come in January

Cold4.0
Wind2.2
Fog2.2
Rain1.5
Snow0.6
Storms0.1

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

Section by section in January

SectionWarning daysMost common
Seville0.4 over 4 stagesrain and cold
Extremadura1.9 over 15 stagesfog and cold
Salamanca1.3 over 3 stagescold and fog
Zamora3.3 over 8 stagescold and fog
Galicia2.4 over 9 stagescold and wind

The worst January days on the Vía de la Plata

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, January is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 9.3 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Salamanca; the fewest, Seville.

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

Mostly for cold and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.6 stage-days in January, 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