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

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

If you walk the whole route in July, expect around 13 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the most warnings.

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

33%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

4.5

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in July

Stage by stage in July

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1. Sevilla – Guillena58%

2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos58%

3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata29%

4. Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara29%

5. El Real de la Jara – Monesterio35%

6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos31%

7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra40%

8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros40%

9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía48%

10. Torremejía – Mérida48%

11. Mérida – Aljucén48%

12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar51%

13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres47%

14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres37%

15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral45%

16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso45%

17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino45%

18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor43%

19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra45%

20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados30%

21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca29%

22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino34%

23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora32%

24. Zamora – Montamarta32%

25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela32%

26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara32%

27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera32%

28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente32%

29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria32%

30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián32%

31. Lubián – A Gudiña9%

32. A Gudiña – Laza16%

33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía15%

34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense25%

35. Ourense – Cea24%

36. Cea – Castro Dozón13%

37. Castro Dozón – Silleda5%

38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla8%

39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in July

Heat12

Storms1.2

Rain0.5

Wind0.1

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

Section by section in July

Section	Warning days	Most common
Seville	1.7 over 4 stages	heat and storms
Extremadura	6.5 over 15 stages	heat and storms
Salamanca	0.9 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Zamora	2.5 over 8 stages	heat and storms
Galicia	1.2 over 9 stages	heat and storms

The worst July days on the Vía de la Plata

red14 July 2022: red warning on 38 of 39 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red13 July 2022: red warning on 37 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode
red12 July 2022: red warning on 36 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode
red16 July 2022: red warning on 35 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode
orange17 July 2022: orange warning on 33 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode
red15 July 2022: red warning on 32 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode
orange11 July 2022: orange warning on 28 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode
orange6 July 2026: orange warning on 28 of 39 stages, for heat · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, July is number 12 of 12 for calm: on average, 13 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in July is Extremadura; the fewest, Galicia.

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

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 4.5 stage-days in July, 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.