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

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

If you walk the whole route in March, expect around 4.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 5 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.0

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

10%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

0.4

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in March

Stage by stage in March

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1. Sevilla – Guillena14%

2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos15%

3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata12%

4. Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara12%

5. El Real de la Jara – Monesterio13%

6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos7%

7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra8%

8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros6%

9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía6%

10. Torremejía – Mérida5%

11. Mérida – Aljucén5%

12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar6%

13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres6%

14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres5%

15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral6%

16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso5%

17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino15%

18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor15%

19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra22%

20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados19%

21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca10%

22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino11%

23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora8%

24. Zamora – Montamarta8%

25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela8%

26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara8%

27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera8%

28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente8%

29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria8%

30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián21%

31. Lubián – A Gudiña21%

32. A Gudiña – Laza12%

33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía8%

34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense9%

35. Ourense – Cea7%

36. Cea – Castro Dozón11%

37. Castro Dozón – Silleda11%

38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla12%

39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela11%

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

Which warnings come in March

Rain1.9

Wind1.8

Snow0.6

Storms0.5

Cold0.4

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

Section by section in March

Section	Warning days	Most common
Seville	0.5 over 4 stages	rain and storms
Extremadura	1.3 over 15 stages	rain and wind
Salamanca	0.4 over 3 stages	wind and snow
Zamora	0.8 over 8 stages	wind and snow
Galicia	1.0 over 9 stages	wind and rain

The worst March days on the Vía de la Plata

orange1 March 2020: orange warning on 28 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange2 March 2020: orange warning on 28 of 39 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange27 March 2024: orange warning on 11 of 39 stages, for wind
orange28 March 2024: orange warning on 4 of 39 stages, for wind
orange7 March 2025: orange warning on 3 of 39 stages, for rain
orange8 March 2025: orange warning on 3 of 39 stages, for rain and wind
orange5 March 2019: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for rain and wind
orange6 March 2019: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for rain and wind

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, March is number 5 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.0 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in March is Salamanca; the fewest, Extremadura.

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

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.4 stage-days in March, 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.