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

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

If you walk the whole route in May, expect around 3.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 2 of 12 for fewest warnings.

3.1

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

0.1

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Storms

the most common warning

in May

Stage by stage in May

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1. Sevilla – Guillena11%

2. Guillena – Castilblanco de los Arroyos11%

3. Castilblanco de los Arroyos – Almadén de la Plata4%

4. Almadén de la Plata – El Real de la Jara4%

5. El Real de la Jara – Monesterio6%

6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos4%

7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra4%

8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros4%

9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía6%

10. Torremejía – Mérida5%

11. Mérida – Aljucén5%

12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar6%

13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres5%

14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres2%

15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral4%

16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso4%

17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino6%

18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor5%

19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra8%

20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados9%

21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca8%

22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino10%

23. El Cubo de Tierra del Vino – Zamora9%

24. Zamora – Montamarta9%

25. Montamarta – Granja de Moreruela9%

26. Granja de Moreruela – Tábara9%

27. Tábara – Santa Croya de Tera9%

28. Santa Croya de Tera – Rionegro del Puente9%

29. Rionegro del Puente – Puebla de Sanabria9%

30. Puebla de Sanabria – Lubián10%

31. Lubián – A Gudiña10%

32. A Gudiña – Laza10%

33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía9%

34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense11%

35. Ourense – Cea11%

36. Cea – Castro Dozón15%

37. Castro Dozón – Silleda15%

38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla15%

39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela7%

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

Which warnings come in May

Storms2.4

Rain1.7

Heat0.4

Wind0.2

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

Section by section in May

Section	Warning days	Most common
Seville	0.3 over 4 stages	storms and rain
Extremadura	0.7 over 15 stages	storms and rain
Salamanca	0.3 over 3 stages	storms and rain
Zamora	0.7 over 8 stages	storms and rain
Galicia	1.0 over 9 stages	storms and rain

The worst May days on the Vía de la Plata

orange28 May 2023: orange warning on 5 of 39 stages, for rain and storms
orange18 May 2025: orange warning on 3 of 39 stages, for rain and storms
orange20 May 2022: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for heat
orange27 May 2023: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for rain and storms
orange29 May 2025: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for heat
orange30 May 2025: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for heat
orange31 May 2025: orange warning on 2 of 39 stages, for heat

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, May is number 2 of 12 for calm: on average, 3.1 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in May is Galicia; the fewest, Extremadura.

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

Mostly for storms and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 stage-days in May, 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.