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

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

If you walk the whole route in October, expect around 5.2 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 7 of 12 for fewest warnings.

5.2

warning days

in 39 stages, on average

13%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 16%

0.6

orange or red days

in 39 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in October

Stage by stage in October

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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 – Monesterio14%

6. Monesterio – Fuente de Cantos12%

7. Fuente de Cantos – Zafra12%

8. Zafra – Villafranca de los Barros10%

9. Villafranca de los Barros – Torremejía11%

10. Torremejía – Mérida9%

11. Mérida – Aljucén9%

12. Aljucén – Alcuéscar12%

13. Alcuéscar – Cáceres10%

14. Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres7%

15. Casar de Cáceres – Cañaveral11%

16. Cañaveral – Carcaboso11%

17. Carcaboso – Aldeanueva del Camino18%

18. Aldeanueva del Camino – Baños de Montemayor18%

19. Baños de Montemayor – Fuenterroble de Salvatierra18%

20. Fuenterroble de Salvatierra – San Pedro de Rozados16%

21. San Pedro de Rozados – Salamanca10%

22. Salamanca – El Cubo de Tierra del Vino12%

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 – Lubián16%

31. Lubián – A Gudiña18%

32. A Gudiña – Laza18%

33. Laza – Xunqueira de Ambía12%

34. Xunqueira de Ambía – Ourense13%

35. Ourense – Cea15%

36. Cea – Castro Dozón25%

37. Castro Dozón – Silleda25%

38. Silleda – Ponte Ulla26%

39. Ponte Ulla – Santiago de Compostela17%

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

Which warnings come in October

Rain4.1

Wind2.2

Storms0.6

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

Section by section in October

Section	Warning days	Most common
Seville	0.5 over 4 stages	rain and storms
Extremadura	1.8 over 15 stages	rain and wind
Salamanca	0.4 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Zamora	0.8 over 8 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	1.7 over 9 stages	rain and wind

The worst October days on the Vía de la Plata

orange19 October 2023: orange warning on 20 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange9 October 2024: orange warning on 20 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange29 October 2025: orange warning on 15 of 39 stages, for rain, storms and wind
orange14 October 2018: orange warning on 14 of 39 stages, for rain, storms and wind · the episode
orange2 October 2020: orange warning on 10 of 39 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange30 October 2021: orange warning on 8 of 39 stages, for rain and wind
orange31 October 2021: orange warning on 8 of 39 stages, for rain
red12 October 2024: red warning on 7 of 39 stages, for rain and storms

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, October is number 7 of 12 for calm: on average, 5.2 warning days walking the 39 stages. The section with the most warnings in October is Galicia; the fewest, Zamora.

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

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