The Camino Portugués in December: warnings stage by stage

Camino Portugués in December, 6 stages. December warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 1.3 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.3

warning days

in 6 stages, on average

22%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 14%

0.2

orange or red days

in 6 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Tui – O Porriño17%

2. O Porriño – Redondela22%

3. Redondela – Pontevedra21%

4. Pontevedra – Caldas de Reis21%

5. Caldas de Reis – Padrón25%

6. Padrón – Santiago de Compostela25%

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

Coastal variant in December

1. A Guarda – Baiona22%

2. Baiona – Vigo21%

3. Vigo – Redondela21%

Which warnings come in December

Rain1.2

Wind0.5

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

Section by section in December

Section	Warning days	Most common
Pontevedra	0.8 over 4 stages	rain and wind
A Coruña	0.5 over 2 stages	rain and wind

The worst December days on the Camino Portugués

orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 6 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 6 stages, for wind · the episode
orange20 December 2022: orange warning on 6 of 6 stages, for rain
orange18 December 2018: orange warning on 5 of 6 stages, for rain and wind
orange25 December 2022: orange warning on 5 of 6 stages, for rain
orange7 December 2023: orange warning on 5 of 6 stages, for rain
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 4 of 6 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange16 December 2020: orange warning on 2 of 6 stages, for rain and wind

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to walk the Camino Portugués?

By warnings, December is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.3 warning days walking the 6 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is A Coruña; the fewest, Pontevedra.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Portugués in December?

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.2 stage-days in December, 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.