The Camino Primitivo in August: warnings stage by stage

Camino Primitivo in August, 13 stages. August warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in August, expect around 0.9 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the fewest warnings.

0.9

warning days

in 13 stages, on average

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 12%

0.2

orange or red days

in 13 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Oviedo – Grado6%

2. Grado – Salas6%

3. Salas – Tineo9%

4. Tineo – Pola de Allande8%

5. Pola de Allande – Grandas de Salime8%

6. Grandas de Salime – A Fonsagrada10%

7. A Fonsagrada – O Cádavo7%

8. O Cádavo – Lugo8%

9. Lugo – San Romao da Retorta6%

10. San Romao da Retorta – Melide9%

11. Melide – Arzúa6%

12. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo6%

13. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela6%

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

Which warnings come in August

Heat0.5

Storms0.4

Rain0.3

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

Section by section in August

Section	Warning days	Most common
Asturias	0.4 over 5 stages	rain and storms
Lugo	0.3 over 4 stages	storms and heat
A Coruña	0.3 over 4 stages	heat and storms

The worst August days on the Camino Primitivo

orange12 August 2020: orange warning on 11 of 13 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange11 August 2020: orange warning on 8 of 13 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange23 August 2023: orange warning on 7 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
red15 August 2025: red warning on 6 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange9 August 2023: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for heat · the episode
orange11 August 2024: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for rain, storms and heat · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to walk the Camino Primitivo?

By warnings, August is number 1 of 12 for calm: on average, 0.9 warning days walking the 13 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Lugo; the fewest, A Coruña.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Primitivo in August?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.2 stage-days in August, 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.