The Camino Primitivo in December: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in December, expect around 1.9 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.9

warning days

in 13 stages, on average

15%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 12%

0.3

orange or red days

in 13 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Oviedo – Grado5%

2. Grado – Salas5%

3. Salas – Tineo15%

4. Tineo – Pola de Allande15%

5. Pola de Allande – Grandas de Salime15%

6. Grandas de Salime – A Fonsagrada17%

7. A Fonsagrada – O Cádavo14%

8. O Cádavo – Lugo23%

9. Lugo – San Romao da Retorta15%

10. San Romao da Retorta – Melide21%

11. Melide – Arzúa16%

12. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo16%

13. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela16%

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

Which warnings come in December

Wind0.8

Rain0.7

Snow0.5

Fog0.2

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
Asturias	0.5 over 5 stages	wind and snow
Lugo	0.7 over 4 stages	wind and snow
A Coruña	0.7 over 4 stages	rain and wind

The worst December days on the Camino Primitivo

red21 December 2019: red warning on 11 of 13 stages, for wind · the episode
orange22 December 2019: orange warning on 10 of 13 stages, for wind · the episode
orange16 December 2019: orange warning on 8 of 13 stages, for rain and snow · the episode
orange12 December 2019: orange warning on 7 of 13 stages, for rain · the episode
orange17 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 13 stages, for rain and snow · the episode
orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange4 December 2020: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for snow

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to walk the Camino Primitivo?

By warnings, December is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.9 warning days walking the 13 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is A Coruña; the fewest, Asturias.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Primitivo in December?

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.3 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.