The Camino Primitivo in January: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 2.4 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 11 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.4

warning days

in 13 stages, on average

18%

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 January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Oviedo – Grado12%

2. Grado – Salas12%

3. Salas – Tineo23%

4. Tineo – Pola de Allande21%

5. Pola de Allande – Grandas de Salime21%

6. Grandas de Salime – A Fonsagrada24%

7. A Fonsagrada – O Cádavo17%

8. O Cádavo – Lugo24%

9. Lugo – San Romao da Retorta17%

10. San Romao da Retorta – Melide22%

11. Melide – Arzúa15%

12. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo15%

13. O Pedrouzo – Santiago de Compostela15%

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

Which warnings come in January

Wind1.3

Snow0.5

Rain0.5

Cold0.4

Fog0.1

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

Section by section in January

Section	Warning days	Most common
Asturias	0.9 over 5 stages	wind and snow
Lugo	0.8 over 4 stages	wind and cold
A Coruña	0.7 over 4 stages	wind and rain

The worst January days on the Camino Primitivo

orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 11 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange21 January 2021: orange warning on 8 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange17 January 2023: orange warning on 8 of 13 stages, for wind and snow · the episode
orange18 January 2023: orange warning on 8 of 13 stages, for snow · the episode
orange26 January 2025: orange warning on 8 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange16 January 2020: orange warning on 6 of 13 stages, for rain and wind
orange8 January 2025: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for rain and wind
orange26 January 2026: orange warning on 4 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is January a good month to walk the Camino Primitivo?

By warnings, January is number 11 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.4 warning days walking the 13 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is Lugo; the fewest, A Coruña.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Primitivo in January?

Mostly for wind and snow. Orange or red shows up on 0.3 stage-days in January, 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.