The Camino Primitivo in October: warnings stage by stage

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

If you walk the whole route in October, expect around 1.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 8 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.7

warning days

in 13 stages, on average

13%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 12%

0.1

orange or red days

in 13 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in October

Stage by stage in October

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1. Oviedo – Grado7%

2. Grado – Salas7%

3. Salas – Tineo13%

4. Tineo – Pola de Allande10%

5. Pola de Allande – Grandas de Salime10%

6. Grandas de Salime – A Fonsagrada12%

7. A Fonsagrada – O Cádavo10%

8. O Cádavo – Lugo16%

9. Lugo – San Romao da Retorta13%

10. San Romao da Retorta – Melide20%

11. Melide – Arzúa17%

12. Arzúa – O Pedrouzo17%

13. O Pedrouzo – 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

Rain1.1

Wind1.0

Fog0.1

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

The worst October days on the Camino Primitivo

orange9 October 2024: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange6 October 2026: orange warning on 13 of 13 stages, for rain and storms
orange20 October 2020: orange warning on 3 of 13 stages, for wind · the episode
orange21 October 2020: orange warning on 3 of 13 stages, for wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is October a good month to walk the Camino Primitivo?

By warnings, October is number 8 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.7 warning days walking the 13 stages. The section with the most warnings in October is A Coruña; the fewest, Asturias.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Primitivo in October?

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 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.