The Camino Vasco del Interior in January: warnings stage by stage

Camino Vasco del Interior in January, 8 stages. January warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you walk the whole route in January, expect around 1.6 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 9 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.6

warning days

in 8 stages, on average

19%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 15%

0.3

orange or red days

in 8 stages, on average

Snow

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Irún – Hernani13%

2. Hernani – Tolosa19%

3. Tolosa – Zegama17%

4. Zegama – Salvatierra23%

5. Salvatierra – Vitoria-Gasteiz20%

6. Vitoria-Gasteiz – La Puebla de Arganzón21%

7. La Puebla de Arganzón – Haro25%

8. Haro – Santo Domingo de la Calzada18%

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

Snow0.7

Wind0.5

Cold0.3

Rain0.3

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
Gipuzkoa	0.5 over 3 stages	rain and wind
Álava	0.6 over 3 stages	snow and wind
La Rioja	0.4 over 2 stages	snow and cold

The worst January days on the Camino Vasco del Interior

orange9 January 2021: orange warning on 7 of 8 stages, for cold and snow · the episode
orange18 January 2023: orange warning on 7 of 8 stages, for snow · the episode
orange22 January 2019: orange warning on 6 of 8 stages, for rain and snow · the episode
orange23 January 2019: orange warning on 6 of 8 stages, for rain, wind and snow · the episode
orange24 January 2019: orange warning on 6 of 8 stages, for rain and snow · the episode
orange10 January 2021: orange warning on 6 of 8 stages, for snow · the episode
orange6 January 2026: orange warning on 6 of 8 stages, for snow · the episode
orange2 January 2021: orange warning on 5 of 8 stages, for rain and snow

Frequently asked questions

Is January a good month to walk the Camino Vasco del Interior?

By warnings, January is number 9 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.6 warning days walking the 8 stages. The section with the most warnings in January is La Rioja; the fewest, Gipuzkoa.

Which warnings are there on the Camino Vasco del Interior in January?

Mostly for snow and wind. 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.