The EuroVelo 1 in August: warnings stage by stage

EuroVelo 1 in August, 16 stages. August warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you ride the whole route in August, expect around 1.6 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 6 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.6

warning days

in 16 stages, on average

10%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 12%

0.3

orange or red days

in 16 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Irun – Donostia17%

2. Donostia – Zumaia17%

3. Zumaia – Bilbao24%

4. Bilbao – Castro-Urdiales20%

5. Castro-Urdiales – Santander11%

6. Santander – Llanes11%

7. Llanes – Ribadesella5%

8. Ribadesella – Gijón5%

9. Gijón – Luarca5%

10. Luarca – Ribadeo5%

11. Ribadeo – Viveiro2%

12. Viveiro – Ferrol4%

13. Ferrol – A Coruña3%

14. A Coruña – Santiago de Compostela6%

15. Santiago de Compostela – Pontevedra10%

16. Pontevedra – Tui15%

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

Rain0.8

Heat0.6

Storms0.5

Wind0.1

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
Basque Country	0.6 over 3 stages	rain and storms
Cantabria	0.4 over 3 stages	rain and storms
Asturias	0.2 over 3 stages	rain and storms
Galicia	0.4 over 7 stages	heat and rain

The worst August days on the EuroVelo 1

red15 August 2025: red warning on 7 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
orange12 August 2020: orange warning on 7 of 16 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
red23 August 2023: red warning on 6 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red11 August 2024: red warning on 6 of 16 stages, for heat · the episode
red21 August 2025: red warning on 6 of 16 stages, for rain
orange31 August 2024: orange warning on 6 of 16 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange8 August 2026: orange warning on 6 of 16 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange11 August 2020: orange warning on 4 of 16 stages, for rain and storms · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to ride the EuroVelo 1?

By warnings, August is number 6 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.6 warning days riding the 16 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Basque Country; the fewest, Asturias.

Which warnings are there on the EuroVelo 1 in August?

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