The EuroVelo 1 in December: warnings stage by stage

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

If you ride the whole route in December, expect around 2.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.7

warning days

in 16 stages, on average

17%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 12%

0.5

orange or red days

in 16 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Irun – Donostia12%

2. Donostia – Zumaia12%

3. Zumaia – Bilbao14%

4. Bilbao – Castro-Urdiales18%

5. Castro-Urdiales – Santander15%

6. Santander – Llanes17%

7. Llanes – Ribadesella9%

8. Ribadesella – Gijón9%

9. Gijón – Luarca10%

10. Luarca – Ribadeo23%

11. Ribadeo – Viveiro20%

12. Viveiro – Ferrol22%

13. Ferrol – A Coruña18%

14. A Coruña – Santiago de Compostela21%

15. Santiago de Compostela – Pontevedra24%

16. Pontevedra – Tui22%

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

Wind1.8

Rain1.3

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
Basque Country	0.4 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Cantabria	0.5 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Asturias	0.3 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Galicia	1.5 over 7 stages	wind and rain

The worst December days on the EuroVelo 1

red22 December 2019: red warning on 15 of 16 stages, for wind · the episode
red21 December 2019: red warning on 14 of 16 stages, for wind · the episode
orange27 December 2020: orange warning on 11 of 16 stages, for wind · the episode
orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 9 of 16 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange18 December 2019: orange warning on 7 of 16 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange28 December 2020: orange warning on 7 of 16 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange13 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 16 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange18 December 2018: orange warning on 5 of 16 stages, for rain and wind

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to ride the EuroVelo 1?

By warnings, December is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.7 warning days riding the 16 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Galicia; the fewest, Asturias.

Which warnings are there on the EuroVelo 1 in December?

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.5 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.