The EuroVelo 8 in August: warnings stage by stage

EuroVelo 8 in August, 23 stages. August warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you ride the whole route in August, expect around 5.9 warning days on your stage, on average. It's the month with the most warnings.

5.9

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

26%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

1.4

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Heat

the most common warning

in August

Stage by stage in August

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1. Portbou – Roses33%

2. Roses – Palamós33%

3. Palamós – Lloret de Mar39%

4. Lloret de Mar – Barcelona26%

5. Barcelona – Sitges24%

6. Sitges – Tarragona28%

7. Tarragona – L'Ametlla de Mar27%

8. L'Ametlla de Mar – Vinaròs23%

9. Vinaròs – Benicàssim20%

10. Benicàssim – València27%

11. València – Gandia31%

12. Gandia – Dénia30%

13. Dénia – Alicante31%

14. Alicante – Torrevieja24%

15. Torrevieja – Cartagena24%

16. Cartagena – Águilas25%

17. Águilas – Almería40%

18. Almería – Almuñécar20%

19. Almuñécar – Málaga19%

20. Málaga – Marbella19%

21. Marbella – Algeciras23%

22. Algeciras – Tarifa8%

23. Tarifa – Cádiz14%

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

Heat3.8

Storms1.7

Rain1.7

Wind0.2

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
Catalonia	2.3 over 8 stages	heat and rain
Valencia	1.6 over 6 stages	heat and storms
Murcia	0.9 over 3 stages	heat and storms
Andalusia	1.0 over 6 stages	heat and wind

The worst August days on the EuroVelo 8

red17 August 2025: red warning on 16 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
red9 August 2019: red warning on 14 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
red16 August 2025: red warning on 13 of 23 stages, for heat · the episode
orange27 August 2023: orange warning on 13 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and wind · the episode
red13 August 2022: red warning on 12 of 23 stages, for storms and heat · the episode
red19 August 2026: red warning on 12 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and heat · the episode
orange14 August 2024: orange warning on 11 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange1 August 2020: orange warning on 10 of 23 stages, for storms and heat · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is August a good month to ride the EuroVelo 8?

By warnings, August is number 12 of 12 for calm: on average, 5.9 warning days riding the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in August is Murcia; the fewest, Andalusia.

Which warnings are there on the EuroVelo 8 in August?

Mostly for heat and storms. Orange or red shows up on 1.4 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.