The EuroVelo 8 in December: warnings stage by stage

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

If you ride the whole route in December, expect around 4.1 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 7 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.1

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

18%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.7

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Wind

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Portbou – Roses15%

2. Roses – Palamós15%

3. Palamós – Lloret de Mar17%

4. Lloret de Mar – Barcelona15%

5. Barcelona – Sitges14%

6. Sitges – Tarragona20%

7. Tarragona – L'Ametlla de Mar30%

8. L'Ametlla de Mar – Vinaròs31%

9. Vinaròs – Benicàssim21%

10. Benicàssim – València14%

11. València – Gandia14%

12. Gandia – Dénia19%

13. Dénia – Alicante21%

14. Alicante – Torrevieja8%

15. Torrevieja – Cartagena12%

16. Cartagena – Águilas9%

17. Águilas – Almería17%

18. Almería – Almuñécar20%

19. Almuñécar – Málaga22%

20. Málaga – Marbella12%

21. Marbella – Algeciras21%

22. Algeciras – Tarifa18%

23. Tarifa – Cádiz20%

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

Wind2.4

Rain1.9

Storms0.7

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
Catalonia	1.6 over 8 stages	wind and rain
Valencia	1.0 over 6 stages	wind and rain
Murcia	0.4 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Andalusia	1.1 over 6 stages	rain and wind

The worst December days on the EuroVelo 8

red28 December 2025: red warning on 10 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange4 December 2019: orange warning on 9 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
red15 December 2025: red warning on 8 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange13 December 2018: orange warning on 7 of 23 stages, for wind · the episode
red14 December 2025: red warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and storms · the episode
orange3 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange5 December 2019: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain
orange12 December 2024: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and storms

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to ride the EuroVelo 8?

By warnings, December is number 7 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.1 warning days riding the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in December is Catalonia; the fewest, Murcia.

Which warnings are there on the EuroVelo 8 in December?

Mostly for wind and rain. Orange or red shows up on 0.7 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.