The EuroVelo 8 in March: warnings stage by stage

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

If you ride the whole route in March, expect around 4.3 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 9 of 12 for fewest warnings.

4.3

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

19%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.7

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in March

Stage by stage in March

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1. Portbou – Roses11%

2. Roses – Palamós11%

3. Palamós – Lloret de Mar14%

4. Lloret de Mar – Barcelona10%

5. Barcelona – Sitges9%

6. Sitges – Tarragona13%

7. Tarragona – L'Ametlla de Mar23%

8. L'Ametlla de Mar – Vinaròs25%

9. Vinaròs – Benicàssim18%

10. Benicàssim – València16%

11. València – Gandia18%

12. Gandia – Dénia19%

13. Dénia – Alicante21%

14. Alicante – Torrevieja11%

15. Torrevieja – Cartagena20%

16. Cartagena – Águilas17%

17. Águilas – Almería28%

18. Almería – Almuñécar28%

19. Almuñécar – Málaga22%

20. Málaga – Marbella15%

21. Marbella – Algeciras29%

22. Algeciras – Tarifa27%

23. Tarifa – Cádiz29%

Share of March days with some warning in each stage's zones, 2019–2025; the colour is each day's highest level.

Which warnings come in March

Rain2.3

Wind2.2

Storms0.5

Fog0.1

Stage-days with a warning of each kind in March, on average; a day can have several.

Section by section in March

Section	Warning days	Most common
Catalonia	1.2 over 8 stages	wind and rain
Valencia	1.0 over 6 stages	rain and wind
Murcia	0.6 over 3 stages	wind and rain
Andalusia	1.5 over 6 stages	rain and wind

The worst March days on the EuroVelo 8

orange2 March 2020: orange warning on 14 of 23 stages, for wind · the episode
orange29 March 2026: orange warning on 8 of 23 stages, for wind · the episode
orange31 March 2020: orange warning on 7 of 23 stages, for rain
orange24 March 2022: orange warning on 7 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and wind
orange6 March 2025: orange warning on 7 of 23 stages, for rain
orange18 March 2025: orange warning on 7 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and wind
red14 March 2022: red warning on 5 of 23 stages, for rain
orange23 March 2022: orange warning on 5 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and wind

Frequently asked questions

Is March a good month to ride the EuroVelo 8?

By warnings, March is number 9 of 12 for calm: on average, 4.3 warning days riding the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in March is Andalusia; the fewest, Catalonia.

Which warnings are there on the EuroVelo 8 in March?

Mostly for rain and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.7 stage-days in March, 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.