The EuroVelo 8 in May: warnings stage by stage

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

If you ride the whole route in May, expect around 2.8 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 2 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.8

warning days

in 23 stages, on average

12%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 17%

0.3

orange or red days

in 23 stages, on average

Rain

the most common warning

in May

Stage by stage in May

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1. Portbou – Roses7%

2. Roses – Palamós7%

3. Palamós – Lloret de Mar11%

4. Lloret de Mar – Barcelona11%

5. Barcelona – Sitges9%

6. Sitges – Tarragona11%

7. Tarragona – L'Ametlla de Mar16%

8. L'Ametlla de Mar – Vinaròs18%

9. Vinaròs – Benicàssim12%

10. Benicàssim – València12%

11. València – Gandia14%

12. Gandia – Dénia13%

13. Dénia – Alicante13%

14. Alicante – Torrevieja10%

15. Torrevieja – Cartagena13%

16. Cartagena – Águilas13%

17. Águilas – Almería19%

18. Almería – Almuñécar12%

19. Almuñécar – Málaga7%

20. Málaga – Marbella5%

21. Marbella – Algeciras16%

22. Algeciras – Tarifa14%

23. Tarifa – Cádiz15%

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

Which warnings come in May

Rain1.7

Storms1.5

Wind0.7

Heat0.1

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

Section by section in May

Section	Warning days	Most common
Catalonia	0.9 over 8 stages	rain and storms
Valencia	0.7 over 6 stages	rain and storms
Murcia	0.5 over 3 stages	storms and rain
Andalusia	0.7 over 6 stages	wind and storms

The worst May days on the EuroVelo 8

red23 May 2023: red warning on 7 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange8 May 2025: orange warning on 7 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange24 May 2023: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange11 May 2025: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
orange7 May 2026: orange warning on 6 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
red3 May 2022: red warning on 5 of 23 stages, for rain and storms
red4 May 2022: red warning on 4 of 23 stages, for rain, storms and wind
red18 May 2026: red warning on 4 of 23 stages, for rain

Frequently asked questions

Is May a good month to ride the EuroVelo 8?

By warnings, May is number 2 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.8 warning days riding the 23 stages. The section with the most warnings in May is Murcia; the fewest, Catalonia.

Which warnings are there on the EuroVelo 8 in May?

Mostly for rain and storms. Orange or red shows up on 0.3 stage-days in May, 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.