The Don Quixote route in December: warnings stage by stage

Don Quixote route in December, 9 stages. December warnings 2019–2025; updated 27 October 2026.

If you drive the whole route in December, expect around 1.0 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 6 of 12 for fewest warnings.

1.0

warning days

in 9 stages, on average

11%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 19%

0.1

orange or red days

in 9 stages, on average

Fog

the most common warning

in December

Stage by stage in December

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1. Toledo – Consuegra11%

2. Consuegra – Puerto Lápice9%

3. Puerto Lápice – Campo de Criptana8%

4. Campo de Criptana – El Toboso9%

5. El Toboso – Belmonte13%

6. Belmonte – San Clemente8%

7. San Clemente – Lagunas de Ruidera15%

8. Lagunas de Ruidera – Villanueva de los Infantes17%

9. Villanueva de los Infantes – Almagro8%

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

Fog0.5

Wind0.4

Rain0.1

Cold0.1

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
Toledo to El Toboso	0.4 over 4 stages	fog and wind
La Mancha of Cuenca	0.2 over 2 stages	wind and fog
San Clemente to Almagro	0.4 over 3 stages	wind and fog

The worst December days on the Don Quixote route

orange19 December 2019: orange warning on 9 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode
orange20 December 2019: orange warning on 9 of 9 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange12 December 2019: orange warning on 2 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode
orange13 December 2019: orange warning on 2 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode
orange21 December 2019: orange warning on 2 of 9 stages, for rain and wind · the episode
orange22 December 2019: orange warning on 2 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode
orange27 December 2020: orange warning on 2 of 9 stages, for wind and cold · the episode
orange28 December 2020: orange warning on 2 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode

Frequently asked questions

Is December a good month to drive the Don Quixote route?

By warnings, December is number 6 of 12 for calm: on average, 1.0 warning days driving the 9 stretches. The section with the most warnings in December is San Clemente to Almagro; the fewest, Toledo to El Toboso.

Which warnings are there on the Don Quixote route in December?

Mostly for fog and wind. Orange or red shows up on 0.1 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.