The Don Quixote route in January: warnings stage by stage

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

If you drive the whole route in January, expect around 2.7 warning days on your stage, on average. It's number 10 of 12 for fewest warnings.

2.7

warning days

in 9 stages, on average

30%

of stage-days with a warning

year average: 19%

0.4

orange or red days

in 9 stages, on average

Cold

the most common warning

in January

Stage by stage in January

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1. Toledo – Consuegra30%

2. Consuegra – Puerto Lápice31%

3. Puerto Lápice – Campo de Criptana26%

4. Campo de Criptana – El Toboso31%

5. El Toboso – Belmonte30%

6. Belmonte – San Clemente17%

7. San Clemente – Lagunas de Ruidera36%

8. Lagunas de Ruidera – Villanueva de los Infantes38%

9. Villanueva de los Infantes – Almagro26%

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

Which warnings come in January

Cold1.7

Fog0.4

Wind0.3

Snow0.2

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

Section by section in January

Section	Warning days	Most common
Toledo to El Toboso	1.2 over 4 stages	cold and fog
La Mancha of Cuenca	0.5 over 2 stages	cold and snow
San Clemente to Almagro	1.0 over 3 stages	cold and wind

The worst January days on the Don Quixote route

red8 January 2021: red warning on 9 of 9 stages, for snow · the episode
red9 January 2021: red warning on 9 of 9 stages, for snow · the episode
orange7 January 2021: orange warning on 9 of 9 stages, for snow · the episode
orange22 January 2021: orange warning on 9 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode
orange28 January 2026: orange warning on 9 of 9 stages, for wind · the episode
red12 January 2021: red warning on 7 of 9 stages, for cold · the episode
orange11 January 2021: orange warning on 7 of 9 stages, for cold · the episode
orange13 January 2021: orange warning on 7 of 9 stages, for cold · the episode

Frequently asked questions

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

By warnings, January is number 10 of 12 for calm: on average, 2.7 warning days driving the 9 stretches. The section with the most warnings in January is San Clemente to Almagro; the fewest, La Mancha of Cuenca.

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

Mostly for cold and fog. Orange or red shows up on 0.4 stage-days in January, 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.