C de Invierno in late January

[cnxjo]

What is weather like on Invierno in late January and will accommodations be open. Thanks.

 

[domigee]

I have no idea what the weather is like in January, sorry but you can get information about the albergues in this link: https://www.gronze.com/camino-invierno

 

[peregrina2000]

One good way to find more information is to use the search function limited to the Invierno sub-forum and enter the search word January. I found these two quickly that way, and there are probably more.

Here is one live from the camino thread. And another.

 

[Robo]

Being a bit of a planner 'holic' I tend to research historical weather conditions for a route over the last 3 years or so. Not an accurate predictor of future weather of course. But gets me quite close in terms of temperatures and chances of rain.

With the Invierno, you would need to consider that a) it's Galicia! So often wet. b) There are many hills, so weather can be changeable.

I would look at the weather for Ponferrada, Santiago, and somewhere midway, maybe Monforte?
Though you may find they are similar of course.

These are some of the weather sites I use, though with anything online they are always changing.........
wunderground is good but the 'history' feature is not working for some reason.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/es/ponferrada/303128/january-weather/303128?year=2023

Ponferrada Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Spain) - Weather Spark

In Ponferrada, the summers are short, warm, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are very cold and partly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 37°F to 84°F and is rarely below 30°F or above 93°F.

weatherspark.com

2024 Past Weather at Santiago de Compostela Airport, Spain - Weather Spark

weatherspark.com

Weather Archive Ponferrada - meteoblue

meteoblue - weather close to you

www.meteoblue.com

 

[davejsy]

It would however be a little ironic if you couldn't walk the winter Camino in the winter

 

[simply B]

It would however be a little ironic if you couldn't walk the winter Camino in the winter

Okay, so yes it is ironic to be unable to walk the winter Camino in the Winter. But that was EXACTLY my experience!

I walked out of Ponferrada on Feb 26th, 2016 onto the Invierno. About an hour in, a "super-cell" descended upon the path. It was eight straight hours of heavy rain until I arrived in Las Medulas.

By the time of arrival, I had exhausted all three changes of socks and had developed stage 1 trench foot. (The technical term for this situation is "double-plus un-good.")

I was informed by the locals that an actual dryer was two days further down the path and I knew for a fact that an air-dry was NOT going to get those socks back to being wearable safely.

So, I went back to Ponferrada and dried out for a day before stepping back onto the Frances. That presented its own problems with deep snow, very icy passages through O Cebreiro, and dense fog most mornings after.

You would be likely to have better luck than me but still, you are going to need a backup plan in case things go pear-shaped with weather.

B