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Yes, it will be hot.. A group of us left Sevilla the first week of September last year.. I had been watching the temperatures along the route in the run up to our trip and fortunately it had cooled down the week before.Hello everyone!
Any thoughts? Thank you!
Hello everyone!
I am planning on walking the VDLP in July. I'm wondering if it's going to be too hot. I know that I will walking northward and that it will probably cool down as I go north, but for the first week or so I'm wondering if Seville and that area will be just too hot. I did the Frances in July one year and it was fine. Quite cold in the mountains actually.
Any thoughts? Thank you!
We found that after the the Sierra on the border between Extremadura snd Castille Leon things became more bearable but that may just have been a change in the weather
But of course it may be that I'm getting older. Also I came straight from the UK where the temperature was 12 deg. max .
You may be just fine but I, myself, would not do it again!
HeyHello everyone!
I am planning on walking the VDLP in July. I'm wondering if it's going to be too hot. I know that I will walking northward and that it will probably cool down as I go north, but for the first week or so I'm wondering if Seville and that area will be just too hot. I did the Frances in July one year and it was fine. Quite cold in the mountains actually.
Any thoughts? Thank you!
I was hospitalera in Zamora, second forthnight in July. Morning temperature reached 40 by 9 am.
Not exagerating... I lived it... the thermometer reach 40 by 9 am on our patio and I walked it...Either the thermometer was wrong or I need glasses... point being I wont quibble about 1 degree up or down. The question was: is it hot... and yes it was hot.Don't exagerate! In the last 50 years, temperatures in Zamora reached 40ºC just once and that was a (famous) day in July 1995... Last year, being a hot late June and early/mid July, only twice they reached 39ºC and that was just in the afternoon.
the thermometer reach 40 by 9 am on our patio and I walked it...Either the thermometer was wrong or I need glasses...
the thermometer reach 40 by 9 am on our patio
You can both be right! The weather data is collected under more controlled conditions, at outdoor weather stations. These readings are probably more consistent and useful for comparison of different climates. However, the temperature on a sheltered deck could be considerably higher. e.g. 40, even when the official climate record might be 35.40ºC at 9 a.m. definitely not..
It will be hot. Last year was extreme, I am told. I was hospitalera in Zamora, second forthnight in July. Morning temperature reached 40 by 9 am. Most pilgrims left by 5 am. Post Zamora, I walked the Sanabres from Ourense onwards... average temp. 35-40 celcius... water shortage in fountains (not many) and at time no shade.
Once I adjusted to the temperature, I loved it. Best purchase in Zamora... a handheld Spanish fan. When I walked, started early mornings and carried more water to drink, everytime I found some water source, I filled my hat and dumped the water over my head to cool down...was dry within minutes. Be prepared, walk early and pace yourself.
Buen Camino.
You can both be right! The weather data is collected under more controlled conditions, at outdoor weather stations. These readings are probably more consistent and useful for comparison of different climates. However, the temperature on a sheltered deck could be considerably higher. e.g. 40, even when the official climate record might be 35.
Peace!
Marianna, you will love Zamora albergue. Built into the wall, it is a very unique place. Some things to consider:I walked last few summers, i volunteered 3 times. Last summer I felt in love with Zamora, and I'll be hospitalera there second half of July, just like you! Any practical advice, dos or don't s? -other than about heat (I just finished Granada-Cordoba short part, it was extra hot already. Similar to last year Toledo-Avilla).
Thank you all for your sound advice. I am used to hot and humid weather having lived near Montreal and also in Vermont and spent summers in Spain. I think that I will risk it. I will carry extra water and just take it easy.
I have no intention of sleeping in refuges but rather under the stars in my sleeping bag. I have a tarp that I can use if it rains. I just love sleeping outdoors and would not think of sleeping inside a stuffy room in the summer.
I wonder if I will have a problem sleeping outside. I will do it stealth of course and be very inconspicuous.
But that heat. I will have to be careful in July. I arrive in Paris on 23 June and will make my way down to Pamplona the following week. Then on to Seville.
I wonder if I will have a problem sleeping outside.
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