Walking - June or September 2019

[dizzy]

Hi, I'm currently looking to walk the camino for the first time and was thinking about the end of May to first of July as a potential time frame. I'm also considering September. For those of you who have experienced the Camino, can you please tell me the pros/cons or preferences of either time frame.

 

[Lydia Gillen]

Spring renews the countryside every year and hospiladeros do the same indoors. I would always choose Spring rather than autumn when there is a choice

 

[nycwalking]

Dizzy,

I love September/October on camino. It is harvest time. Meseta is sun-burnt brown.
A lovely time to walk.

Buen camino.

 

[naplesdon]

The weather is about the same for both times of the year.

 

[Vince Lee]

Hi, I'm currently looking to walk the camino for the first time and was thinking about the end of May to first of July as a potential time frame. I'm also considering September. For those of you who have experienced the Camino, can you please tell me the pros/cons or preferences of either time frame.

We walked 1 Sept to 9 Oct 2017 and only had half of one day with rain and that was day 1. Must have been lucky!

 

[BryanandJoan]

We would definitely plump for The spring time. When ever you feel a bit weary you will, like us be buoyed up by the wonderful displays of spring flowers. I don't exaggerate as a seasoned backpacker (I mean carrying everything for survival), I have been fortunate to see some wonderful sights well off the beaten track, but the Camino Frances wild flower displays were amazing. At the time we remarked that in the late summer early autumn it would all be just bare fields and bare hedgerows.
But of course that is only our opinion.

 

[Jun Meng]

Sprin is rainy. Autumn is busy. Just No summer and winter. This is my opinion. Buen camino. Just do it

 

[Anamiri]

The time you are considering is almost exactly the same time I went last year.
I have walked in both June and September. I think September (2016) was busier, (more pilgrims) or maybe just because it was a holy year.
We got exactly one and a half days rain each time while we were walking. Both times, thunder storms during some of the nights, which cleared up by morning. Both times the big cities of Burgos and Leon were freezing and everywhere else hot.
I enjoyed autumn, but loved spring. Birdsong, wild flowers, lush greenness everywhere - spring was magnificent. Wild poppies all through the Meseta.
But the best thing about spring for me, was the storks. They were in their nests with their babies. I was fascinated by them. Took so many photos of stork nests with occupants.
In autumn you can see the nests, but to see them with the birds, wonderful.
And in June, the cherries..!

 

[AlwynWellington]

I have walked both.

Either is good

Kia kaha (take care, be strong, get going)

 

[FourSeasons]

I've walked in the Fall Sept/Oct and Spring April/May.
I loved the green of Spring and the massive yellow mustard seed fields but it was cold and damp and full of young spring break party animals.

I love Fall colors better. The earthy browns of the harvested fields, the huge sunflowers in massive fields and the grape vines in maturity. There were more pilgrims my age and those that have retired. The Hot/Warmer and dryer weather is definitely for me.

When ever you go it will be the right time for you.
Trust in the arrows, Buen Camino