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Weather in October/November

HadleyC

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Frances (2016); Norte (partial, 2018, 22)
I'm thinking of doing the whole Camino Frances from SJPP to Santiago, starting mid October (maybe between 12/10 and 17/10) to mid-November, and maybe on to Finisterre if the weather and my feet allow. However, I'm concerned about the weather, particularly in Galicia. I have walked both the first and last week of the Camino, in late September 2014 and 2015, and it was fantastic, but I'm worried that one month later and it'll be miserable. Any advice from anyone? And will the albergues be closed in November? I imagine that the October part will be fine, and the November part will be a bit wetter and with more problems finding somewhere to sleep.

Right now I'm thinking of moving the whole thing forward, so that I start 4 or 5 October, just to be on the safe side.

Looking forward to people's answers - thanks!
 
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I'm thinking of doing the whole Camino Frances from SJPP to Santiago, starting mid October (maybe between 12/10 and 17/10) to mid-November, and maybe on to Finisterre if the weather and my feet allow. However, I'm concerned about the weather, particularly in Galicia. I have walked both the first and last week of the Camino, in late September 2014 and 2015, and it was fantastic, but I'm worried that one month later and it'll be miserable. Any advice from anyone? And will the albergues be closed in November? I imagine that the October part will be fine, and the November part will be a bit wetter and with more problems finding somewhere to sleep.

Right now I'm thinking of moving the whole thing forward, so that I start 4 or 5 October, just to be on the safe side.

Looking forward to people's answers - thanks!

@HadleyC
I walked the Frances from Sept. 30 to November 17 last year, with six days off for detours and rest days, then on to Muxia and Finisterre by bus to fill in time until my return flight from Madrid Nov. 30. The weather was fine: two weeks of rain before Galicia, otherwise sunshine except for a few showers when I was in Santiago. But there was a problem with albergues closing from Oct. 30 on. By Nov. 15, it was a challenge to find a place to spend the night and myself and a few others had to beg an albergue owner to reopen for us all; all the albergues in the neighbourhood were closed for the season. This year, I am starting Sept. 15 to walk three days on the Voie d'Arles, then the Camino Aragones to Puenta la Reina and on to Santiago on the Camino Frances, arriving in the first week of November. I think you might be wise to start earlier, or else to plan carefully and maybe book accommodation after the beginning of November.
 
I walked 25 Oct to 12 Dec from SJPdP to Fisterra.

A lot of albergues were closed. No problem with finding beds at those that were open but it meant staying in the larger centers even if that meant stopping a bit early.

I got lucky with the rain. It started squalling hard soon after I arrived at Fisterra. Apparently the rains started late that year.

The hardest part about weather was the shorter days.

It was hard to dry clothes in weak sunlight so washing had to be done where there was a dryer.
 
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@HadleyC
I walked the Frances from Sept. 30 to November 17 last year, with six days off for detours and rest days, then on to Muxia and Finisterre by bus to fill in time until my return flight from Madrid Nov. 30. The weather was fine: two weeks of rain before Galicia, otherwise sunshine except for a few showers when I was in Santiago. But there was a problem with albergues closing from Oct. 30 on. By Nov. 15, it was a challenge to find a place to spend the night and myself and a few others had to beg an albergue owner to reopen for us all; all the albergues in the neighbourhood were closed for the season. This year, I am starting Sept. 15 to walk three days on the Voie d'Arles, then the Camino Aragones to Puenta la Reina and on to Santiago on the Camino Frances, arriving in the first week of November. I think you might be wise to start earlier, or else to plan carefully and maybe book accommodation after the beginning of November.
Thanks for the great info. We are walking the trail from September 25th to November 2nd, will we need our sleeping bags or are the nights still warm?
 
Thanks for the great info. We are walking the trail from September 25th to November 2nd, will we need our sleeping bags or are the nights still warm?
@Qasi
You will definitely need sleeping bags, but not too heavy ones, as you are sleeping indoors. It is useful to have bags that you can unzip for warmer nights.
 
@Qasi
You will definitely need sleeping bags, but not too heavy ones, as you are sleeping indoors. It is useful to have bags that you can unzip for warmer nights.
Thankyou for you input. I will definitely take my lightweight sleeping bag, it also unzips. Cheers.
 
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@Albertagirl and @whariwharangi: thank you for your replies - it's really good to hear about your experiences. Someone else sent me a link which will have a list of "winter albergues" on in November: http://www.aprinca.com/alberguesinvierno/. On reflection, I'm going to bring the whole forward a bit and start around 5 October, so I don't go too much into November. Buen Camino everyone!
 
I'm thinking of doing the whole Camino Frances from SJPP to Santiago, starting mid October (maybe between 12/10 and 17/10) to mid-November, and maybe on to Finisterre if the weather and my feet allow. However, I'm concerned about the weather, particularly in Galicia. I have walked both the first and last week of the Camino, in late September 2014 and 2015, and it was fantastic, but I'm worried that one month later and it'll be miserable. Any advice from anyone? And will the albergues be closed in November? I imagine that the October part will be fine, and the November part will be a bit wetter and with more problems finding somewhere to sleep.

Right now I'm thinking of moving the whole thing forward, so that I start 4 or 5 October, just to be on the safe side.

Looking forward to people's answers - thanks!

Olá,

for Spain there is a 14 days weatherforecast on : https://www.eltiempo.es/
Clicking on ~Mapas~ for rain (lluvia)and other stuff .

Buen camino, Rainer
 
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