CaminantesThe Camino de Santiago in June: 74,043 pilgrims and 15h 19m of daylight
By August Frederik Kramer, who has walked the Camino twice · Last updated 23 September 2026
Two things about June can be measured, so here they are. 74,043 pilgrims collected the Compostela in Santiago in June 2025, 14.0% of the year and the number 4 month of twelve; that is about 2,468 arrivals a day. This year the office counted 79,397 in the same month. In 2018 it was 45,685, so June has grown 1.6 times over in seven years.
The other measurable thing is light. In the middle of June Santiago gets 15h 19m of daylight. Take off 1h 30m for breakfast, coffee and lunch and walk at 4 km/h, and the day holds 55.3 km. Every one of the 214 stages on our 10 routes fits inside that, and the longest of them, 34.9 km from Villaharta to Alcaracejos on the Camino Mozárabe, still leaves 5h 06m of light.
What June is like, in numbers
June is the brightest month of the year and not the busiest. 74,043 pilgrims in 2025, fourth behind September, May and August, and 79,397 this year. What June has that no other month does is light: 15h 19m at mid-month, the most Santiago gets all year, which is why every other page here measures its own light against June. At 4 km/h that is 55.3 km in a day, and the longest stage on the network still leaves 5h 06m. Then July falls to 67,013, the year’s only trough: of the nine months the office counts separately, it is the one below both the month before it and the month after.
Where June sits in the year
The Pilgrim’s Office’s monthly count for 2025, with the daylight in the middle of each month at Santiago’s latitude. The three quiet months are shown together because the office’s chart hides their labels.
| Month | Pilgrims | Share | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March | 14,068 | 2.7 % | 11h 51m |
| April | 54,642 | 10.3 % | 13h 21m |
| May | 78,650 | 14.8 % | 14h 36m |
| June | 74,043 | 14.0 % | 15h 19m |
| July | 67,013 | 12.6 % | 15h 04m |
| August | 77,095 | 14.5 % | 13h 59m |
| September | 81,534 | 15.4 % | 12h 34m |
| October | 62,854 | 11.8 % | 11h 08m |
| November | 11,072 | 2.1 % | 9h 47m |
| January, February and December | 9,751 | 1.8 % | - |
The whole year, the routes, the countries and where people start are in our guide to how many people walk the Camino. If the light matters more to you than the crowd, our winter guide is the page that turns on it, and our guide to the best time of year takes every month in turn.
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Where the numbers come from
The pilgrim count is the Pilgrim’s Office’s own, read from its public dashboard on 21 September 2026; it counts Compostelas issued, so it is a floor. Daylight is computed for Santiago’s latitude on the middle day of the month, ignoring hills and horizon. The walking budget is our own rule of thumb, 4 km/h with 1h 30m of stops, the same one the winter guide uses, so the two pages cannot disagree.
Common questions
How many people walk the Camino in June?
74,043 pilgrims arrived in Santiago in June 2025, according to the Pilgrim’s Office, about 2,468 a day. It was the number 4 month of the year.
Is June busy on the Camino?
June carries 14.0% of the year’s pilgrims. The busiest month is September with 81,534; the quietest three, January, February and December, share fewer than ten thousand between them.
How much daylight is there in June?
15h 19m in the middle of the month at Santiago. At 4 km/h with 1h 30m of stops that is 55.3 km of walking, more than any stage on our ten routes needs.
Keep reading
The Camino in March: 14,068 pilgrims, and the fastest-growing month of the year
The season restarts, and this March ran 27% ahead of last year, more than any other month the office publishes. April then nearly quadruples it.
The Camino in November: 11,072 pilgrims, and the month a stage stops fitting the day
A fifth of October, and the quietest walking month there is. It is also where the daylight stops holding the longest stage on the network, by 27 minutes, for the first time since January.
The Camino in August: 77,095 pilgrims, and no longer the busiest month
August was the peak in 2018 and is third now. What the month still has is light: 13h 59m of it, measured, and every stage on every route fits inside the day.
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