May and September, then April. May has the wild flowers, about 3 rain days and long light before the crowds; September has settled warm weather, the warmest sea for swimming off the stages, and thinning crowds. April is close behind and greener.
This trail inverts Menorca's tourist season: the best walking months are the ones the island calls shoulder. April to June and September to October give comfortable temperatures, and July and August are too hot for a route that has no shade anywhere along it and no water sources on it, so every day's water is carried. Winter is mild enough to walk, around 14 to 15 C by day, and the constraint then is that most coastal accommodation and beach restaurants shut from roughly November to April, which is what makes a through-walk hard rather than the weather. The north coast is where the season decides most. Between Platges de Fornells and the Ciutadella resorts the mapped shop data has nothing for 46 km, which service gaps.json computes as the longest resupply gap on the route, and the only refreshment a local guide reports on it is two beach bars, at Binimel-la and Cala Cavalleria, both on undeveloped beaches with no village behind them. That is one voice on the bars and mapped absence is not proof either way, so the safe reading is the seasonal one: outside high summer treat the stretch as unsupported and carry the day's food and water from Fornells. The tramuntana, the north wind, is the other seasonal factor: when it blows, the northern stages are exposed and unpleasant while the southern coast is sheltered, so the sensible response is to reorder stages around the forecast rather than push into it. Eating follows the same calendar as the beds, and the food records on this trail should be read with that in mind. Nearly every place to eat named along the route is in a resort, which is holiday trade: those kitchens publish weekly hours and no season at all, so their own pages will not tell you whether they are open in March. The places that trade across the year are in the settlements that live across the year, Mao, Ciutadella and es Castell on the route itself, with the inland towns of es Mercadal and Ferreries behind the northern stages. Outside roughly May to October, plan dinner in a town and treat anything at a cove or along a resort strip as a bonus to be confirmed by telephone rather than as a service that is there.
Month-by-month guide
January
Mixed
Mild enough to walk in comfortably, 14 C by day, and this is the quietest the trail ever is. What stops it being good is that most of the coastal accommodation and nearly all the beach restaurants are shut, so a through-walk needs planning around the few places open all year.
14°C high · 8°C low · 9.6Watch for: Tramuntana days, when the northern stages are genuinely unpleasant and exposed. The southern coast is sheltered when the north wind blows, which is worth using rather than enduring.
February
Mixed
The same picture as January with a little more light. Almond blossom starts inland.
14°C high · 8°C low · 10.7Watch for: Wind rather than rain is what spoils a day here.
March
Good
The dry season begins in March and the temperature is ideal for walking a route with no shade. Accommodation starts reopening towards Easter.
16°C high · 9°C low · 12.1Watch for: Places that look open online but do not open until Easter. Check before relying on one.
April
Excellent
One of the two best months. Comfortable temperatures on an unshaded route, the island green, wild flowers going properly, and the resorts open again without being full.
18°C high · 11°C low · 13.4Watch for: Sun exposure is already real on a route with no shade. Carry more water than the distance suggests.
May
Excellent
The best month on the evidence. 25 mm over about 3 rain days, wild flowers at their peak, long light, everything open and the summer crowds not yet arrived.
21°C high · 14°C low · 14.3Watch for: Heat starting to matter in the middle of the day on the exposed southern stages.
June
Good
Still walkable and everything is open, but the heat has become the planning constraint rather than an inconvenience. Early starts stop being optional.
25°C high · 18°C low · 15Watch for: No shade anywhere and no water sources on the route, so the whole day's water is carried. That combination is what makes the summer months a safety question here rather than a comfort one.
July
Poor
The driest and sunniest month, 11.6 hours of sun a day, which is exactly the problem on a coastal route with no shade and no water. The island is also at its most crowded and accommodation at its most expensive.
29°C high · 21°C low · 14.7Watch for: Heat exhaustion is the real risk. If walking at all, do the stage before 11am and treat the afternoon as unavailable.
August
Poor
The hottest month, and the same shade and water problem as July with the addition of Spanish holiday season at its height. Rated poor for walking despite being the island's peak tourist month, which is the distinction that matters here.
29°C high · 22°C low · 13.6Watch for: The same heat and water problem as July, and the first autumn storms can arrive late in the month.
September
Excellent
The other best month, and the one experienced walkers pick. Settled warm weather, the sea at its warmest for swimming off the stages, everything still open, and the crowds thinning through the month.
26°C high · 19°C low · 12.4Watch for: Still hot enough in the first half to need an early start. The autumn rain can arrive as a heavy downpour rather than drizzle.
October
Good
Comfortable walking temperatures and pleasantly quiet, with the trade-off that rain becomes likely and resorts begin closing from the middle of the month.
22°C high · 16°C low · 11.1Watch for: Accommodation shutting mid-trip. Confirm each night rather than assuming a place open in the first week is open in the last.
November
Mixed
The wettest month of the year and the tramuntana is back, but 18 C by day is still perfectly walkable if the weather cooperates. The limit is what is open, not what it feels like.
18°C high · 12°C low · 9.9Watch for: Storms off the north coast, and stages with cliff exposure in strong wind.
December
Mixed
Mild, empty and green, with the shortest days of the year and most services closed. A good short-stage trip for someone escaping a northern winter, not a good full traverse.
15°C high · 10°C low · 9.3Watch for: Short daylight against 20 official stages, and tramuntana days on the northern half.
Sources and research notes · 11 sources
weather-and-climate.comMahon climate reference: annual rainfall about 481 mm, wettest November, driest July, average temperature 11 C in January and February to 25.5 C in August, July sunniest at 11.6 hours a dayChecked 29 Jul 2026
heatheronhertravels.comthe walking season is April to June and September to October, May for wild flowers, September settled and warm, and July and August too hot and crowdedChecked 29 Jul 2026
menorcadiferente.comthe tramuntana north wind and the practical response of switching between the north and south coasts depending on wind directionChecked 29 Jul 2026
alongdustyroads.comthe route has no shade and no water sources or wells along it, and summer temperatures around 30 C make it unsuitable for walkingChecked 29 Jul 2026
menorcadiferente.coma local guide's account that the only refreshment between Cala Tirant and Cala Morell is the beach bars at Binimel-la and Cala Cavalleria, and that there are no drinking fountains on the trail. One voice, carried as suchChecked 29 Jul 2026
openstreetmap.orgattribution for the mapped shop positions behind the 46 km resupply gap computed in this trail's own service gaps.json, where absence of a POI means unknown rather than absentChecked 29 Jul 2026
menorca.infoMenorca coastal hotels bringing their opening forward into the second half of March, and that the year-round stock is city, inland and ruralChecked 29 Jul 2026
menorca.infothe March to May ramp of open hotel capacity. Balearic-wide and Mallorca-dominated, so used only for the shape of the ramp, not for a Menorca percentageChecked 29 Jul 2026
tourinews.esthe majority of Menorca's hotels closing before the end of October, with only urban, boutique and social-tourism properties into November. Headline and standfirst only, the body returned 403Checked 29 Jul 2026
cardamomsonbou.comA worked example of the resort pattern: a Son Bou restaurant publishing full weekly opening hours on its own site and no season of any kind, which is why a resort kitchen's own page cannot be read as evidence that it trades in the shoulder months.Checked 31 Jul 2026
mymenorca.infoAn independent low-season round-up: that the beach resorts have little going on in winter while Ciutadella, Mao and the inland towns of es Mercadal, Ferreries, Alaior and es Migjorn Gran keep hotels, bars and restaurants trading.Checked 31 Jul 2026