Last and first frost dates in Aberdeen

When is the last frost in Aberdeen?

The last frost in Aberdeen usually comes around 10 April: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 20 March, while corn waits until 22 May. The first autumn frost follows around 20 November, about 224 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Aberdeen

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 28 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 71 days after it.

Frost dates near Aberdeen

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Dundee (28 April) and latest in Inverness (1 May).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Aberdeen

Within 15 km of Aberdeen OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is The Green House, 1 km away.

• The Green House — garden centre
  Bon Accord Centre, AB25 1HZ Aberdeen · 1 km
• Country Ways — farm shop
  Holburn Street 111-115, AB10 6BQ Aberdeen · 1 km · countryways.com
• Highland Moss — garden centre
  Constitution Street 61 · Mon 12:00–16:00; Tue closed; Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 2 km · highlandmoss.com
• Forest Farm Organic Dairy — farm shop
  Kinellar, AB21 0SH Aberdeen · Mon 15:00–20:00 "Gelateria", Thu–Fri 12:00–20:00 "Gelateria", Mon 15:30+ "live milking", Thu–Sun 15:30+ "live milking", Mon 08:00–20:00 "milk station", Thu–Sun 08:00–20:00 "milk station" · 14 km · forestfarmdairy.co.uk
• Ben Reid Garden Centre — garden centre
  Countesswells Road, AB15 7AL Aberdeen · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 5 km · ben-reid.co.uk
• Dobbies — garden centre
  Lang Stracht, AB15 6AX Aberdeen · 6 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Aberdeen
• Selling your own harvest in the United Kingdom

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Aberdeen by month

Average weather in Aberdeen over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. No month averages 20 °C by day; the warmest, July, reaches 17.8 °C. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1.4 °C. About 883 mm of rain falls in a year, on 168 days; October is the wettest month (108 mm) and April the driest (52 mm).

Average of the daily highs and lows, rain per month and days with at least 1 mm (ERA5 via Open-Meteo, the same grid cell as the frost dates).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).