Last and first frost dates in Arkhangelsk

When is the last frost in Arkhangelsk?

The last frost in Arkhangelsk usually comes around 24 May: 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 3 May, while corn waits until 3 June. The first autumn frost follows around 8 October, about 137 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 Arkhangelsk

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 2 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 15 days after it.

Frost dates near Arkhangelsk

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Petrozavodsk (10 May) and latest in Murmansk (24 May).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Arkhangelsk

Within 15 km of Arkhangelsk OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Дачный, 1 km away.

• Дачный — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 1 km
• Центральный рынок — market
  проспект Чумбарова-Лучинского 2 · 09:00–19:00 · 2 km
• Дачник — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 10:00–14:30, 15:00–18:30; Sat, Sun 10:00–17:00 · 1 km
• Семена — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat, Sun 10:00–17:00 · 1 km
• Биолаборатория — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat 10:00–16:00; Sun 10:00–15:00 · 2 km
• Садовод — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 2 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Arkhangelsk
• Selling your own harvest in Russia

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Arkhangelsk by month

Average weather in Arkhangelsk over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: July (21.5 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in November–April (-12.5–-4.3 °C). About 648 mm of rain falls in a year, on 143 days; July is the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (28 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).