Last and first frost dates in Astrakhan

When is the last frost in Astrakhan?

The last frost in Astrakhan usually comes around 1 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 11 March, while corn waits until 12 April. The first autumn frost follows around 11 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 Astrakhan

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 6 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 20 days after it.

Frost dates near Astrakhan

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Makhachkala (5 March) and latest in Atyrau (5 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Astrakhan

Within 15 km of Astrakhan OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 22 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Цветочный рынок, 2 km away.

• Цветочный рынок — garden centre
  улица Куликова 23А, 414041 Астрахань · 2 km
• Золотая сотка — farm supply
  Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00 · 1 km
• "Московский" — market
  набережная 1 Мая 160/94/187, 414000 Астрахань · Mon–Fri 08:30–18:00 · 1 km
• Красное&Белое — farm shop
  улица Бориса Алексеева 2Б, 414052 Астрахань · Mon–Sun 09:00–22:05 · 3 km
• БОЛЬШИЕ ИСАДЫ корпус — market
  улица Свердлова 101, 414000 Астрахань · 1 km
• Форпост — farm shop
  улица Дзержинского 80Б, 414015 Астрахань · 4 km

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

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Astrakhan by month

Average weather in Astrakhan over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–September (24.8–34 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: June (31.5 °C), July (34 °C) and August (33.1 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in December–March (-5–-0.1 °C). About 250 mm of rain falls in a year, on 57 days; May is the wettest month (34 mm) and August the driest (8 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).