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Last and first frost dates in Cajamarca

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Cajamarca had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Cajamarca

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of July
10 °Calready in the first week of July
15 °C27 July
18 °C11 September

Frost dates near Cajamarca

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Trujillo120 km——
Chiclayo152 km——
Chimbote214 km——
Huaraz285 km5 December—
Piura319 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Cajamarca

Within 15 km of Cajamarca OpenStreetMap lists 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado Central, 1 km away.

  • Mercado Central — market
    Jirón Apurímac 914, 06001 · Mon–Sun 07:00–17:00 · 1 km

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Cajamarca by month

Average weather in Cajamarca over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: July (20.2 °C), August (20.9 °C) and September (20.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 5.8 °C. About 1973 mm of rain falls in a year, on 228 days; March is the wettest month (343 mm) and July the driest (19 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January17.87.925527
February18.18.230026
March17.88.134329
April18.47.724328
May18.7710419
June196388
July20.25.8195
August20.96.2266
September20.66.78917
October197.118923
November19712315
December18.47.424425

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).