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Last and first frost dates in Cali

Colombia

Cali 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 Cali

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 January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Cali

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Palmira27 km——
Tuluá79 km——
Popayán113 km——
Neiva150 km——
Armenia154 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Cali

Within 15 km of Cali OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 12 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivero y artesanías sembrando, 6 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Cali by month

Average weather in Cali over 2016–2025: the warmest month is September. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (25.3–26.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in June, average 18.1 °C. About 6137 mm of rain falls in a year, on 341 days; May is the wettest month (650 mm) and January the driest (391 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January25.718.339129
February26.118.639927
March2618.751529
April25.818.856829
May25.518.665029
June25.318.160527
July25.718.154828
August26.118.149127
September26.318.346428
October25.618.554230
November25.518.647628
December25.518.448830

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).