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Last and first frost dates in Cartagena

Spain

Cartagena 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 Cartagena

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 °C13 May

Frost dates near Cartagena

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Elche (15 January) and latest in Lorca (20 January).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Murcia45 km17 January—
Lorca64 km20 January15 December
Elche77 km15 January—
Alicante94 km——
Almería156 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Cartagena

Within 15 km of Cartagena OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 farm-supply shops and 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is Fitopalma S.L., 10 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Cartagena by month

Average weather in Cartagena over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–October (22.4–27.1 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 11.8 °C. About 303 mm of rain falls in a year, on 43 days; March is the wettest month (47 mm) and July the driest (3 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January15.111.8314
February15.212.293
March1613.1478
April17.214.5355
May19.817.1273
June23.320.881
July26.223.730
August27.124.681
September25.422.6384
October22.419.6325
November1915.5265
December16.313394

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).