Algeria: frost dates by city
The average last spring frost and first autumn frost in 4 cities of Algeria, from ten years of weather. The last spring frost comes earliest in Tlemcen and latest in Constantine.
| City | Last spring frost | First autumn frost | Frost-free days | Soil at 10 °C | Tomato: planting out | Places to buy (OpenStreetMap) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers | none in ten years | none in ten years | — | already in the first week of January | — | 51 |
| Oran | none in ten years | none in ten years | — | already in the first week of January | — | 11 |
| Tlemcen | 17 February | 1 January | 318 days | already in the first week of January | 18 March – 11 September | 7 |
| Constantine | 20 February | 13 December | 296 days | 21 February | 17 April – 23 August | 14 |
The last spring frost comes 3 days later in Constantine (20 February) than in Tlemcen (17 February). The frost-free season lasts 296–318 days.
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
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.