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Last and first frost dates in Delhi

India

Delhi 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 Delhi

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 °C24 January
18 °C18 February

Frost dates near Delhi

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Jaipur235 km——
Lucknow417 km——
Lahore428 km——
Gujranwala490 km——
Faisalabad505 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Delhi

Within 15 km of Delhi OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 10 plant nurseries, 97 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Brar Square Nursery, 7 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Delhi by month

Average weather in Delhi over 2016–2025: the warmest month is May. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: February–December (21.5–38.5 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: April–October (31.6–38.5 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7.8 °C. About 749 mm of rain falls in a year, on 85 days; July is the wettest month (238 mm) and November the driest (6 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January19.37.8294
February23.711.1173
March29.616233
April36.621.7102
May38.525365
June38.127.27410
July33.626.323822
August32.325.816420
September32.424.512512
October31.619.8192
November26.814.361
December21.59.481

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).