Last and first frost dates in Dijon

When is the last frost in Dijon?

The last frost in Dijon usually comes around 12 April: that is the median of 2016–2025, so in about half of those years the last night at or below 0 °C came later. Hardy crops start before it and frost-tender ones only after it: in the table below arugula can go into open ground from 22 March, while corn waits until 20 April. The first autumn frost follows around 19 November, about 221 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

When to sow and plant

Planting out: a week after the last frost once the soil is warm enough for the crop; frost-hardy crops three weeks before it; an unheated greenhouse three weeks earlier. Seedlings are sown so they are ready on that day. Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

When the soil warms up in Dijon

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 12 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 35 days after it.

Frost dates near Dijon

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Neuchâtel (29 March) and latest in Lausanne (12 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Dijon

Within 15 km of Dijon OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 11 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is La Ressourcerie Végétale, 1 km away.

• La Ressourcerie Végétale — garden centre
  Rue des Roses 33 · Wed, Sat 14:00–18:00 · 1 km · laressourcerievegetale.fr
• Halles Centrales — market
  Tue, Thu–Sat 07:30–13:00 · 0 km
• Épicerie Locavore des Bourroches — farm shop
  Tue–Fri 08:30–13:00, 14:30–19:00; Sat 08:30–13:00 · 2 km · epicerie-locavore-des-bourroches.fr
• Jardiland — garden centre
  Rue de Longvic, 21300 Chenôve · Mon–Sat 09:30–19:00; Sun 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 4 km · jardiland.com
• La Ruche qui dit oui ! — market
  Rue de Venise 9, 21000 Dijon · Thu 17:00–19:00 · 1 km · laruchequiditoui.fr
• Multiferm du Val — farm shop
  Tue–Fri 09:00–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–18:00 · 7 km · multiferm.fr

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Dijon
• Selling your own harvest in France

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Dijon by month

Average weather in Dijon over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (21.9–26.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.2 °C. About 866 mm of rain falls in a year, on 135 days; October is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (58 mm).

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).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).