Last and first frost dates in Düsseldorf

When is the last frost in Düsseldorf?

The last frost in Düsseldorf usually comes around 4 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 14 March, while corn waits until 16 April. The first autumn frost follows around 21 November, about 231 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 Düsseldorf

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 4 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 36 days after it.

Frost dates near Düsseldorf

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Duisburg (5 April) and latest in Cologne (6 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Düsseldorf

Within 15 km of Düsseldorf OpenStreetMap lists 39 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 8 plant nurseries, 46 markets and 64 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Bogie's, 5 km away.

• Bogie's — garden centre
  Düsseldorfer Straße 197, 40667 Meerbusch · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun, public holidays 11:00–16:00 · 5 km · bogies.de
• Schlüters Hofverkauf — farm supply
  Thunesweg 81, 40885 · Wed–Fri 09:00–18:00; Mon 10:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 12 km · schlueters-hofverkauf.de
• Baumschule Schmitz — plant nursery
  Baumschule Schmitz 1, 41564 Kaarst · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:30; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun 11:00–14:00 · 12 km · schmitzbaumschule.de
• Rochusmarkt — market
  Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–14:00 · 1 km · duesseldorf.de
• Obsthof Mertens Bauernladen — farm shop
  Rethelstraße 123, 40237 Düsseldorf · Mon–Fri 08:30–18:30; Sat 08:30–14:00 · 2 km · obsthof-mertens.de
• Dehner Garten-Center — garden centre
  Am Hülserhof 51, 40472 Düsseldorf · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00 · 6 km · dehner.de

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Düsseldorf
• Selling your own harvest in Germany

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Düsseldorf by month

Average weather in Düsseldorf over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (20.7–24.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1.1 °C. About 935 mm of rain falls in a year, on 161 days; January is the wettest month (95 mm) and April the driest (62 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).