Last and first frost dates in Elche

When is the last frost in Elche?

The last frost in Elche usually comes around 15 January: 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 25 December, while corn waits until 22 January.

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 Elche

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

Frost dates near Elche

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Murcia (17 January) and latest in Lorca (20 January).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Elche

Within 15 km of Elche OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries and 26 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercat Ecològic d'Elx, 0 km away.

• Mercat Ecològic d'Elx — market
  Sat [1], Sat [3] 10:00–14:00; Sun–Fri, public holidays closed · 0 km · mercatecologicelx.es
• Mercat Agrícola de Portes Encarnades — market
  Tue 08:30–14:00; Wed–Mon closed · 0 km
• Mercat Central — market
  Plaza de las Flores 17, Elche / Elx · 1 km
• Mercat el Pla - Sector V — market
  Sat 08:30–14:00; Sun–Fri closed · 1 km
• Mercat Central Provisional — market
  Mon–Wed, Sat 08:00–14:30; Thu, Fri 08:00–14:30, 17:30–21:00; Sun, public holidays closed · 1 km
• Mercat del Cementeri Vell — market
  Thu 08:30–14:00; Fri–Wed closed · 1 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Elche
• Selling your own harvest in Spain

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Elche by month

Average weather in Elche over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: April–November (20.3–32.4 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (32.2 °C) and August (32.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7 °C. About 377 mm of rain falls in a year, on 54 days; March is the wettest month (68 mm) and July the driest (6 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).