Last and first frost dates in Ferrara

When is the last frost in Ferrara?

The last frost in Ferrara usually comes around 21 March: 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 28 February, while corn waits until 28 March. The first autumn frost follows around 28 November, about 252 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 Ferrara

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 7 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 24 days after it.

Frost dates near Ferrara

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Ravenna (5 February) and latest in Modena (20 March).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Ferrara

Within 15 km of Ferrara OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 market and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercato dell'Acquedotto, 1 km away.

• Mercato dell'Acquedotto — market
  Piazza XXIV Maggio, 44121 Ferrara · Thu 07:00–13:00 · 1 km
• Azienda Agricola "Le Delizie Pronte a Tavola" — farm shop
  Via della Canapa 72, 44122 Ferrara · 2 km
• Azienda agricola Zaniboni Giorgio — farm shop
  Via dei Calzolai 243 · 4 km
• La Campanella — farm shop
  Via Provinciale 28, Voghiera · 12 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Ferrara
• Selling your own harvest in Italy

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Ferrara by month

Average weather in Ferrara over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (20.8–32.1 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (32.1 °C) and August (31.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.1 °C. About 793 mm of rain falls in a year, on 105 days; May is the wettest month (119 mm) and January the driest (38 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).