Last and first frost dates in Genoa

When is the last frost in Genoa?

The last frost in Genoa usually comes around 23 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 2 March, while corn waits until 4 May. The first autumn frost follows around 26 November, about 248 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 Genoa

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 21 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 68 days after it.

Frost dates near Genoa

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Milan (28 February) and latest in Novara (20 March).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Genoa

Within 15 km of Genoa OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 16 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Evergreen Garden Center, 2 km away.

• Evergreen Garden Center — garden centre
  Via Monte Suello 13 rosso · Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30, 16:00–19:00 · 2 km
• Agraria Piccarello — farm supply
  Via Pian del Mulino 51, 16010 Sant'Olcese · 9 km
• Robiglio Giovanni — plant nursery
  Viale Giorgio Modugno 31, 16156 Genova · 10 km · robiglio.com
• Mercato ittico — market
  Mon–Sun 07:00–13:00, 14:00–18:00 · 1 km
• Angelo Costa — farm shop
  Via Venticinque Aprile 33, 16010 Sant'Olcese · 8 km
• Vivai Olcese — garden centre
  Via Francesco Saverio Borghero 6 · 6 km

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

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Genoa by month

Average weather in Genoa over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (20.6–25.2 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-0.3 °C). About 1399 mm of rain falls in a year, on 138 days; October is the wettest month (201 mm) and July the driest (47 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).