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Last and first frost dates in Ibarra

Ecuador

Ibarra had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone in ten years

Median of 2016–2025 for the 25 km grid cell of the city: the last day at or below 0 °C in spring and the first in autumn (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo). In a cold year a frost can come a week or two later — Greenly warns 48 hours ahead.

There is no frost season here: crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

When the soil warms up in Ibarra

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

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °C10 February

Frost dates near Ibarra

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Tulcán68 km——
Quito71 km——
Santo Domingo (Ecuador)134 km——
Pasto134 km——
Latacunga153 km5 August—

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Ibarra

Within 15 km of Ibarra OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 7 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado La Playa, 2 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Ibarra by month

Average weather in Ibarra over 2016–2025: the warmest month is September. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: August (20 °C), September (21.1 °C) and October (20.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 8.7 °C. About 1348 mm of rain falls in a year, on 214 days; March is the wettest month (197 mm) and August the driest (30 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January17.910.213819
February18.610.612620
March18.310.719726
April1810.416924
May17.810.213423
June17.89.38917
July18.48.95712
August208.7306
September21.19357
October20.31010818
November18.910.713923
December18.410.212619

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).