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Last and first frost dates in Ica

Peru

Ica 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 Ica

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 July
10 °Calready in the first week of July
15 °Calready in the first week of July
18 °Calready in the first week of July

Frost dates near Ica

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Pisco65 km——
Chincha Alta85 km——
Ayacucho192 km5 August31 May
Huancayo229 km——
Lima266 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Ica

Within 15 km of Ica OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 20 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Ica Verde, 5 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Ica by month

Average weather in Ica over 2016–2025: the warmest month is March. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (25–32.4 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: December–April (30–32.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 11.8 °C. About 59 mm of rain falls in a year, on 14 days; February is the wettest month (26 mm) and May the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January31.219.9184
February31.821.2265
March32.421.1103
April30.91921
May27.915.600
June25.212.900
July251200
August25.611.800
September26.712.700
October28.114.100
November28.715.210
December3017.621

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).