Last and first frost dates in Kolkata
India
Kolkata had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none 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 Kolkata
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 18 °C | already in the first week of January |
Frost dates near Kolkata
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khulna | 125 km | — | — |
| Rajshahi | 202 km | — | — |
| Barisal | 207 km | — | — |
| Dhaka | 246 km | — | — |
| Mymensingh | 319 km | — | — |
Seeds, seedlings and markets in Kolkata
Within 15 km of Kolkata OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 37 markets (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is Bharat Nursery, 4 km away.
- Bharat Nursery — farm supply · sells seed
Ram Kanta Bose Street 16/1B, 700003 Kolkata · 4 km · bharatnursery.in - Emami Market — market
Tue–Sun, public holidays 10:30–20:00 · 3 km - Bamun Para Bazaar — market
Mahendra Chatterjee Lane 1 · 3 km - Fancy Market — market
Karl Marx Sarani, 700023 Kolkata · 5 km - Five Star Market — market
Karl Marx Sarani, 700023 Kolkata · 5 km - Babu Bazar — market
Bhukaliash Road, 700023 Kolkata · 6 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Kolkata: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Kolkata by month
Average weather in Kolkata over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (25.1–35.8 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: March–October (30.8–35.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 13.2 °C. About 1903 mm of rain falls in a year, on 164 days; August is the wettest month (414 mm) and January the driest (13 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1 | 13.2 | 13 | 2 |
| February | 28.9 | 16.9 | 27 | 3 |
| March | 32.9 | 21.4 | 39 | 6 |
| April | 35.8 | 25.3 | 71 | 9 |
| May | 34.5 | 26.4 | 156 | 15 |
| June | 33.3 | 27 | 239 | 23 |
| July | 31.6 | 26.3 | 379 | 30 |
| August | 31.4 | 25.9 | 414 | 29 |
| September | 31.2 | 25.7 | 317 | 27 |
| October | 30.8 | 23.7 | 188 | 16 |
| November | 28.6 | 18.6 | 32 | 2 |
| December | 25.6 | 14.6 | 28 | 2 |
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).