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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.

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 Kolkata

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 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Kolkata

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Khulna125 km——
Rajshahi202 km——
Barisal207 km——
Dhaka246 km——
Mymensingh319 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.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January25.113.2132
February28.916.9273
March32.921.4396
April35.825.3719
May34.526.415615
June33.32723923
July31.626.337930
August31.425.941429
September31.225.731727
October30.823.718816
November28.618.6322
December25.614.6282

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).