Last and first frost dates in Latacunga

When is the last frost in Latacunga?

The last frost in Latacunga usually comes around 5 August: 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 15 July, while cucumber waits until 12 August.

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 Latacunga

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

Frost dates near Latacunga

Weather in Latacunga by month

Average weather in Latacunga over 2016–2025: the warmest month is November. No month averages 20 °C by day; the warmest, November, reaches 12.5 °C. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 3 °C. About 1442 mm of rain falls in a year, on 252 days; March is the wettest month (184 mm) and September the driest (68 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).