Last and first frost dates in Limoges

When is the last frost in Limoges?

The last frost in Limoges usually comes around 1 April: 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 11 March, while corn waits until 18 April. The first autumn frost follows around 27 November, about 240 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

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 Limoges

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 2 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 57 days after it.

Frost dates near Limoges

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in La Rochelle (14 February) and latest in Clermont-Ferrand (15 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Limoges

Within 15 km of Limoges OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 4 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Floriculture les Palmiers, 2 km away.

• Floriculture les Palmiers — garden centre
  Rue des Palmiers 11, 87100 Limoges · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 2 km
• Naturapi — farm supply
  Rue de Toulouse 331 · 3 km
• Pépinières de la Chapelle — plant nursery
  Mon–Sat 08:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00 · 4 km
• Halles centrales — market
  Tue–Wed 07:00–14:00; Thu–Sun 07:00–15:00 · 0 km
• Saveurs Fermières / Mauvandière — farm shop
  Rue de la Mauvendière 38, 87100 Limoges · Tue–Thu 09:00–13:00, 15:00–19:00; Sat 08:30–12:30; Fri 09:00–19:00 · 1 km · saveurs-fermieres.fr
• Jardiland — garden centre
  Rue de Nexon 160 · Mon–Sun 09:30–19:00 · 2 km · jardiland.com

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Limoges
• Selling your own harvest in France

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Limoges by month

Average weather in Limoges over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (21.8–25.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1.8 °C. About 997 mm of rain falls in a year, on 145 days; October is the wettest month (102 mm) and August the driest (41 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).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).