Last and first frost dates in Magdeburg

When is the last frost in Magdeburg?

The last frost in Magdeburg usually comes around 5 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 15 March, while corn waits until 28 April. The first autumn frost follows around 18 November, about 227 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 Magdeburg

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 5 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 39 days after it.

Frost dates near Magdeburg

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Potsdam (5 April) and latest in Leipzig (21 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Magdeburg

Within 15 km of Magdeburg OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Pflanzen und Floristikmarkt Hinz, 2 km away.

• Pflanzen und Floristikmarkt Hinz — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–16:00; Sun 09:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 2 km · floristikmarkthinz.de
• VEMAC — farm supply
  Lange Göhren 7B, 39171 Sülzetal · 9 km · vemac24.com
• Baumschule Gustav Beyme — plant nursery
  May–Sept: Thu 15:00–17:30; Sat 10:00–12:00; Sept 15–Mar 31: Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 7 km · baumschule-beyme.de
• Magdeburger Pilz-Markt — farm shop
  Paul-Ecke-Straße 10, 39114 Magdeburg · Tue–Thu 10:00–17:00; Fri 09:00–18:00; public holidays closed · 3 km · magdeburger-pilzmanufaktur.de
• Gärtnerei Gerber — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 3 km
• Pfeifer Melk- und Kühltechnik — farm supply
  Handwerkerring 12, 39326 Wolmirstedt · 14 km · pfeifer-melktechnik.de

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Magdeburg
• Selling your own harvest in Germany

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Magdeburg by month

Average weather in Magdeburg over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (20.9–24.9 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-0.3 °C). About 598 mm of rain falls in a year, on 127 days; July is the wettest month (60 mm) and April the driest (36 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).