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Last and first frost dates in Marbella

Spain

Marbella 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 Marbella

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 °C7 March
18 °C21 April

Frost dates near Marbella

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Jerez de la Frontera (16 January) and latest in Écija (25 January).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Málaga47 km——
Ceuta79 km——
Jerez de la Frontera114 km16 January—
Écija116 km25 January28 December
Tangier119 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Marbella

Within 15 km of Marbella OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries and 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercadillo de Marbella, 1 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Marbella by month

Average weather in Marbella over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: April–October (20–30.5 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (30.2 °C) and August (30.5 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 9.2 °C. About 661 mm of rain falls in a year, on 61 days; March is the wettest month (154 mm) and July the driest (1 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January16.29.2807
February16.910.1475
March18.110.915411
April2012.9707
May23.215.7274
June27.419.461
July30.222.410
August30.523.171
September27.320.2284
October23.817.2726
November19.612.7897
December17.110.7808

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).