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Last and first frost dates in Medan

Indonesia

Medan 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 Medan

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 Medan

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Pekanbaru461 km——
Padang538 km——
Batam657 km——
Palembang997 km——
Bandar Lampung1,244 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Medan

Within 15 km of Medan OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 46 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is Kelapa Hijau Merah, 3 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Medan by month

Average weather in Medan over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (28.4–30.6 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: March–August (30–30.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in February, average 22.2 °C. About 4144 mm of rain falls in a year, on 326 days; November is the wettest month (509 mm) and July the driest (218 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January28.722.333227
February29.222.222924
March3022.524927
April30.12331828
May30.423.536829
June30.522.927426
July30.622.721823
August30.422.733626
September29.922.740028
October29.522.747229
November28.722.650930
December28.422.543929

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).