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Last and first frost dates in Medellín

Colombia

Medellín 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 Medellín

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 °C6 February
18 °C1 February

Frost dates near Medellín

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Manizales130 km——
Pereira159 km——
Armenia189 km——
Ibagué205 km——
Soacha238 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Medellín

Within 15 km of Medellín OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 6 plant nurseries, 29 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivero Tierranegra, 4 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Medellín by month

Average weather in Medellín over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: July (20.3 °C), August (20.6 °C) and September (20.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 9.4 °C. About 2229 mm of rain falls in a year, on 274 days; April is the wettest month (264 mm) and January the driest (100 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January19.59.410016
February19.89.912921
March19.71020926
April19.510.226426
May19.610.226226
June19.49.719422
July20.39.512618
August20.69.614820
September20.39.819123
October19.19.825528
November18.79.823026
December19.29.812122

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).