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Last and first frost dates in Melilla

Spain

Melilla 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 Melilla

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 °C5 March
18 °C2 May

Frost dates near Melilla

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Tlemcen155 km17 February1 January
Motril171 km——
Almería179 km——
Málaga208 km——
Oran215 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Melilla

Within 15 km of Melilla OpenStreetMap lists 11 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Mercado Central, 2 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Melilla by month

Average weather in Melilla over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (22.5–29.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.4 °C. About 383 mm of rain falls in a year, on 68 days; March is the wettest month (59 mm) and July the driest (2 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January16.18.4398
February16.79.5427
March1810.55911
April19.612.2568
May22.514.7285
June25.81882
July2920.821
August29.721.782
September26.519.5405
October23.816.2305
November19.812.2276
December17.29.7448

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).