Last and first frost dates in Messina

When is the last frost in Messina?

The last frost in Messina usually comes around 25 January: 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 4 January, while corn waits until 6 February.

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 Messina

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

Frost dates near Messina

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Catania (26 January) and latest in Cosenza (10 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Messina

Within 15 km of Messina OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries and 7 markets (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is La Baita Verde, 11 km away.

• La Baita Verde — garden centre
  SS113dir, Orto Liuzzo · 11 km
• Mercato di Sant'Orsola — market
  Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 2 km
• Mercato Sant'Orsola — market
  Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 2 km
• Mercato rionale di Giostra — market
  Viale Giostra · 3 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Messina
• Selling your own harvest in Italy

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Messina by month

Average weather in Messina over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (21.1–29.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7.8 °C. About 936 mm of rain falls in a year, on 131 days; March is the wettest month (126 mm) and July the driest (26 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).