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Last and first frost dates in Motril

Spain

Motril 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 Motril

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 °C22 February
18 °C16 April

Frost dates near Motril

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Jaén (9 February) and latest in Granada (30 March).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Granada48 km30 March26 November
Málaga80 km——
Almería95 km——
Jaén116 km9 February17 December
Marbella124 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Motril

Within 15 km of Motril OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 19 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Centro de Jardinería Terra Horti, 2 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Motril by month

Average weather in Motril over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (22.7–29.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 9.2 °C. About 371 mm of rain falls in a year, on 48 days; March is the wettest month (85 mm) and July the driest (0 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January169.2325
February16.89.9264
March17.911.3859
April19.513406
May22.715.8214
June26.319.471
July29.22200
August29.822.741
September26.920.2213
October23.616.9425
November19.312.7445
December1710.4495

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).