Last and first frost dates in Münster

When is the last frost in Münster?

The last frost in Münster usually comes around 15 April: 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 25 March, while corn waits until 28 April. The first autumn frost follows around 21 November, about 220 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

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 Münster

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo). The soil reaches 10 °C 6 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 26 days after it.

Frost dates near Münster

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Bochum (10 April) and latest in Bielefeld (20 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Münster

Within 15 km of Münster OpenStreetMap lists 18 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 16 markets and 42 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Garten Meyer, 1 km away.

• Garten Meyer — garden centre
  Wolbecker Straße 120 · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–13:00 · 1 km · gartpro.de
• Geräteservice Halsband — farm supply
  Rüschhausweg 270, 48161 Münster · Mon–Fri 08:00–13:00, 14:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–13:00 · 5 km · geraeteservice-halsband.de
• Wochenmarkt Münster — market
  Wed, Sat 07:00–14:30 · 0 km · wochenmarkt-muenster.de
• Werse-Wiesen-Ei — farm shop
  Am Mooresch 35, 48157 Münster · Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 4 km · wersewiesenei.de
• Blumen Risse — garden centre
  Willy-Brandt-Weg 10, 48155 Münster · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 11:00–16:00 · 3 km · blumenrisse.de
• Ziegenhof Scellebelle — farm supply
  Körberheide 99, 48157 Münster · 7 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Münster
• Selling your own harvest in Germany

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Münster by month

Average weather in Münster over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (20.4–24.1 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.9 °C. About 805 mm of rain falls in a year, on 154 days; December is the wettest month (82 mm) and April the driest (53 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).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).