Last and first frost dates in Nuremberg

When is the last frost in Nuremberg?

The last frost in Nuremberg usually comes around 29 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 8 April, while corn waits until 6 May. The first autumn frost follows around 3 November, about 188 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 Nuremberg

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 19 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 15 days after it.

Frost dates near Nuremberg

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Ingolstadt (13 April) and latest in Würzburg (21 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Nuremberg

Within 15 km of Nuremberg OpenStreetMap lists 28 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 15 markets and 52 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Gärtnerei Schwertner, 3 km away.

• Gärtnerei Schwertner — garden centre
  Großreuther Straße 163, 90425 Nürnberg · 3 km · gaertnerei-schwertner-nuernberg.de
• Mathwig Baumschulen — plant nursery
  Mon, Thu, Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 12 km · pflanzenparadies.com
• Wochenmarkt Hauptmarkt — market
  Mon–Sat 07:00–20:00; public holidays closed · 1 km · nuernberger-wochenmarkt-aktuell.de
• Gabis Gemüsestodl — farm shop
  Großreuther Straße 103, 90425 Nürnberg · Tue, Fri 14:00–18:00; Sat 08:30–14:00 · 3 km · gabisgemuesestodl.de
• Pflanzen Kölle — garden centre
  Geisseestraße 65, 90439 Nürnberg · Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–12:00 · 3 km · pflanzen-koelle.de
• Wochenmarkt Kopernikusplatz — market
  Fri 08:00–18:00; public holidays closed · 1 km · nuernberg.de

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

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Nuremberg by month

Average weather in Nuremberg over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (20.6–25.2 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-1.5 °C), February (-0.8 °C) and December (-0.3 °C). About 788 mm of rain falls in a year, on 141 days; August is the wettest month (81 mm) and April the driest (47 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).