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Last and first frost dates in Oaxaca

Mexico

Oaxaca 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 Oaxaca

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 °Calready in the first week of January
18 °Calready in the first week of January

Frost dates near Oaxaca

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Tehuacán171 km—11 December
Veracruz245 km——
Puebla269 km——
Xalapa275 km——
Tlaxcala298 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Oaxaca

Within 15 km of Oaxaca OpenStreetMap lists 62 farm-supply shops, 25 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is Implementos Forestales Del Sureste, 0 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Oaxaca by month

Average weather in Oaxaca over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (25.9–31.7 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: March (30.6 °C), April (31.7 °C) and May (31.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 11 °C. About 726 mm of rain falls in a year, on 98 days; June is the wettest month (179 mm) and February the driest (2 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January26.71130
February28.711.620
March30.613.6111
April31.715.2143
May31.416.5558
June27.115.817919
July26.914.48916
August26.814.611920
September25.915.115618
October2614.19011
November2712.362
December26.51120

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).