Last and first frost dates in Ourense

When is the last frost in Ourense?

The last frost in Ourense usually comes around 25 March: 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 March, while corn waits until 10 April. The first autumn frost follows around 3 December, about 253 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 Ourense

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 14 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 48 days after it.

Frost dates near Ourense

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Vigo (14 January) and latest in Lugo (27 March).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Ourense

Within 15 km of Ourense OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest farm supply to the city centre is AgroFarixa, 2 km away.

• AgroFarixa — farm supply
  Rúa da Ermida 3, 32005 Ourense · Mon–Fri 09:00–13:30, 16:00–21:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 2 km
• Plaza de Abastos Provisional — market
  Praza de Abastos Provisional · 1 km
• Praza de Abastos — market
  Praza de Abastos, 32001 Ourense · 24/7 · 1 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Ourense
• Selling your own harvest in Spain

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Ourense by month

Average weather in Ourense over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (22.7–27.7 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 2.7 °C. About 1144 mm of rain falls in a year, on 132 days; December is the wettest month (144 mm) and August the driest (16 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).