Last and first frost dates in Perpignan

When is the last frost in Perpignan?

The last frost in Perpignan usually comes around 17 January: 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 27 December, while corn waits until 25 February. The first autumn frost follows around 12 December, about 329 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 Perpignan

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 13 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 78 days after it.

Frost dates near Perpignan

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Barcelona (24 January) and latest in Manresa (18 March).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Perpignan

Within 15 km of Perpignan OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Pépinière horticole du Midi, 1 km away.

• Pépinière horticole du Midi — garden centre
  Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sun 09:30–12:30, 15:00–19:00 · 1 km
• ACP - Matériel agricole — farm supply
  Avenue de la Côte Vermeille 21 · 14 km
• Sitoflor — plant nursery
  Mon–Fri 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–12:00 · 6 km
• Place de la République — market
  Tue–Sun 07:30–13:30 · 0 km
• La ferme des Augustins — farm shop
  Rue des Augustins 25, 66000 Perpignan · Wed–Sat 10:00–19:00 · 1 km
• Bonsaï Perpignan — garden centre
  Mon–Wed, Fri, Sat 11:00–19:00 · 1 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Perpignan
• Selling your own harvest in France

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Perpignan by month

Average weather in Perpignan over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (21.8–30 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: August (30 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 5.1 °C. About 518 mm of rain falls in a year, on 71 days; October is the wettest month (72 mm) and July the driest (14 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).