GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Ponce
Puerto Rico
Ponce had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none 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 Ponce
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 18 °C | already in the first week of January |
Frost dates near Ponce
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arecibo | 52 km | — | — |
| Mayagüez | 60 km | — | — |
| San Juan (Puerto Rico) | 73 km | — | — |
| Higüey | 232 km | — | — |
| La Romana | 253 km | — | — |
Seeds, seedlings and markets in Ponce
Within 15 km of Ponce OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is El Vivero de Don Teddy, 5 km away.
- El Vivero de Don Teddy — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · 5 km - Plaza de Mercado Reina Isabel II — market
Paseo José L. "Cheo" Feliciano Vega, 00730 Ponce · 1 km
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Ponce: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Ponce by month
Average weather in Ponce over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (29–31.9 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: May–October (30–31.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 21.9 °C. About 930 mm of rain falls in a year, on 183 days; September is the wettest month (200 mm) and January the driest (21 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29 | 21.9 | 21 | 8 |
| February | 29.1 | 22 | 42 | 9 |
| March | 29.1 | 22 | 41 | 13 |
| April | 29.4 | 22.7 | 65 | 16 |
| May | 30.1 | 24 | 67 | 18 |
| June | 31.1 | 24.8 | 52 | 14 |
| July | 31.9 | 25.2 | 76 | 16 |
| August | 31.7 | 25.2 | 105 | 18 |
| September | 30.8 | 24.9 | 200 | 22 |
| October | 30 | 24.4 | 127 | 22 |
| November | 29.4 | 23.6 | 105 | 17 |
| December | 29.2 | 22.5 | 29 | 10 |
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).
