Last and first frost dates in Pretoria

When is the last frost in Pretoria?

The last frost in Pretoria usually comes around 23 July: 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 2 July, while corn waits until 30 July.

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 Pretoria

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

Frost dates near Pretoria

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Johannesburg (4 August) and latest in Bloemfontein (17 August).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Pretoria

Within 15 km of Pretoria OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 6 plant nurseries and 3 markets (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Stodels, 7 km away.

• Stodels — garden centre
  Mon–Sun, public holidays 08:00–17:00 · 7 km · stodels.com
• Die Tuinhoekie — plant nursery
  Pierneef Street 902, 0186 Pretoria · 5 km
• Farmers' Market — market
  5:30 - 9:00 · 12 km · pretoriaboeremark.co.za
• Garden centre — garden centre
  wekker · Mon–Sun, public holidays 09:00–24:00 · 13 km
• Strawberry Pot — garden centre
  Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, centurion · 14 km
• Afralia Flora Nursery — garden centre
  Van der Hoff Road · Mon–Fri 07:30–17:00; Sat 08:00–16:00; public holidays closed · 14 km · afraliaflora.co.za

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Pretoria
• Selling your own harvest in South Africa

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Pretoria by month

Average weather in Pretoria over 2016–2025: the warmest month is January. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: August–May (21.6–27.9 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 5.6 °C. About 627 mm of rain falls in a year, on 80 days; February is the wettest month (117 mm) and August the driest (3 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).