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Last and first frost dates in Recife

Brazil

Recife 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 Recife

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 July
10 °Calready in the first week of July
15 °Calready in the first week of July
18 °Calready in the first week of July

Frost dates near Recife

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
João Pessoa103 km——
Maceió203 km——
Natal254 km——
Aracaju399 km——
Fortaleza627 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Recife

Within 15 km of Recife OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 46 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Nanau Sementeira, 7 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Recife by month

Average weather in Recife over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: January–December (26.6–29.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 21.2 °C. About 1515 mm of rain falls in a year, on 257 days; May is the wettest month (233 mm) and November the driest (44 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January29.723.410421
February29.823.611319
March29.723.416623
April29.223.216423
May28.322.723324
June27.321.921725
July26.621.216926
August26.821.211423
September27.421.77821
October28.622.45019
November29.5234415
December29.723.36318

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).