Last and first frost dates in Saarbrücken

When is the last frost in Saarbrücken?

The last frost in Saarbrücken usually comes around 14 April: 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 24 March, while corn waits until 21 April. The first autumn frost follows around 18 November, about 218 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 Saarbrücken

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 6 days before the last spring frost and 15 °C 30 days after it.

Frost dates near Saarbrücken

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Nancy (13 April) and latest in Trier (20 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Saarbrücken

Within 15 km of Saarbrücken OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Der Stadtgarten, 1 km away.

• Der Stadtgarten — garden centre
  Mon–Sat 07:00–20:00; Sun, public holidays closed · 1 km
• Ludwigsplatz — market
  Sat 08:00–14:00 · 1 km · saarbruecken.de
• Erdbeerland — farm shop
  Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–14:00; public holidays, Sun closed · 2 km · erdbeerlandernst.de
• Gartenbau Krämer — garden centre
  Im Almet 2, 66119 Saarbrücken · 3 km · gartenbau-kraemer.de
• Nachmittagsmarkt Max Ophüls Platz — market
  Thu 14:00–20:00; Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun, public holidays closed · 1 km · saarbruecken.de
• Hofladen Melanie & Stefan — farm shop
  Alter Stadtweg 132, 66125 Saarbrücken · Tue–Thu 09:00–13:00, 15:00–18:00; Sat, Sun 07:30–13:00; public holidays closed · 4 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Saarbrücken
• Selling your own harvest in Germany

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Saarbrücken by month

Average weather in Saarbrücken over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–September (20.6–24.8 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-0.2 °C). About 934 mm of rain falls in a year, on 148 days; January is the wettest month (101 mm) and April the driest (59 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).