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Last and first frost dates in San Cristóbal de las Casas

Mexico

San Cristóbal de las Casas 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas

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 January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °C26 February
18 °C29 April

Frost dates near San Cristóbal de las Casas

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Tuxtla Gutiérrez51 km——
Villahermosa142 km——
Huehuetenango202 km——
Tapachula208 km——
Quetzaltenango243 km——

Seeds, seedlings and markets in San Cristóbal de las Casas

Within 15 km of San Cristóbal de las Casas OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 7 markets (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Corazón de Jade, 1 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in San Cristóbal de las Casas by month

Average weather in San Cristóbal de las Casas over 2016–2025: the warmest month is April. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: February–September (20–22.8 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.8 °C. About 2004 mm of rain falls in a year, on 202 days; June is the wettest month (411 mm) and January the driest (26 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January198.8267
February20.49277
March22.110.1339
April22.810.96114
May22.41219321
June20.412.141126
July20.811.121421
August20.611.333325
September2011.638327
October19.711.420322
November1910.28914
December18.99.3319

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).