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Last and first frost dates in Santander

Spain

Santander 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 Santander

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 °C8 January
15 °C13 April
18 °C31 May

Frost dates near Santander

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in San Sebastián (22 January) and latest in Burgos (18 April).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Bilbao74 km14 March26 December
Vitoria-Gasteiz115 km6 April24 November
Burgos126 km18 April17 November
San Sebastián148 km22 January3 December
Gijón150 km26 January17 December

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Santander

Within 15 km of Santander OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 13 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Comercial de Jardinería Bravo, 2 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Santander by month

Average weather in Santander over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–October (20.3–24 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7.1 °C. About 1271 mm of rain falls in a year, on 164 days; November is the wettest month (184 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January12.97.114215
February14.17.512013
March14.88.511816
April16.2108613
May18.312.58115
June21.115.77814
July2317.65211
August24185911
September22.416.210613
October20.313.810312
November16.210.418416
December14.38.514215

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).