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Last and first frost dates in Sintra

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Sintra 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 Sintra

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 °C14 March
18 °C25 April

Frost dates near Sintra

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Évora (12 January) and latest in Leiria (22 January).

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Lisbon23 km——
Setúbal53 km——
Santarém76 km15 January—
Leiria115 km22 January—
Évora130 km12 January—

Weather in Sintra by month

Average weather in Sintra over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June–October (20.5–22.5 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 10.1 °C. About 734 mm of rain falls in a year, on 103 days; November is the wettest month (108 mm) and August the driest (4 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January14.610.18611
February15.310.5669
March15.811.110212
April17.112.57812
May1914.4468
June20.516.1287
July2217.293
August22.517.542
September2217285
October20.615.88110
November17.21310812
December15.511.29812

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).