Last and first frost dates in Taranto

When is the last frost in Taranto?

The last frost in Taranto usually comes around 13 February: 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 23 January, while corn waits until 20 February.

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 Taranto

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

Frost dates near Taranto

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Bari (14 February) and latest in Potenza (15 April).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Taranto

Within 15 km of Taranto OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 4 markets (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivaio Forestale Leggiadrezze, 4 km away.

• Vivaio Forestale Leggiadrezze — garden centre
  Contrada Leggiadrezze, 74123 Taranto · 4 km · arifpuglia.it
• Mercato di Piazza Sicilia — market
  Mon–Sat 07:00–14:00 · 1 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Taranto
• Selling your own harvest in Italy

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Taranto by month

Average weather in Taranto over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (23.2–33.3 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (33.3 °C) and August (32.6 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 6.3 °C. About 566 mm of rain falls in a year, on 83 days; November is the wettest month (102 mm) and July the driest (9 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).