Last and first frost dates in Tarragona

When is the last frost in Tarragona?

The last frost in Tarragona usually comes around 12 January: 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 22 December, while corn waits until 5 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 Tarragona

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 1 day before the last spring frost and 15 °C 74 days after it.

Frost dates near Tarragona

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Tortosa (16 January) and latest in Manresa (18 March).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Tarragona

Within 15 km of Tarragona OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Comercial Ximenis, 2 km away.

• Comercial Ximenis — garden centre
  Carrer Violant d'Hongria 30, 43007 Tarragona · 2 km
• Infavet — farm supply
  Carrer de Campoamor 4, Reus · 13 km
• Mercat Central — market
  Plaça Corsini · Mon–Sat 08:30–21:00 · 1 km · mercatsdetarragona.cat
• Jardiland — garden centre
  Mon–Sun 10:00–20:30 · 8 km · jardiland.es
• Mercat Torreforta — market
  Mon–Sat 08:30–14:00 · 3 km
• Garden Center Gaià — garden centre
  N-340a, 43893 Altafulla · 10 km · gardensgruplarasa.blogspot.com

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Tarragona
• Selling your own harvest in Spain

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Tarragona by month

Average weather in Tarragona over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (22.9–30.3 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: August (30.3 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 6.1 °C. About 560 mm of rain falls in a year, on 75 days; October is the wettest month (99 mm) and July the driest (25 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).