Last and first frost dates in Temuco

When is the last frost in Temuco?

The last frost in Temuco usually comes around 5 September: 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 15 August, while corn waits until 21 October. The first autumn frost follows around 23 May, about 260 days later: harvest or cover frost-tender crops before then.

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 Temuco

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 20 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 80 days after it.

Frost dates near Temuco

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Concepción (19 July) and latest in Osorno (15 September).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Temuco

Within 15 km of Temuco OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 8 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivero Jardín Edén, 6 km away.

• Vivero Jardín Edén — garden centre
  Ruta S-40 04715, Villa Santa Luisa · 6 km
• Ducasse — farm supply
  General Mackenna, Temuco · 1 km
• Feria Pinto — market
  08:00+ · 2 km
• Famari — farm supply
  Lautaro, Temuco · 2 km
• Mercado Padre Las Casas — market
  Aillacara 1585, Padre Las Casas · 3 km
• Vega Modelo — market
  Avenida Barros Arana 06685, Temuco · 8 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Temuco
• Selling your own harvest in Chile

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Temuco by month

Average weather in Temuco over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: December–March (21.4–25 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 3.4 °C. About 1245 mm of rain falls in a year, on 124 days; June is the wettest month (221 mm) and February the driest (22 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).

Planted in autumn

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).