Last and first frost dates in Trento

When is the last frost in Trento?

The last frost in Trento usually comes around 4 April: 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 14 March, while corn waits until 13 May. The first autumn frost follows around 10 November, about 220 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 Trento

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 22 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 58 days after it.

Frost dates near Trento

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Padua (10 March) and latest in Bolzano (27 March).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Trento

Within 15 km of Trento OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 3 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Vivai Brugna, 1 km away.

• Vivai Brugna — garden centre
  Via Livio Druso 8, 38122 Trento · Mon–Sat 08:30–12:00, 15:30–19:00 · 1 km · vivaibrugna.com
• Fratelli Zanotelli — farm supply
  Via San Daniele Comboni 5, 38122 · 1 km · zanottifratelli.it
• Vivaio Longo Stefano — plant nursery
  14:00–18:00 · 3 km
• Mercato contadino di Piazza Dante — market
  Sat 07:30–13:00 · 0 km
• Biocesta del Gusto — farm shop
  Via Milano 62, 38122 Trento · Mon–Fri 08:30–19:30; Sat 08:30–13:30 · 1 km
• Chacruna — garden centre
  Mon 15:15–19:00; Tue–Sat 09:30–12:15, 15:15–19:00 · 1 km · chacruna.it

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

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Trento by month

Average weather in Trento over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June (22.4 °C), July (24.2 °C) and August (24.5 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in January (-3.1 °C), February (-1.1 °C) and December (-2.2 °C). About 1108 mm of rain falls in a year, on 136 days; May is the wettest month (155 mm) and January the driest (47 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).