GreenlyLast and first frost dates in Tulcán
Ecuador
Tulcán had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.
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| Last spring frost | none in ten years |
|---|---|
| First autumn frost | none 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 Tulcán
The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).
| Soil | Date |
|---|---|
| 5 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 10 °C | already in the first week of January |
| 15 °C | not reached before August |
| 18 °C | not reached before August |
Frost dates near Tulcán
| City | Distance | Last spring frost | First autumn frost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasto | 67 km | — | — |
| Ibarra | 68 km | — | — |
| Quito | 138 km | — | — |
| Santo Domingo (Ecuador) | 200 km | — | — |
| Esmeraldas | 215 km | — | — |
Tulcán: weather for the next 7 days
Forecast by Open-Meteo. Nights at or below 0 °C are marked as frost.
Weather in Tulcán by month
Average weather in Tulcán over 2016–2025: the warmest month is November. No month averages 20 °C by day; the warmest, November, reaches 15.2 °C. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in September, average 4.3 °C. About 1619 mm of rain falls in a year, on 245 days; March is the wettest month (211 mm) and September the driest (56 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6 | 5.7 | 151 | 21 |
| February | 15.1 | 6.2 | 149 | 22 |
| March | 14.9 | 6.2 | 211 | 25 |
| April | 14.6 | 6 | 178 | 22 |
| May | 14.1 | 6 | 153 | 23 |
| June | 13.4 | 5.4 | 117 | 20 |
| July | 12.6 | 5.3 | 100 | 21 |
| August | 13.3 | 4.5 | 61 | 15 |
| September | 14.1 | 4.3 | 56 | 13 |
| October | 14.9 | 5.1 | 122 | 19 |
| November | 15.2 | 6.1 | 177 | 24 |
| December | 14.8 | 5.7 | 144 | 20 |
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).
