Last and first frost dates in Tunja

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Tunja had no frost in 2016–2025, so crops are planted by warmth and rain rather than by frost dates.

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 Tunja

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	10 February
18 °C	not reached before August

Frost dates near Tunja

City	Distance	Last spring frost	First autumn frost
Bogotá	121 km	—	—
Soacha	143 km	—	—
Villavicencio	159 km	—	—
Bucaramanga	178 km	—	—
Ibagué	238 km	—	—

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Tunja

Within 15 km of Tunja OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Rayco, 2 km away.

Rayco — market
Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00 · 2 km
Plaza de Mercado del Sur — market
Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 4 km

Weather in Tunja by month

Average weather in Tunja over 2016–2025: the warmest month is February. No month averages 20 °C by day; the warmest, February, reaches 17.1 °C. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7.7 °C. About 1262 mm of rain falls in a year, on 266 days; April is the wettest month (163 mm) and January the driest (55 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days
January	16.8	7.7	55	14
February	17.1	8.4	75	16
March	16.9	9	156	25
April	16.6	9	163	26
May	16.3	9.2	145	27
June	15.6	8.5	115	26
July	15.2	8.2	95	26
August	15.6	7.7	74	21
September	16.2	7.7	63	18
October	16.5	8.1	112	23
November	16.6	8.5	137	26
December	16.6	8.2	72	18

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).