Last and first frost dates in Veliky Novgorod

When is the last frost in Veliky Novgorod?

The last frost in Veliky Novgorod usually comes around 2 May: 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 11 April, while corn waits until 15 May. The first autumn frost follows around 19 October, about 170 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 Veliky Novgorod

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 6 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 25 days after it.

Frost dates near Veliky Novgorod

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Saint Petersburg (1 May) and latest in Narva (6 May).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Veliky Novgorod

Within 15 km of Veliky Novgorod OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Садово дачный, 3 km away.

• Садово дачный — garden centre
  10:00–19:00 · 3 km
• Западный — market
  проспект Мира 21 к1 · 2 km
• Дар Земли — garden centre
  Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00; Sat–Sun 09:00–17:00 · 3 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Veliky Novgorod
• Selling your own harvest in Russia

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Veliky Novgorod by month

Average weather in Veliky Novgorod over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June (21.9 °C), July (22.8 °C) and August (21.6 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in November–March (-7.8–-0.8 °C). About 772 mm of rain falls in a year, on 155 days; July is the wettest month (100 mm) and March the driest (41 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).