Last and first frost dates in Vila Real

When is the last frost in Vila Real?

The last frost in Vila Real usually comes around 20 January: 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 30 December, while corn waits until 17 March. The first autumn frost follows around 22 December, about 336 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 Vila Real

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 9 days after the last spring frost and 15 °C 83 days after it.

Frost dates near Vila Real

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Póvoa de Varzim (19 January) and latest in Guimarães (13 February).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Vila Real

Within 15 km of Vila Real OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 15 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 11 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is Evenor Store, 3 km away.

• Evenor Store — garden centre
  Nó de Acesso A4 1, 5000-105 Vila Real · Mon 14:30–19:00; Tue–Sat 10:00–13:00, 14:30–19:00; Sun closed · 3 km · evenor.pt
• Armazéns Casa Calado — farm supply
  Avenida 1º de Maio 44, 5000-651 Vila Real · 0 km
• Mercado Municipal de Vila Real — market
  Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00; Sat 08:00–13:00 · 1 km
• Rocas Vale Ouro — farm shop
  Rua Camilo Castelo Branco 66, 5000-658 Vila Real · 1 km · bcdvilareal.pt
• Nicoagro — farm supply
  Rua de Santa Sofia 17, 5000-680 Vila Real · 1 km · bcdvilareal.pt
• Feira de Levante de Vila Real — market
  Tue, Fri 07:00–13:00 · 2 km

• Where to buy seeds and seedlings in Vila Real
• Selling your own harvest in Portugal

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Vila Real by month

Average weather in Vila Real over 2016–2025: the warmest month is August. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: May–October (22–31.4 °C). Months that average 30 °C or more by day: July (30.7 °C) and August (31.4 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 4 °C. About 1053 mm of rain falls in a year, on 111 days; November is the wettest month (143 mm) and July the driest (8 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).