Last and first frost dates in Vologda

When is the last frost in Vologda?

The last frost in Vologda usually comes around 13 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 22 April, while corn waits until 20 May. The first autumn frost follows around 10 October, about 150 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 Vologda

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 1 day before the last spring frost and 15 °C 14 days after it.

Frost dates near Vologda

Of the nearest cities on our list, the last spring frost ends earliest in Ivanovo (3 May) and latest in Cherepovets (11 May).

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Vologda

Within 15 km of Vologda OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026). The nearest garden centre to the city centre is КУБ, 2 km away.

• КУБ — garden centre
  Гончарная улица 4Б · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–16:00; Sun 09:00–15:00 · 2 km
• ЛБР — farm supply
  Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · 3 km · lbr.ru
• Городской рынок — market
  Tue–Sun 07:15–19:00; Mon 07:15–16:00 · 0 km
• Молочные продукты — farm shop
  улица Панкратова 15, 160555 Молочное · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat, Sun 09:00–17:00 · 13 km
• Рынок на Северной — market
  Северная улица 5, Вологда · 3 km
• Рынок — market
  Mon–Sun 08:30–19:00 · 3 km

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

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Vologda by month

Average weather in Vologda over 2016–2025: the warmest month is July. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: June (20.1 °C), July (22.6 °C) and August (20.8 °C). Nights average below 0 °C in November–April (-11.1–-1.2 °C). About 728 mm of rain falls in a year, on 143 days; July is the wettest month (101 mm) and February the driest (35 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).