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Last and first frost dates in Xalapa

Mexico

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

Last spring frostnone in ten years
First autumn frostnone 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 Xalapa

The day the top 7 cm of soil first averages each temperature over a week, median of 2016–2025 (ERA5 via Open-Meteo).

SoilDate
5 °Calready in the first week of January
10 °Calready in the first week of January
15 °C8 January
18 °C20 March

Frost dates near Xalapa

CityDistanceLast spring frostFirst autumn frost
Veracruz89 km——
Tehuacán129 km—11 December
Tlaxcala140 km——
Puebla145 km——
Pachuca200 km30 January11 December

Seeds, seedlings and markets in Xalapa

Within 15 km of Xalapa OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 36 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026). The nearest market to the city centre is Plaza Macuiltépetl, 1 km away.

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Weather in Xalapa by month

Average weather in Xalapa over 2016–2025: the warmest month is May. Months that average 20 °C or more by day: March–October (20.9–24.5 °C). No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 11 °C. About 1411 mm of rain falls in a year, on 209 days; June is the wettest month (243 mm) and February the driest (50 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy days
January17.7119216
February19.311.65011
March21.513.38314
April23.514.88314
May24.516.311117
June22.915.924324
July22.315.310619
August22.515.515622
September2215.719323
October20.914.714420
November19.413.17815
December18.411.97214

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).