When to plant bell peppers in Córdoba (Spain): 21 April – 7 September

In Córdoba (Spain), bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 30 January to 9 July; plant into a greenhouse from 31 March to 7 September; plant out into open ground from 21 April to 7 September.

Bell Pepper in Córdoba (Spain): soil, season and weather

In Córdoba (Spain) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 21 April, 92 days later.

Last spring frost	19 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	21 April, 92 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	31 March – 7 September; March outside: 7.4 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	28 December, 251 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 June – 16 November
Days left for picking	181
Daylight	10:59 on 20 February, 13:23 on 21 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

The same dates in Córdoba (Spain) hold for Cucumber, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Bell Pepper in Córdoba (Spain): care after planting

Planted on 21 April: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

21 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 May — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of bell pepper to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Córdoba (Spain) during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in June–September (30.1–36.3 °C). Months that stay below 15 °C even by day on average: December (14.2 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in April, May and October–December (5.5–14 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21	10.1	55	8	13:10
May	26.4	13.7	34	6	14:12
June	31.8	18.1	14	2	14:47
July	36.3	21.3	1	0	14:33
August	36	21.7	4	1	13:39
September	30.1	17.7	26	3	12:28
October	24.8	14	66	7	11:16
November	17.2	8.2	67	8	10:09
December	14.2	5.5	59	7	9:33

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Córdoba (Spain), Seville is 19 days earlier and Granada 40 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Écija	48 km	9 April – 7 September	12 days earlier
Jaén	87 km	26 April – 27 August	5 days later
Seville	120 km	from 2 April	19 days earlier
Úbeda	123 km	7 May – 13 August	16 days later
Granada	130 km	31 May – 6 August	40 days later
Ciudad Real	143 km	7 May – 8 August	16 days later

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Córdoba (Spain)

Buy plants ready to set out from 21 April to 7 September (from 31 March to 7 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 January to 9 July. Within 15 km of Córdoba (Spain) OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 9 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Parque Azahara — market
4 km
Zoco Municipal — market
2 km
Mercadillo de Las Setas — market
3 km
Mercadillo del Arenal — market
Calle El Infierno, 14010 Córdoba · Sun 09:00–14:00 · 2 km · mercadillos.org

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.

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