When to plant bell peppers in Durango: 19 February – 18 August

In Durango, bell pepper: sow for seedlings from 30 November to 19 June; plant into a greenhouse from 29 January to 18 August; plant out into open ground from 19 February to 18 August.

Bell Pepper in Durango: soil, season and weather

In Durango the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 30 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the bell pepper card — only around 19 February, 20 days later.

Last spring frost	30 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	19 February, 20 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	29 January – 18 August; January outside: 4.6 °C at night, 20.8 °C by day; card 15–30 °C
First autumn frost	8 December, 292 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 April – 27 October
Days left for picking	222
Daylight	10:39 on 21 December, 11:26 on 19 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 4 days; the driest month, April, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in Durango hold for Cucumber, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Bell Pepper in Durango: care after planting

Planted on 19 February: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

19 February — feed: balanced (NPK)
19 March — 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 Durango during the bell pepper season

Days average above the bell pepper card's 15–30 °C in May (30.6 °C) and June (30.3 °C). Nights average below 15 °C in February–May and September–December (5.9–14 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	23.4	6.7	14	2	11:21
March	26.5	8.5	4	1	11:59
April	28.5	10.7	2	1	12:42
May	30.6	13.7	7	2	13:18
June	30.3	16.2	42	8	13:37
July	26.3	15	128	18	13:29
August	26.4	15.1	98	15	12:59
September	24.2	14	119	17	12:19
October	24.4	11.5	47	6	11:37
November	23.3	8.3	11	2	10:59
December	21.2	5.9	11	2	10:40

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Bell Pepper in nearby cities

Around Durango, Torreón is 23 days earlier and San Luis Potosí 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Torreón	210 km	27 January – 26 August	23 days earlier
Zacatecas	254 km	21 February – 6 August	2 days later
Aguascalientes	341 km	8 February – 22 August	11 days earlier
Saltillo	403 km	27 February – 6 August	8 days later
San Luis Potosí	430 km	7 March – 25 August	16 days later
Monterrey	476 km	4 February – 2 September	15 days earlier

Where to buy bell pepper plants and seeds near Durango

Buy plants ready to set out from 19 February to 18 August (from 29 January to 18 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 November to 19 June. Within 15 km of Durango OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Juárez — market
1 km
Mercadito Verde Durango — market
1 km

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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