When to plant cucumbers in Cusco: 24 November – 30 March

In Cusco, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 6 October to 2 March; plant into a greenhouse from 3 November to 30 March; plant out into open ground from 24 November to 30 March.

Cucumber in Cusco: soil, season and weather

In Cusco the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 24 November, 113 days later.

Last spring frost	3 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 November, 113 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 November – 30 March; November outside: 6 °C at night, 16.8 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	14 June, 203 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 December – 3 May
Days left for picking	169
Daylight	12:32 on 27 October, 12:49 on 24 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

The same dates in Cusco hold for Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Cucumber in Cusco: care after planting

Planted on 24 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

1 December — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of cucumber 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 Cusco during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, November, averages 16.8 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November–June (14.7–16.8 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 2.5 °C to 6.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	16.8	6	118	21	12:44
December	15.8	6.2	155	24	12:55
January	15	5.9	187	26	12:50
February	14.7	6.3	163	25	12:32
March	14.7	5.7	135	23	12:11
April	15	4.7	59	15	11:48
May	15.4	3.7	24	8	11:30
June	15.6	2.5	6	2	11:20

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber earlier than Cusco; the closest date is in Ayacucho, 17 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ayacucho	247 km	7 November – 15 March	17 days earlier
Puno	332 km	13 October – 8 February	42 days earlier
La Paz	527 km	1 November – 3 February	23 days earlier
Oruro	719 km	19 October – 13 February	36 days earlier
Cochabamba	756 km	2 September – 6 April	83 days earlier
Sucre	942 km	21 August – 15 April	95 days earlier

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Cusco

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 November to 30 March (from 3 November to 30 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 October to 2 March. Within 15 km of Cusco OpenStreetMap lists 9 farm-supply shops and 23 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Centro Comercial El Molino I — market
Jirón Gamarra · Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 1 km
Centro Comercial América — market
Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 1 km
Mercado de Rosaspata — market
Mon–Sun 07:00–15:00 · 1 km
Mercado de San Blas — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–16:00 · 2 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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