When to plant cucumbers in Perpignan: 24 April – 27 September

In Perpignan, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 6 March to 30 August; plant into a greenhouse from 3 April to 27 September; plant out into open ground from 24 April to 27 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Pépinière horticole du Midi (garden centre, 1 km) and Bonsaï Perpignan (garden centre, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Perpignan: soil, season and weather

In Perpignan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 24 April, 97 days later.

Last spring frost	17 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 April, 97 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 April – 27 September; April outside: 10.3 °C at night, 18.5 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	12 December, 232 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 May – 31 October
Days left for picking	198
Daylight	12:27 on 27 March, 13:46 on 24 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Perpignan: care after planting

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

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

1 May — 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 Perpignan during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 30 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (16.2 °C) and December (13.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in April, May and September–December (6.2–17.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.5	10.3	59	7	13:22
May	22.2	13.9	48	8	14:37
June	27.3	18.6	23	4	15:18
July	29.9	21	14	3	15:02
August	30	21	15	3	13:57
September	25.9	17.4	33	5	12:32
October	21.8	13.9	72	6	11:07
November	16.2	8.9	53	9	9:47
December	13.6	6.2	57	7	9:04

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Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber later than Perpignan; the closest date is in Montpellier, 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Girona	80 km	26 May – 15 September	32 days later
Montpellier	129 km	8 May – 13 October	14 days later
Manresa	139 km	13 May – 17 September	19 days later
Toulouse	155 km	29 May – 13 September	35 days later
Barcelona	158 km	24 May – 27 September	30 days later
Nîmes	173 km	17 May – 16 September	23 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Perpignan

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 April to 27 September (from 3 April to 27 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 March to 30 August. Within 15 km of Perpignan OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Pépinière horticole du Midi — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–19:00; Sun 09:30–12:30, 15:00–19:00 · 1 km
Les Jardins de Gabiani — garden centre
Route de Bompas (rd 31) 164 · 1 km
Arbres et Plantes 66 — garden centre
Avenue de Saint-Gaudérique · Mon–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 3 km
Bonsaï Perpignan — garden centre
Mon–Wed, Fri, Sat 11:00–19:00 · 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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