When to plant cucumbers in Vila Real: 18 May – 7 October

In Vila Real, cucumber: sow for seedlings from 30 March to 9 September; plant into a greenhouse from 27 April to 7 October; plant out into open ground from 18 May to 7 October. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Armazéns Casa Calado (farm supply, 0 km) and Agropec (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Cucumber in Vila Real: soil, season and weather

In Vila Real the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the cucumber card — only around 18 May, 118 days later.

Last spring frost	20 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	18 May, 118 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	27 April – 7 October; April outside: 8.4 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 18–25 °C
First autumn frost	22 December, 218 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	34
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 June – 10 November
Days left for picking	184
Daylight	13:31 on 20 April, 14:35 on 18 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 2 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Cucumber in Vila Real: care after planting

Planted on 18 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

25 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 Vila Real during the cucumber season

No month of the season averages above the cucumber card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 31.4 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (15.4 °C) and December (12.4 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 5.3 °C to 17.4 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.7	11.3	64	10	14:29
June	26.2	14.6	48	8	15:08
July	30.7	17.1	8	3	14:53
August	31.4	17.4	8	2	13:52
September	26.6	14.7	48	6	12:31
October	22	12.3	130	11	11:09
November	15.4	7.8	143	14	9:54
December	12.4	5.3	139	13	9:13

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Cucumber in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant cucumber later than Vila Real; the closest date is in Porto, 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Braga	63 km	24 May – 8 October	6 days later
Viseu	73 km	27 May – 25 September	9 days later
Porto	75 km	22 May – 4 October	4 days later
Guarda	93 km	28 May – 10 September	10 days later
Bragança	99 km	29 May – 11 September	11 days later
Viana do Castelo	101 km	30 May – 27 September	12 days later

Where to buy cucumber plants and seeds near Vila Real

Buy plants ready to set out from 18 May to 7 October (from 27 April to 7 October for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 March to 9 September. Within 15 km of Vila Real OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 15 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 11 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Nicoagro — farm supply
Zona Industrial de Constantim Lote 79, 5000-082 Vila Real · 4 km · nicoagro.pt
AgriJorjais - Comércio de Máquinas e Alfaias Agrícolas — farm supply
Rua da Coria 10, 5000-014 Vila Real · 8 km · agrijorjais.pt
Armazéns Casa Calado — farm supply
Avenida 1º de Maio 44, 5000-651 Vila Real · 0 km
Agropec — farm supply
Rua Dom Pedro de Castro 29, 5000-669 Vila Real · 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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