When to plant eggplants in Vitoria-Gasteiz: 4 June – 4 August

In Vitoria-Gasteiz, eggplant: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 5 June; plant into a greenhouse from 14 May to 4 August; plant out into open ground from 4 June to 4 August.

Eggplant in Vitoria-Gasteiz: soil, season and weather

In Vitoria-Gasteiz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the eggplant card — only around 4 June, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	4 June, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	14 May – 4 August; May outside: 8.1 °C at night, 19.1 °C by day; card 21–29 °C
First autumn frost	24 November, 173 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 August – 13 October
Days left for picking	103
Daylight	12:54 on 5 April, 15:11 on 4 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

The same dates in Vitoria-Gasteiz hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Zucchini, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Eggplant in Vitoria-Gasteiz: care after planting

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

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

4 June — feed: balanced (NPK)
2 July — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of eggplant 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 Vitoria-Gasteiz during the eggplant season

No month of the season averages above the eggplant card's 21–29 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 27.6 °C. Months that stay below 21 °C even by day on average: October (19.5 °C) and November (12.6 °C). Nights average below 21 °C in every month of the season, from 5.2 °C to 14.5 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.8	12.2	57	10	15:19
July	26.6	14	22	5	15:03
August	27.6	14.5	26	4	13:58
September	23.3	11.9	42	9	12:33
October	19.5	9.3	59	9	11:06
November	12.6	5.2	91	14	9:46

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Eggplant in nearby cities

Around Vitoria-Gasteiz, Logroño is 7 days earlier and San Sebastián 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Logroño	46 km	28 May – 14 August	7 days earlier
Bilbao	50 km	2 June – 5 September	2 days earlier
San Sebastián	77 km	8 June – 13 August	4 days later
Pamplona	84 km	1 June – 10 August	3 days earlier
Burgos	102 km	31 May – 28 July	4 days earlier
Bayonne	121 km	28 May – 27 August	7 days earlier

Where to buy eggplant plants and seeds near Vitoria-Gasteiz

Buy plants ready to set out from 4 June to 4 August (from 14 May to 4 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 5 June. Within 15 km of Vitoria-Gasteiz OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Florida — market
1 km
Mercado Beato Tomás de Zumárraga — market
1 km
Mercado Adurza — market
2 km
Alavesa de Patatas — farm shop · sells: potatoes
13 km · alavesadepatatas.com

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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