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When to plant peas in Bern: 3 April – 21 August

In Bern, peas: sow straight into the bed from 3 April to 21 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Walter Stettler (farm shop, 5 km) and Kobel's Hof (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Bern: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (24 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 17 February).

Last spring frost24 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C17 February, 66 days before the last frost
First autumn frost3 November, 214 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window16 June – 3 November
Days left for picking140
Daylight12:55 on 3 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 13 rainy days

Peas in Bern: care after planting

Planted on 3 April: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Bern during the peas season

About 843 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (79 mm) and May the wettest (131 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April13.21.9791313:34
May16.46.51311615:02
June22.111.41201515:52
July23.712.91201515:32
August23.712.6991214:16
September198.9941212:37
October13.94.8991210:57
November6.9-0.3101139:24

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Bern, Neuchâtel is 26 days earlier and Sion 14 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Fribourg28 km5 April – 24 August2 days later
Neuchâtel40 km8 March – 15 September26 days earlier
Lucerne66 km11 April – 7 August8 days later
Basel69 km15 March – 7 September19 days earlier
Lausanne79 km22 March – 7 September12 days earlier
Sion80 km17 April – 6 August14 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Bern

Seeds go straight into the bed from 3 April to 21 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Bern OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 53 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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.

Questions

When to plant peas in Bern?

In Bern, peas: sow straight into the bed from 3 April to 21 August.

When is the last spring frost in Bern?

Last spring frost around 24 April, first autumn frost around 3 November.

Other crops in Bern, with their dates