When to plant peas in Castelo Branco: 27 December – 13 October

In Castelo Branco, peas: sow straight into the bed from 27 December to 13 October. For seeds, the places nearby include Agriloja (farm supply, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Castelo Branco: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (17 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 11 days after that.

Last spring frost	17 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	26 December, 364 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 March – 26 December
Days left for picking	290
Daylight	9:22 on 27 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

Peas in Castelo Branco: care after planting

Planted on 27 December: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Castelo Branco during the peas season

About 695 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (2 mm) and November the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	14.7	6.5	93	9	9:22
January	14	5	77	9	9:39
February	16.3	6.2	49	7	10:42
March	17.8	7.3	93	11	11:54
April	21	9.6	77	11	13:14
May	25.5	12.8	46	6	14:21
June	29.8	16.1	32	5	14:59
July	34.6	18.9	3	1	14:44
August	35.1	19.2	2	1	13:46
September	29.5	16.4	36	5	12:30
October	24.7	13.7	84	9	11:12
November	17.4	8.9	103	11	10:00

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Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Castelo Branco; the closest date is in Badajoz, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Guarda	82 km	12 March – 12 September	75 days later
Coimbra	91 km	from 8 January	12 days later
Viseu	100 km	17 January – 27 September	21 days later
Cáceres	103 km	31 December – 11 October	4 days later
Leiria	113 km	from 1 January	5 days later
Badajoz	114 km	29 December – 3 October	2 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Castelo Branco

Seeds go straight into the bed from 27 December to 13 October; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Castelo Branco OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 farm-supply shops and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Campo da Feira — market
1 km
Mercado Municipal — market
0 km
Agriloja — farm supply
Rua R LT 32, 6000-790 Castelo Branco · Mon–Sat 08:30–20:00; Sun 09:00–13:00 · 4 km · agriloja.pt
Quinta do Claude Chão da Raia — farm supply
15 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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