When to plant peas in Coimbra: from 8 January

In Coimbra, peas: sow straight into the bed from 8 January. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Coimbra: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (29 January); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	29 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	from 23 March
Daylight	9:28 on 8 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Coimbra: care after planting

Planted on 8 January: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Coimbra during the peas season

About 587 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (46 mm) and January the wettest (133 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	14.2	6.2	133	11	9:37
February	16.1	7	89	9	10:41
March	17.1	7.7	131	14	11:54
April	19.7	9.6	123	13	13:15
May	22.8	11.8	65	10	14:23
June	25.1	14.1	46	8	15:01

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Coimbra, Santarém is 14 days earlier and Guarda 63 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leiria	61 km	from 1 January	7 days earlier
Viseu	67 km	17 January – 27 September	9 days later
Castelo Branco	91 km	27 December – 13 October	12 days earlier
Guarda	105 km	12 March – 12 September	63 days later
Porto	106 km	5 January – 6 October	3 days earlier
Santarém	111 km	from 25 December	14 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Coimbra

Seeds go straight into the bed from 8 January; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Coimbra OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 12 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Feira — market
12 km
Mercado da Pampilhosa — market
14 km
Mercado de abastecimento — market
15 km
Feira/ Parque de apoio ao visitante — market
15 km

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