When to plant peas in Leiria: from 1 January

In Leiria, peas: sow straight into the bed from 1 January. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Leiria: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (22 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 6 days after that.

Last spring frost	22 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 16 March
Daylight	9:25 on 1 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Leiria: care after planting

Planted on 1 January: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Leiria during the peas season

About 458 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (57 mm) and March the wettest (112 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	14.1	6.4	103	10	9:39
February	15.7	7.3	74	9	10:42
March	16.7	7.9	112	14	11:54
April	19.1	9.8	112	14	13:14
May	22	11.8	57	9	14:21

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Leiria, Évora is 10 days earlier and Viseu 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Santarém	58 km	from 25 December	7 days earlier
Coimbra	61 km	from 8 January	7 days later
Castelo Branco	113 km	27 December – 13 October	5 days earlier
Viseu	128 km	17 January – 27 September	16 days later
Évora	151 km	from 22 December	10 days earlier
Porto	158 km	5 January – 6 October	4 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Leiria

Seeds go straight into the bed from 1 January; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Leiria OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries and 8 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal da Maceira — market
10 km
Loja do Telheiro — market
9 km
Crivila - Produção de Plantas, lda — plant nursery
8 km · crivila.com
Crivila — plant nursery
9 km

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