When to plant peas in Mérida (Spain): 1 January – 6 October

In Mérida (Spain), peas: sow straight into the bed from 1 January to 6 October. For seeds, the places nearby include Frutas Selectas Cortijo (farm shop, 0 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Mérida (Spain): 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
First autumn frost	19 December, 352 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	16 March – 19 December
Days left for picking	278
Daylight	9:29 on 1 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

Peas in Mérida (Spain): 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 Mérida (Spain) during the peas season

About 521 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (2 mm) and March the wettest (88 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	13.5	4	54	8	9:44
February	16.1	5.4	40	6	10:44
March	17.8	7	88	11	11:54
April	21	9.4	64	10	13:12
May	25.6	12.7	33	5	14:17
June	30.6	16.7	13	3	14:53
July	34.9	19.4	2	1	14:39
August	35.2	19.8	2	0	13:43
September	29.9	16.6	26	4	12:29
October	25.1	13.5	71	8	11:14
November	17.4	8.3	63	10	10:04
December	14.2	5.7	65	8	9:28

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Mérida (Spain), Évora is 10 days earlier and Plasencia 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Badajoz	56 km	29 December – 3 October	3 days earlier
Cáceres	62 km	31 December – 11 October	1 day earlier
Plasencia	125 km	17 January – 17 October	16 days later
Castelo Branco	141 km	27 December – 13 October	5 days earlier
Évora	142 km	from 22 December	10 days earlier
Beja	167 km	16 January – 15 October	15 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Mérida (Spain)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 1 January to 6 October; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Mérida (Spain) OpenStreetMap lists 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Mercado de Calatrava — market
Calle Félix Valverde Lillo 10 · 1 km
Frutas Selectas Cortijo — farm shop
Avenida Juan Carlos I 25, 06800 Mérida · 0 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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