When to plant peas in Pontevedra: from 1 January

In Pontevedra, 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 Pontevedra: 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	9:08 on 1 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 12 rainy days

Peas in Pontevedra: 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 Pontevedra during the peas season

About 849 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (116 mm) and January the wettest (221 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	13.2	6.3	221	15	9:24
February	14.5	7	166	13	10:34
March	15.3	7.6	182	15	11:53
April	17.7	9.3	164	14	13:21
May	20.3	11.8	116	12	14:35

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Pontevedra, Vigo is 8 days earlier and Ourense 62 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vigo	23 km	from 24 December	8 days earlier
Santiago de Compostela	51 km	16 January – 4 October	15 days later
Ourense	65 km	4 March – 20 September	62 days later
Viana do Castelo	84 km	13 January – 29 September	12 days later
Braga	100 km	4 January – 10 October	3 days later
A Coruña	105 km	from 30 December	2 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Pontevedra

Seeds go straight into the bed from 1 January; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Pontevedra OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 9 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado de Abastos de Arcade — market
10 km
Recinto Feiral — market
11 km
Mercado de Abastos Mosteiro — market
11 km
Praza de Abastos de Sanxenxo — market
14 km

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