When to plant peas in Santarém: from 25 December

In Santarém, peas: sow straight into the bed from 25 December. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Santarém: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (15 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 13 days after that.

Last spring frost	15 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 9 March
Daylight	9:25 on 25 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 6 rainy days

Peas in Santarém: care after planting

Planted on 25 December: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Santarém during the peas season

About 414 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (44 mm) and December the wettest (83 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	15.8	8.1	83	9	9:26
January	15	6.8	76	8	9:42
February	16.8	7.9	50	7	10:44
March	18	8.8	82	12	11:54
April	20.5	10.7	79	11	13:13
May	24.2	13.3	44	6	14:19

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Santarém, Évora is 3 days earlier and Beja 22 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leiria	58 km	from 1 January	7 days later
Évora	100 km	from 22 December	3 days earlier
Coimbra	111 km	from 8 January	14 days later
Castelo Branco	122 km	27 December – 13 October	2 days later
Badajoz	154 km	29 December – 3 October	4 days later
Beja	154 km	16 January – 15 October	22 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Santarém

Seeds go straight into the bed from 25 December; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Santarém OpenStreetMap lists 3 farm-supply shops and 8 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal de Benfica do Ribatejo — market
10 km
Mercado Municipal — market
12 km
Mercado de São João — market
15 km
Mercado — market
8 km

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