When to plant peas in Tarragona: from 22 December

In Tarragona, peas: sow straight into the bed from 22 December. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Tarragona: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (12 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 16 days after that.

Last spring frost	12 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 6 March
Daylight	9:13 on 22 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

Peas in Tarragona: care after planting

Planted on 22 December: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Tarragona during the peas season

About 247 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (33 mm) and April the wettest (50 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	15.6	7.7	35	5	9:14
January	14.6	6.1	43	4	9:32
February	15.8	7.1	33	4	10:38
March	17.2	8.8	49	8	11:53
April	19.2	10.9	50	8	13:17
May	22.9	14.4	37	6	14:28

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Tarragona's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tortosa	70 km	from 26 December	4 days later
Lleida	77 km	19 January – 6 October	28 days later
Barcelona	83 km	3 January – 29 September	12 days later
Manresa	83 km	25 February – 19 September	65 days later
Girona	162 km	21 January – 17 September	30 days later
Castellón de la Plana	167 km	from 22 December	same day

Where to buy peas seeds in Tarragona

Seeds go straight into the bed from 22 December; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Tarragona OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 10 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercat del Carrilet — market
Mon–Sat 07:30–14:00; Fri 16:30–20:30 · 12 km · amersam.cat
Mercat Torreforta — market
Mon–Sat 08:30–14:00 · 3 km
Mercadillo de Bonavista — market
Sun 10:00–14:00 · 5 km
Mercat dels Marxants — market
Sat 09:00–14:00; Mon 09:00–14:00 · 13 km

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