When to plant peas in Ushuaia

In Ushuaia, peas: sow straight into the bed from 21 November. The frost-free season here is shorter than the 74 days the crop needs from planting to harvest (by its card): grow it in a greenhouse or choose an early variety.

Peas in Ushuaia: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (12 December); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 19 October).

Last spring frost	12 December
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	19 October, 54 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	26 January, 66 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
Days left for picking	-8
Daylight	16:21 on 21 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 20 rainy days

Peas in Ushuaia: care after planting

Planted on 21 November: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Ushuaia during the peas season

About 316 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (96 mm) and January the wettest (116 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	9	2	96	20	16:00
December	10.2	3.3	104	22	17:16
January	11	4.3	116	23	16:42

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Ushuaia; the closest date is in Coyhaique, 9 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Punta Arenas	250 km	7 October – 23 January	45 days earlier
Río Gallegos	360 km	25 September – 22 January	57 days earlier
Comodoro Rivadavia	997 km	20 August – 10 March	93 days earlier
Coyhaique	1,061 km	from 12 November	9 days earlier
Trelew	1,304 km	8 August – 15 March	105 days earlier
Puerto Montt	1,522 km	1 August – 23 March	112 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Ushuaia

Seeds go straight into the bed from 21 November; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Ushuaia OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mar de Cobos — market
2 km
Champita — market
2 km
Mercado De la Costa — market
6 km

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