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When to plant peas in Vila Real: 30 December – 9 October

In Vila Real, peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 December to 9 October.

Peas in Vila Real: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (20 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 8 days after that.

Last spring frost20 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of January
First autumn frost22 December, 357 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window14 March – 22 December
Days left for picking283
Daylight9:14 on 30 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

Peas in Vila Real: care after planting

Planted on 30 December: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Vila Real during the peas season

About 1053 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (8 mm) and November the wettest (143 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
December12.45.3139139:13
January11.94138119:31
February14.35.198910:37
March15.96.11171311:53
April198.41121113:18
May22.711.3641014:29
June26.214.648815:08
July30.717.18314:53
August31.417.48213:52
September26.614.748612:31
October2212.31301111:09
November15.47.8143149:54

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Vila Real; the closest date is in Braga, 5 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Braga63 km4 January – 10 October5 days later
Viseu73 km17 January – 27 September18 days later
Porto75 km5 January – 6 October6 days later
Guarda93 km12 March – 12 September72 days later
Bragança99 km17 March – 13 September77 days later
Viana do Castelo101 km13 January – 29 September14 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Vila Real

Seeds go straight into the bed from 30 December to 9 October; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Vila Real OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 15 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 11 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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.

Questions

When to plant peas in Vila Real?

In Vila Real, peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 December to 9 October.

When is the last spring frost in Vila Real?

Last spring frost around 20 January, first autumn frost around 22 December.

Other crops in Vila Real, with their dates