When to plant pumpkins in Ávila: 31 May – 23 July

In Ávila, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 29 March to 11 June; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 23 July; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 23 July.

Pumpkin in Ávila: soil, season and weather

In Ávila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 31 May, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	21 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 40 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 November, 170 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 August – 6 October
Days left for picking	95
Daylight	13:26 on 19 April, 14:52 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

The same dates in Ávila hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Ávila: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

21 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of pumpkin to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Ávila during the pumpkin season

About 240 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (7 mm) and November the wettest (64 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	7.5	39	9	14:26
June	25.1	12.3	29	7	15:04
July	29.3	14.9	10	2	14:49
August	29.3	15.3	7	3	13:49
September	23.3	11.3	30	5	12:30
October	18.8	8.3	61	9	11:11
November	11.6	3.5	64	10	9:57

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Ávila, Talavera de la Reina is 22 days earlier and Segovia 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Segovia	59 km	1 June – 14 July	1 day later
Talavera de la Reina	78 km	9 May – 23 August	22 days earlier
Salamanca	88 km	25 May – 29 July	6 days earlier
Madrid	89 km	14 May – 2 August	17 days earlier
Toledo	106 km	11 May – 11 August	20 days earlier
Valladolid	110 km	15 May – 2 August	16 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Ávila

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 23 July (from 10 May to 23 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 29 March to 11 June. Within 15 km of Ávila OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Plaza de Abastos — market
Calle Enrique Larreta 9, 05001 Ávila · 0 km
Viveros Olalla — garden centre
15 km
Frutas y verduras Azahara — farm shop
1 km

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.

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