When to plant pumpkins in Bayonne: 28 May – 22 August

In Bayonne, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 26 March to 11 July; plant into a greenhouse from 7 May to 22 August; plant out into open ground from 28 May to 22 August.

Pumpkin in Bayonne: soil, season and weather

In Bayonne the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 26 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 28 May, 122 days later.

Last spring frost	26 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	28 May, 122 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	17 December, 203 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 5 November
Days left for picking	128
Daylight	13:27 on 16 April, 15:05 on 28 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 10 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Bayonne: care after planting

Planted on 28 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

18 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 Bayonne during the pumpkin season

About 983 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (63 mm) and November the wettest (218 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.6	12.2	110	15	14:41
June	22.9	15.8	113	13	15:24
July	24.4	17.5	63	10	15:07
August	25.3	17.8	71	10	14:00
September	23.4	15.5	121	13	12:33
October	20.8	12.9	115	13	11:05
November	15.7	8.7	218	16	9:43
December	13.5	7	172	14	8:59

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Bayonne; the closest date is in Pamplona, 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
San Sebastián	45 km	8 June – 8 August	11 days later
Pamplona	77 km	1 June – 5 August	4 days later
Pau	92 km	2 June – 9 August	5 days later
Vitoria-Gasteiz	121 km	4 June – 30 July	7 days later
Bilbao	121 km	2 June – 31 August	5 days later
Jaca	129 km	19 June – 6 July	22 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Bayonne

Buy plants ready to set out from 28 May to 22 August (from 7 May to 22 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 26 March to 11 July. Within 15 km of Bayonne OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 20 markets and 34 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché place des Gascons — market
Wed 08:00–13:00 · 2 km
Pêcherie des Allées Marines — market
"Tous les matins sauf le dimanche, en fonction des horaires des marées et au plus tard jusqu’à 13h00" · 2 km
Marché du Polo Beyris — market
Fri 08:00–13:00 · 3 km
Marché de Quintaou — market
Sun 08:00+ · 4 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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