When to plant pumpkins in Girona: 26 May – 5 August

In Girona, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 24 March to 24 June; plant into a greenhouse from 5 May to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 26 May to 5 August.

Pumpkin in Girona: soil, season and weather

In Girona the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 11 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 26 May, 104 days later.

Last spring frost	11 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	26 May, 104 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 November, 188 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	9 August – 19 October
Days left for picking	113
Daylight	13:17 on 14 April, 14:53 on 26 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Girona: care after planting

Planted on 26 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

16 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 Girona during the pumpkin season

About 443 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (36 mm) and October the wettest (94 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.5	11.8	79	10	14:33
June	27.7	16.8	58	8	15:13
July	30.7	19.5	36	7	14:57
August	30.8	19.6	41	6	13:54
September	25.9	16.1	71	10	12:32
October	22	12.8	94	9	11:08
November	16.6	7.3	64	8	9:50

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin earlier than Girona; the closest date is in Barcelona, 2 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Perpignan	80 km	24 April – 17 August	32 days earlier
Barcelona	85 km	24 May – 17 August	2 days earlier
Manresa	87 km	13 May – 7 August	13 days earlier
Tarragona	162 km	from 30 April	26 days earlier
Lleida	187 km	29 April – 24 August	27 days earlier
Montpellier	201 km	8 May – 2 September	18 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Girona

Buy plants ready to set out from 26 May to 5 August (from 5 May to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 March to 24 June. Within 15 km of Girona OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivers Can Paraire — garden centre
9 km
Can Sixtelzina — farm supply
7 km
Comercial Girona — farm supply
15 km
Mercat del Lléo — market
0 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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