When to plant pumpkins in Guadalajara (Spain): 17 May – 30 July

In Guadalajara (Spain), pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 15 March to 18 June; plant into a greenhouse from 26 April to 30 July; plant out into open ground from 17 May to 30 July.

Pumpkin in Guadalajara (Spain): soil, season and weather

In Guadalajara (Spain) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 17 May, 53 days later.

Last spring frost	25 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	17 May, 53 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	24 November, 191 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 July – 13 October
Days left for picking	116
Daylight	12:50 on 5 April, 14:29 on 17 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

The same dates in Guadalajara (Spain) hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Guadalajara (Spain): care after planting

Planted on 17 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

7 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 Guadalajara (Spain) during the pumpkin season

About 268 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (6 mm) and October the wettest (77 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22.5	9.5	42	8	14:26
June	28.3	14.6	32	6	15:04
July	32.9	17.9	6	1	14:49
August	32.5	18	12	1	13:49
September	25.9	13.3	47	6	12:30
October	20.9	9.5	77	9	11:11
November	13.7	4.4	52	9	9:57

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Guadalajara (Spain), Toledo is 6 days earlier and Segovia 15 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Madrid	51 km	14 May – 2 August	3 days earlier
Segovia	88 km	1 June – 14 July	15 days later
Cuenca (Spain)	107 km	14 May – 19 July	3 days earlier
Toledo	113 km	11 May – 11 August	6 days earlier
Aranda de Duero	124 km	31 May – 19 July	14 days later
Ávila	130 km	31 May – 23 July	14 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Guadalajara (Spain)

Buy plants ready to set out from 17 May to 30 July (from 26 April to 30 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 March to 18 June. Within 15 km of Guadalajara (Spain) OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Botanie Garden Center — garden centre
5 km
El Serranillo — plant nursery
4 km · miteco.gob.es
Mercado de Abastos de Guadalajara — market
1 km
Mercado de Abastos — market
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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