When to plant pumpkins in Montpellier: 8 May – 2 September

In Montpellier, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 6 March to 22 July; plant into a greenhouse from 17 April to 2 September; plant out into open ground from 8 May to 2 September.

Pumpkin in Montpellier: soil, season and weather

In Montpellier the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 8 May, 101 days later.

Last spring frost	27 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	8 May, 101 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	28 December, 234 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 16 November
Days left for picking	159
Daylight	12:28 on 27 March, 14:26 on 8 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Montpellier: care after planting

Planted on 8 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 May — 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 Montpellier during the pumpkin season

About 501 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (17 mm) and October the wettest (103 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	22	13.4	73	8	14:42
June	26.9	18.3	39	6	15:25
July	30.1	20.6	17	3	15:08
August	29.5	20.2	33	4	14:01
September	25.1	16.6	71	6	12:33
October	20.9	13.3	103	11	11:05
November	15.6	8.4	97	11	9:42
December	12.7	5.6	68	9	8:58

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Montpellier, Perpignan is 14 days earlier and Valence 21 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nîmes	46 km	17 May – 6 August	9 days later
Avignon	84 km	18 May – 7 August	10 days later
Marseille	125 km	from 10 May	2 days later
Perpignan	129 km	24 April – 17 August	14 days earlier
Valence	168 km	29 May – 27 July	21 days later
Toulouse	196 km	29 May – 3 August	21 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Montpellier

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 May to 2 September (from 17 April to 2 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 6 March to 22 July. Within 15 km of Montpellier OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 11 plant nurseries, 47 markets and 14 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Halles Plaza — market
Mon–Thu, Sat 07:00–21:30; Fri 07:00–23:00; Sun 07:00–15:00 · 3 km · hallesplaza.fr
Marché de Malbosc — market
Place Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, 34080 Montpellier · Wed 07:30–13:30 · 5 km
Marché alimentation — market
Wed 08:00–12:00 · 10 km · palavaslesflots.com
Marché de Saint-Vincent-de-Barbeyrargues — market · sells: cheese, vegetables, bread, food
Thu 16:30–20:30 · 11 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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