When to plant pumpkins in Perpignan: 24 April – 17 August

In Perpignan, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 20 February to 6 July; plant into a greenhouse from 3 April to 17 August; plant out into open ground from 24 April to 17 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La ferme des Augustins (farm shop, 1 km) and Le Chant de la Terre (farm shop, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Pumpkin in Perpignan: soil, season and weather

In Perpignan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 24 April, 97 days later.

Last spring frost	17 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 April, 97 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 December, 232 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 July – 31 October
Days left for picking	157
Daylight	11:47 on 13 March, 13:46 on 24 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Pumpkin in Perpignan: care after planting

Planted on 24 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 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 Perpignan during the pumpkin season

About 374 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (14 mm) and October the wettest (72 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.5	10.3	59	7	13:22
May	22.2	13.9	48	8	14:37
June	27.3	18.6	23	4	15:18
July	29.9	21	14	3	15:02
August	30	21	15	3	13:57
September	25.9	17.4	33	5	12:32
October	21.8	13.9	72	6	11:07
November	16.2	8.9	53	9	9:47
December	13.6	6.2	57	7	9:04

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Pumpkin in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant pumpkin later than Perpignan; the closest date is in Montpellier, 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Girona	80 km	26 May – 5 August	32 days later
Montpellier	129 km	8 May – 2 September	14 days later
Manresa	139 km	13 May – 7 August	19 days later
Toulouse	155 km	29 May – 3 August	35 days later
Barcelona	158 km	24 May – 17 August	30 days later
Nîmes	173 km	17 May – 6 August	23 days later

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Perpignan

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 April to 17 August (from 3 April to 17 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 20 February to 6 July. Within 15 km of Perpignan OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

La ferme des Augustins — farm shop
Rue des Augustins 25, 66000 Perpignan · Wed–Sat 10:00–19:00 · 1 km
Le Chant de la Terre — farm shop
Tue, Fri 09:30–13:00, 16:00–18:30 · 9 km · bio66.com
Domaine des Arbres Blancs — farm shop
Tue–Sat 09:00–12:00, 16:00–19:00 · 10 km · domainedesarbresblancs.com
Au Fil des Saisons — farm shop
Chemin Del Pas d'Avall 1230 · Wed–Sat 09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–12:00 · 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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