When to plant tomatoes in Aktau: 14 April – 21 July

In Aktau, tomato: sow for seedlings from 31 January to 30 May; plant into a greenhouse from 24 March to 21 July; plant out into open ground from 14 April to 21 July.

Tomato in Aktau: soil, season and weather

In Aktau the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 14 April, 23 days later.

Last spring frost	22 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	14 April, 23 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	24 March – 21 July; March outside: 2.3 °C at night, 11.4 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	10 November, 210 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 June – 29 September
Days left for picking	140
Daylight	10:47 on 21 February, 13:21 on 14 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Aktau: care after planting

Planted on 14 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

14 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
12 May — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of tomato 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 Aktau during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (32.2 °C), July (34.6 °C) and August (34 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (10.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (2.4–15.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.4	8.6	21	5	13:24
May	25.8	14.9	28	5	14:42
June	32.2	20.5	10	2	15:25
July	34.6	23.1	10	2	15:08
August	34	22	4	1	14:01
September	26.5	15.4	13	3	12:33
October	18.4	8.6	19	3	11:05
November	10.3	2.4	17	3	9:42

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Aktau; the closest date is in Ganja, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Makhachkala	306 km	25 April – 20 August	11 days later
Baku	377 km	21 April – 3 September	7 days later
Atyrau	387 km	21 April – 12 July	7 days later
Astrakhan	387 km	21 April – 22 July	7 days later
Ganja	517 km	16 April – 21 August	2 days later
Vladikavkaz	530 km	1 June – 2 July	48 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Aktau

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 April to 21 July (from 24 March to 21 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 31 January to 30 May. Within 15 km of Aktau OpenStreetMap lists 9 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Асар-С — market
23-й микрорайон 38/1 · 1 km
Желтый рынок — market
31 микрорайон · 2 km
Магаш — market
31 микрорайон · 2 km
РИД-СК — 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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