When to plant tomatoes in Albacete: 29 April – 6 August

In Albacete, tomato: sow for seedlings from 15 February to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 8 April to 6 August; plant out into open ground from 29 April to 6 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Albaverde (farm supply, 1 km) and Jubasa (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Albacete: soil, season and weather

In Albacete the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 29 April, 39 days later.

Last spring frost	21 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	29 April, 39 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	8 April – 6 August; April outside: 7 °C at night, 18.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	26 November, 211 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 July – 15 October
Days left for picking	141
Daylight	11:36 on 8 March, 13:45 on 29 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Albacete: care after planting

Planted on 29 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

29 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
27 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 Albacete during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (29.4 °C), July (33.9 °C) and August (32.8 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (14.8 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April–June and September–November (5.8–15.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.3	7	50	9	13:12
May	23.6	10.7	37	6	14:17
June	29.4	15.7	22	4	14:53
July	33.9	19.1	7	1	14:39
August	32.8	19	13	2	13:43
September	26.8	14.9	33	5	12:29
October	22	11.2	36	6	11:14
November	14.8	5.8	37	6	10:04

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Albacete, Elche is 58 days earlier and Cuenca (Spain) 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cuenca (Spain)	122 km	8 May – 24 July	9 days later
Alcázar de San Juan	125 km	1 April – 12 August	28 days earlier
Murcia	128 km	from 7 March	53 days earlier
Elche	129 km	from 2 March	58 days earlier
Valencia	138 km	from 7 March	53 days earlier
Gandia	145 km	from 16 March	44 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Albacete

Buy plants ready to set out from 29 April to 6 August (from 8 April to 6 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 February to 15 June. Within 15 km of Albacete OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 11 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Albaverde — farm supply
Paseo Circunvalación 65 · 1 km
Jubasa — farm supply
Calle Feria 113 · 1 km
Joaquín Rosa Faura — farm supply
Calle Manuel de Falla 2 · 1 km
Albacete Ganadera — farm supply
Avenida Ramón y Cajal 11 · 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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