When to plant tomatoes in Antalya: 2 April – 8 September

In Antalya, tomato: sow for seedlings from 19 January to 18 July; plant into a greenhouse from 12 March to 8 September; plant out into open ground from 2 April to 8 September.

Tomato in Antalya: soil, season and weather

In Antalya the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 2 February, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 2 April, 59 days later.

Last spring frost	2 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	2 April, 59 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 March – 8 September; March outside: 7.1 °C at night, 18.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	29 December, 271 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 June – 17 November
Days left for picking	201
Daylight	10:37 on 9 February, 12:37 on 2 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 2 rainy days

Tomato in Antalya: care after planting

Planted on 2 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

2 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
30 April — 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 Antalya during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in May–October (27.3–37.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (6.8–15.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	22.9	10.5	69	8	13:07
May	27.3	14.7	84	8	14:08
June	32.5	19.5	32	6	14:41
July	37.3	23.8	8	2	14:28
August	36.1	23.6	11	3	13:36
September	33.2	20	25	3	12:27
October	27.5	15.1	68	6	11:18
November	21.3	10.5	137	10	10:13
December	16	6.8	213	14	9:39

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Antalya, Adana is 14 days earlier and Eskişehir 27 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Konya	192 km	21 April – 20 July	19 days later
Eskişehir	321 km	29 April – 15 July	27 days later
Izmir	357 km	28 April – 17 August	26 days later
Ankara	387 km	28 April – 14 July	26 days later
Bursa	395 km	29 April – 16 August	27 days later
Adana	411 km	19 March – 25 August	14 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Antalya

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 April to 8 September (from 12 March to 8 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 January to 18 July. Within 15 km of Antalya OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 41 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Çarşamba Pazarı — market
Sokullu Caddesi · Wed, Sun 08:00–18:00 · 1 km
Muratpaşa Belediyesi Yenigün Kapali Pazari — market
Thu 08:00–20:00 · 2 km
Saturday Market — market
Sat 08:00–20:00 · 3 km
Zeytinköy cumartesi pazarı — market
Sat 08:00–20:00 · 3 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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