When to plant tomatoes in Ávila: 14 May – 28 July

In Ávila, tomato: sow for seedlings from 2 March to 6 June; plant into a greenhouse from 23 April to 28 July; plant out into open ground from 14 May to 28 July.

Tomato in Ávila: soil, season and weather

In Ávila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 14 May, 23 days later.

Last spring frost	21 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	14 May, 23 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 April – 28 July; April outside: 4.2 °C at night, 15.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	17 November, 187 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	23 July – 6 October
Days left for picking	117
Daylight	12:15 on 23 March, 14:24 on 14 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Ávila: care after planting

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

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

14 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 June — 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 Ávila during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (29.3 °C) and August (29.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.5 °C to 15.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	7.5	39	9	14:26
June	25.1	12.3	29	7	15:04
July	29.3	14.9	10	2	14:49
August	29.3	15.3	7	3	13:49
September	23.3	11.3	30	5	12:30
October	18.8	8.3	61	9	11:11
November	11.6	3.5	64	10	9:57

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Ávila, Talavera de la Reina is 33 days earlier and Segovia 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Segovia	59 km	20 May – 19 July	6 days later
Talavera de la Reina	78 km	11 April – 28 August	33 days earlier
Salamanca	88 km	4 May – 3 August	10 days earlier
Madrid	89 km	26 April – 7 August	18 days earlier
Toledo	106 km	14 April – 16 August	30 days earlier
Valladolid	110 km	29 April – 7 August	15 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ávila

Buy plants ready to set out from 14 May to 28 July (from 23 April to 28 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 2 March to 6 June. Within 15 km of Ávila OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Plaza de Abastos — market
Calle Enrique Larreta 9, 05001 Ávila · 0 km
Viveros Olalla — garden centre
15 km
Frutas y verduras Azahara — farm shop
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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