When to plant tomatoes in Badajoz: 2 April – 26 August

In Badajoz, tomato: sow for seedlings from 19 January to 5 July; plant into a greenhouse from 12 March to 26 August; plant out into open ground from 2 April to 26 August.

Tomato in Badajoz: soil, season and weather

In Badajoz the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 19 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 2 April, 73 days later.

Last spring frost	19 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	2 April, 73 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 March – 26 August; March outside: 7.4 °C at night, 17.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	16 December, 258 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 June – 4 November
Days left for picking	188
Daylight	10:31 on 9 February, 12:40 on 2 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Badajoz: 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 Badajoz during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (29.7–34.9 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (14.7 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (6.1–13.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21.1	9.7	58	11	13:12
May	25.6	13	31	5	14:17
June	30.2	16.4	12	3	14:53
July	34.5	18.9	2	1	14:39
August	34.9	19.3	3	1	13:43
September	29.7	16.7	27	3	12:29
October	25	13.7	74	8	11:14
November	17.7	8.8	64	9	10:05
December	14.7	6.1	65	8	9:28

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Badajoz, Beja is 12 days earlier and Plasencia 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mérida (Spain)	56 km	8 April – 29 August	6 days later
Cáceres	84 km	15 April – 3 September	13 days later
Évora	89 km	from 2 April	same day
Castelo Branco	114 km	2 April – 5 September	same day
Beja	124 km	21 March – 7 September	12 days earlier
Plasencia	149 km	16 April – 9 September	14 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Badajoz

Buy plants ready to set out from 2 April to 26 August (from 12 March to 26 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 19 January to 5 July. Within 15 km of Badajoz OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercadillo — market
Tue 09:00–13:00 · 2 km
Maluca Garden — garden centre
4 km · malucagarden.es
Fertiprado Lda. — farm supply
15 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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