When to plant tomatoes in Braga: 13 April – 2 September

In Braga, tomato: sow for seedlings from 30 January to 12 July; plant into a greenhouse from 23 March to 2 September; plant out into open ground from 13 April to 2 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include SAPEC (garden centre, 1 km) and Viveiros do Este (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Braga: soil, season and weather

In Braga the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 25 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 13 April, 78 days later.

Last spring frost	25 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	13 April, 78 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 March – 2 September; March outside: 6.7 °C at night, 16.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	23 December, 254 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 June – 11 November
Days left for picking	184
Daylight	10:50 on 20 February, 13:13 on 13 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Braga: care after planting

Planted on 13 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 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 Braga during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (27.5 °C) and August (27.9 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (14.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April–June and September–December (6.6–14.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.6	8.7	164	13	13:19
May	21.6	11.3	99	11	14:30
June	23.9	13.8	63	9	15:10
July	27.5	16.1	18	4	14:54
August	27.9	16.1	19	3	13:53
September	25.1	14.4	82	7	12:31
October	21.6	12.3	216	14	11:09
November	16.3	8.7	220	15	9:52
December	14.2	6.6	216	15	9:11

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Braga, Vigo is 8 days earlier and Ourense 29 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Viana do Castelo	37 km	2 May – 22 August	19 days later
Porto	47 km	15 April – 29 August	2 days later
Vila Real	63 km	13 April – 1 September	same day
Vigo	80 km	from 5 April	8 days earlier
Ourense	99 km	12 May – 13 August	29 days later
Pontevedra	100 km	from 21 April	8 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Braga

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 April to 2 September (from 23 March to 2 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 January to 12 July. Within 15 km of Braga OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 19 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Viveiros do Este — garden centre
Avenida do Fojo, 4715-511 Este (São Pedro e São Mamede) · 5 km · viveiros-do-este.negocio.site
Viveiros Dulce — garden centre
Mon–Sun 07:00–20:00; public holidays closed · 14 km · facebook.com
SAPEC — garden centre
Rua Andrade Corvo 17, 4700-204 · 1 km
Agrodanibela, Lda. — garden centre
Rua do Pinheiro do Bicho 48, 4705-719 Braga · 5 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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