When to plant tomatoes in Bragança: 13 May – 6 August

In Bragança, tomato: sow for seedlings from 1 March to 15 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 April to 6 August; plant out into open ground from 13 May to 6 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Agriloja (farm supply, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Bragança: soil, season and weather

In Bragança the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 13 May, 36 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	13 May, 36 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 April – 6 August; April outside: 4.9 °C at night, 15.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	26 November, 197 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 July – 15 October
Days left for picking	127
Daylight	12:13 on 22 March, 14:28 on 13 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 2 rainy days

Tomato in Bragança: care after planting

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

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

13 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
10 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 Bragança during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (28.5 °C) and August (29 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.1 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 4.4 °C to 15 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	8.1	62	9	14:32
June	23.9	11.9	53	8	15:12
July	28.5	14.8	11	3	14:56
August	29	15	8	2	13:54
September	23.6	11.6	44	5	12:32
October	18.8	8.9	107	11	11:08
November	12.1	4.4	99	13	9:51

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato earlier than Bragança; the closest date is in Ourense, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ponferrada	83 km	10 May – 7 August	3 days earlier
Zamora	91 km	21 April – 29 July	22 days earlier
Vila Real	99 km	13 April – 1 September	30 days earlier
Ourense	108 km	12 May – 13 August	1 day earlier
Salamanca	131 km	4 May – 3 August	9 days earlier
León (Spain)	132 km	4 May – 19 July	9 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Bragança

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 May to 6 August (from 22 April to 6 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 March to 15 June. Within 15 km of Bragança OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Agriloja — farm supply
Rua Arquiteto Viana de Lima 64, 5300-678 Bragança · Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00 · 3 km · agriloja.pt
Mercado Municipal de Bragança — market
1 km
Feira Livre de Bragança — market
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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