When to plant tomatoes in Cáceres: 15 April – 3 September

In Cáceres, tomato: sow for seedlings from 1 February to 13 July; plant into a greenhouse from 25 March to 3 September; plant out into open ground from 15 April to 3 September.

Tomato in Cáceres: soil, season and weather

In Cáceres the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 15 April, 84 days later.

Last spring frost	21 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	15 April, 84 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	25 March – 3 September; March outside: 6.6 °C at night, 16.7 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	24 December, 253 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 June – 12 November
Days left for picking	183
Daylight	11:00 on 22 February, 13:13 on 15 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Cáceres: care after planting

Planted on 15 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

15 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
13 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 Cáceres during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (28.5–34.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (13.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (5.3–13.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.9	9.1	62	11	13:13
May	24.6	12.6	34	5	14:20
June	29.6	16.6	15	3	14:56
July	34	19.6	4	1	14:42
August	34.3	20.1	3	1	13:45
September	28.5	16.4	32	4	12:29
October	23.7	13.2	73	8	11:13
November	16.2	8	68	10	10:02
December	13.4	5.3	63	8	9:24

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Cáceres, Badajoz is 13 days earlier and Guarda 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mérida (Spain)	62 km	8 April – 29 August	7 days earlier
Plasencia	66 km	16 April – 9 September	1 day later
Badajoz	84 km	2 April – 26 August	13 days earlier
Castelo Branco	103 km	2 April – 5 September	13 days earlier
Guarda	141 km	9 May – 5 August	24 days later
Talavera de la Reina	143 km	11 April – 28 August	4 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Cáceres

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 April to 3 September (from 25 March to 3 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 1 February to 13 July. Within 15 km of Cáceres OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Centro de Jardinería Sara — garden centre
7 km
Centro de Jardineria Top Campo — garden centre
9 km
Top Campo — garden centre
3 km
Viveros Pinsapo — garden centre
7 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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