When to plant tomatoes in Ciudad Real: 13 April – 8 August

In Ciudad Real, tomato: sow for seedlings from 30 January to 17 June; plant into a greenhouse from 23 March to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 13 April to 8 August.

Tomato in Ciudad Real: soil, season and weather

In Ciudad Real the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 6 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 13 April, 38 days later.

Last spring frost	6 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	13 April, 38 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 March – 8 August; March outside: 4.9 °C at night, 16.3 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	28 November, 229 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 June – 17 October
Days left for picking	159
Daylight	10:56 on 20 February, 13:07 on 13 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Ciudad Real: 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 Ciudad Real during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (28.7–35.5 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.7 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and September–November (5.7–15.4 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19.7	7.6	61	10	13:12
May	25.1	11.6	32	6	14:17
June	31	16.8	16	3	14:53
July	35.5	20.2	3	1	14:39
August	34.9	20.1	8	1	13:43
September	28.7	15.4	26	4	12:29
October	23.5	11.2	55	7	11:14
November	15.7	5.7	50	8	10:04

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Ciudad Real, Córdoba (Spain) is 20 days earlier and Toledo 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Alcázar de San Juan	76 km	1 April – 12 August	12 days earlier
Toledo	97 km	14 April – 16 August	1 day later
Úbeda	119 km	13 April – 13 August	same day
Talavera de la Reina	134 km	11 April – 28 August	2 days earlier
Jaén	136 km	4 April – 27 August	9 days earlier
Córdoba (Spain)	143 km	24 March – 7 September	20 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Ciudad Real

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 April to 8 August (from 23 March to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 January to 17 June. Within 15 km of Ciudad Real OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Viveros Candi — garden centre
9 km
Mercado Municipal — 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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