When to plant tomatoes in Córdoba (Spain): 24 March – 7 September

In Córdoba (Spain), tomato: sow for seedlings from 10 January to 17 July; plant into a greenhouse from 3 March to 7 September; plant out into open ground from 24 March to 7 September.

Tomato in Córdoba (Spain): soil, season and weather

In Córdoba (Spain) 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 24 March, 64 days later.

Last spring frost	19 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	24 March, 64 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	3 March – 7 September; March outside: 7.4 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	28 December, 279 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 June – 16 November
Days left for picking	209
Daylight	10:16 on 31 January, 12:17 on 24 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

Tomato in Córdoba (Spain): care after planting

Planted on 24 March: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

24 March — feed: balanced (NPK)
21 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 Córdoba (Spain) during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (30.1–36.3 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (14.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in March–May and October–December (5.5–14 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	17.8	7.4	107	11	11:55
April	21	10.1	55	8	13:10
May	26.4	13.7	34	6	14:12
June	31.8	18.1	14	2	14:47
July	36.3	21.3	1	0	14:33
August	36	21.7	4	1	13:39
September	30.1	17.7	26	3	12:28
October	24.8	14	66	7	11:16
November	17.2	8.2	67	8	10:09
December	14.2	5.5	59	7	9:33

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Córdoba (Spain), Seville is 13 days earlier and Granada 50 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Écija	48 km	14 March – 7 September	10 days earlier
Jaén	87 km	4 April – 27 August	11 days later
Seville	120 km	from 11 March	13 days earlier
Úbeda	123 km	13 April – 13 August	20 days later
Granada	130 km	13 May – 6 August	50 days later
Ciudad Real	143 km	13 April – 8 August	20 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Córdoba (Spain)

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 March to 7 September (from 3 March to 7 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 10 January to 17 July. Within 15 km of Córdoba (Spain) OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 9 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercadillo del Arenal — market
Calle El Infierno, 14010 Córdoba · Sun 09:00–14:00 · 2 km · mercadillos.org
Mercado de La Corredera — market
Mon–Thu 08:00–15:00; Fri, Sat 08:00–15:30 · 1 km · mercacordoba.es
Mercado Victoria — market
Paseo de la Victoria · 2 km · mercadovictoria.com
Mercado municipal — market
Avenida de la Viñuela 1 · 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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