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When to plant tomatoes in France: 5 April – 7 September

Tomato in France: plant out into open ground from 5 April to 7 September; the window opens earliest in Perpignan and closes latest in Montpellier (43 cities).

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.

Planting window by climate zone

ZoneCitiesWindow
270 frost-free days or moreBordeaux, Nice, Montpellier, Le Havre, Nîmes, Brest (France), Perpignan, Avignon, La Rochelle, Quimper, Ajaccio, Bayonne5 April – 7 September
210–269 frost-free daysParis, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes, Strasbourg, Lille, Rennes, Reims, Saint-Étienne, Dijon, Angers, Clermont-Ferrand, Tours, Limoges, Metz, Le Mans, Amiens, Besançon, Orléans, Rouen, Mulhouse, Caen, Nancy, Poitiers, Pau, Colmar, Valence, Chambéry, Troyes, Annecy25 April – 15 August
150–209 frost-free daysGrenoble20 June – 5 July
Frost without a regular seasonMarseillefrom 13 April

Tomato: the window in each city

CityWindowZone
Perpignan5 April – 22 August270 frost-free days or more
Montpellier11 April – 7 September270 frost-free days or more
Marseillefrom 13 AprilFrost without a regular season
Nîmes17 April – 11 August270 frost-free days or more
Avignon18 April – 12 August270 frost-free days or more
Bayonne19 April – 27 August270 frost-free days or more
Bordeaux19 April – 10 August270 frost-free days or more
Toulouse25 April – 8 August210–269 frost-free days
La Rochelle28 April – 22 August270 frost-free days or more
Nantes1 May – 9 August210–269 frost-free days
Valence1 May – 1 August210–269 frost-free days
Lyon2 May – 5 August210–269 frost-free days
Nice3 May – 17 August270 frost-free days or more
Pau4 May – 14 August210–269 frost-free days
Angers5 May – 7 August210–269 frost-free days
Ajaccio7 May – 19 August270 frost-free days or more
Poitiers7 May – 30 July210–269 frost-free days
Le Mans8 May – 4 August210–269 frost-free days
Tours8 May – 7 August210–269 frost-free days
Le Havre11 May – 22 August270 frost-free days or more
Orléans11 May – 5 August210–269 frost-free days
Paris11 May – 31 July210–269 frost-free days
Strasbourg12 May – 31 July210–269 frost-free days
Troyes12 May – 29 July210–269 frost-free days
Chambéry13 May – 31 July210–269 frost-free days
Mulhouse13 May – 28 July210–269 frost-free days
Rennes13 May – 8 August210–269 frost-free days
Reims14 May – 28 July210–269 frost-free days
Rouen14 May – 1 August210–269 frost-free days
Besançon16 May – 29 July210–269 frost-free days
Lille16 May – 1 August210–269 frost-free days
Metz16 May – 28 July210–269 frost-free days
Nancy16 May – 28 July210–269 frost-free days
Amiens17 May – 1 August210–269 frost-free days
Dijon17 May – 30 July210–269 frost-free days
Quimper19 May – 19 August270 frost-free days or more
Caen21 May – 15 August210–269 frost-free days
Brest (France)26 May – 23 August270 frost-free days or more
Limoges28 May – 7 August210–269 frost-free days
Saint-Étienne30 May – 28 July210–269 frost-free days
Colmar31 May – 28 July210–269 frost-free days
Annecy2 June – 25 July210–269 frost-free days
Clermont-Ferrand6 June – 23 July210–269 frost-free days
Grenoble20 June – 5 July150–209 frost-free days