When to plant tomatoes in Durango: 6 February – 18 August

In Durango, tomato: sow for seedlings from 25 November to 27 June; plant into a greenhouse from 16 January to 18 August; plant out into open ground from 6 February to 18 August.

Tomato in Durango: soil, season and weather

In Durango frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 9 January, 21 days before the last frost on 30 January, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	30 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	9 January, 21 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	16 January – 18 August; January outside: 4.6 °C at night, 20.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	8 December, 305 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 April – 27 October
Days left for picking	235
Daylight	10:40 on 16 December, 11:10 on 6 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Durango: care after planting

Planted on 6 February: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

6 February — feed: balanced (NPK)
6 March — 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 Durango during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in April (28.5 °C), May (30.6 °C) and June (30.3 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in February–May and July–December (5.9–15.1 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	23.4	6.7	14	2	11:21
March	26.5	8.5	4	1	11:59
April	28.5	10.7	2	1	12:42
May	30.6	13.7	7	2	13:18
June	30.3	16.2	42	8	13:37
July	26.3	15	128	18	13:29
August	26.4	15.1	98	15	12:59
September	24.2	14	119	17	12:19
October	24.4	11.5	47	6	11:37
November	23.3	8.3	11	2	10:59
December	21.2	5.9	11	2	10:40

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Durango, Aguascalientes is 24 days earlier and San Luis Potosí 29 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Torreón	210 km	27 January – 26 August	10 days earlier
Zacatecas	254 km	5 February – 6 August	1 day earlier
Aguascalientes	341 km	13 January – 22 August	24 days earlier
Saltillo	403 km	27 February – 6 August	21 days later
San Luis Potosí	430 km	7 March – 25 August	29 days later
Monterrey	476 km	25 January – 2 September	12 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Durango

Buy plants ready to set out from 6 February to 18 August (from 16 January to 18 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 November to 27 June. Within 15 km of Durango OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Juárez — market
1 km
Mercadito Verde Durango — 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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