When to plant tomatoes in Makhachkala: 25 April – 20 August

In Makhachkala, tomato: sow for seedlings from 11 February to 29 June; plant into a greenhouse from 4 April to 20 August; plant out into open ground from 25 April to 20 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include ШАНТЕЛЬ (garden centre, 2 km) and Долина Роз (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Makhachkala: soil, season and weather

In Makhachkala the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 5 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 25 April, 51 days later.

Last spring frost	5 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	25 April, 51 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	4 April – 20 August; April outside: 9.7 °C at night, 16.1 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	10 December, 229 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 July – 29 October
Days left for picking	159
Daylight	11:20 on 4 March, 13:50 on 25 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Makhachkala: care after planting

Planted on 25 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

25 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
23 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 Makhachkala during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.2 °C), July (29.7 °C) and August (29.5 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (12.2 °C) and December (7.7 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (3.1–14.8 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	16.1	9.7	32	6	13:22
May	21.4	14.8	46	8	14:38
June	27.2	20.2	33	7	15:20
July	29.7	22.9	36	5	15:04
August	29.5	22.7	23	4	13:58
September	24	18.3	52	7	12:33
October	18.1	12.6	58	8	11:06
November	12.2	7.1	53	8	9:45
December	7.7	3.1	43	9	9:02

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Makhachkala, Aktau is 11 days earlier and Vanadzor 88 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vladikavkaz	230 km	1 June – 2 July	37 days later
Tbilisi	263 km	6 May – 26 July	11 days later
Ganja	273 km	16 April – 21 August	9 days earlier
Aktau	306 km	14 April – 21 July	11 days earlier
Nalchik	320 km	20 May – 14 July	25 days later
Vanadzor	347 km	from 22 July	88 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Makhachkala

Buy plants ready to set out from 25 April to 20 August (from 4 April to 20 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 11 February to 29 June. Within 15 km of Makhachkala OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Долина Роз — garden centre
улица Омарова 141, 367010 Махачкала · 10:00–18:00 · 3 km · dolinarose05.ru
ШАНТЕЛЬ — garden centre
улица Ярагского 110, 367000 Махачкала · 2 km
Садовод — garden centre
проспект Казбекова 9, Махачкала · 7 km
Рынок №2 — market
улица Дзержинского 10, Махачкала · 08:00–19:00 · 0 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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