When to plant tomatoes in Mérida (Spain): 8 April – 29 August

In Mérida (Spain), tomato: sow for seedlings from 25 January to 8 July; plant into a greenhouse from 18 March to 29 August; plant out into open ground from 8 April to 29 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Frutas Selectas Cortijo (farm shop, 0 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

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

In Mérida (Spain) the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 22 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 8 April, 76 days later.

Last spring frost	22 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	8 April, 76 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 March – 29 August; March outside: 7 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	19 December, 255 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	17 June – 7 November
Days left for picking	185
Daylight	10:44 on 15 February, 12:55 on 8 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

Tomato in Mérida (Spain): care after planting

Planted on 8 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

8 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
6 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 Mérida (Spain) during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June–September (29.9–35.2 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (14.2 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (5.7–13.5 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	21	9.4	64	10	13:12
May	25.6	12.7	33	5	14:17
June	30.6	16.7	13	3	14:53
July	34.9	19.4	2	1	14:39
August	35.2	19.8	2	0	13:43
September	29.9	16.6	26	4	12:29
October	25.1	13.5	71	8	11:14
November	17.4	8.3	63	10	10:04
December	14.2	5.7	65	8	9:28

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Tomato in nearby cities

Around Mérida (Spain), Beja is 18 days earlier and Plasencia 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Badajoz	56 km	2 April – 26 August	6 days earlier
Cáceres	62 km	15 April – 3 September	7 days later
Plasencia	125 km	16 April – 9 September	8 days later
Castelo Branco	141 km	2 April – 5 September	6 days earlier
Évora	142 km	from 2 April	6 days earlier
Beja	167 km	21 March – 7 September	18 days earlier

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

Buy plants ready to set out from 8 April to 29 August (from 18 March to 29 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 January to 8 July. Within 15 km of Mérida (Spain) OpenStreetMap lists 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Mercado de Calatrava — market
Calle Félix Valverde Lillo 10 · 1 km
Frutas Selectas Cortijo — farm shop
Avenida Juan Carlos I 25, 06800 Mérida · 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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