When to plant tomatoes in Oruro: 3 October – 8 January

In Oruro, tomato: sow for seedlings from 22 July to 17 November; plant into a greenhouse from 12 September to 8 January; plant out into open ground from 3 October to 8 January.

Tomato in Oruro: soil, season and weather

In Oruro frost, not soil, sets the date: the top 7 cm of soil warms to 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — around 8 September, 18 days before the last frost on 26 September, so planting waits only for the week after that frost.

Last spring frost	26 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	8 September, 18 days before the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	12 September – 8 January; September outside: 2.5 °C at night, 17.2 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	29 April, 209 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 December – 18 March
Days left for picking	139
Daylight	11:27 on 12 August, 12:17 on 3 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 9 rainy days

Tomato in Oruro: care after planting

Planted on 3 October: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

3 October — feed: balanced (NPK)
31 October — 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 Oruro during the tomato season

No month of the season averages above the tomato card's 16–27 °C by day; the warmest, November, averages 18.9 °C. Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: February (15.7 °C) and March (15.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in every month of the season, from 3.7 °C to 5.8 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
October	18.2	3.9	36	10	12:29
November	18.9	5.2	48	11	12:57
December	17.2	5.7	93	20	13:12
January	16.2	5.6	115	22	13:05
February	15.7	5.8	121	22	12:41
March	15.5	5.2	100	22	12:13
April	16.4	3.7	34	9	11:42

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Oruro, Sucre is 52 days earlier and Potosí 56 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cochabamba	118 km	21 August – 1 March	43 days earlier
La Paz	198 km	28 October – 29 December	25 days later
Sucre	226 km	12 August – 10 March	52 days earlier
Potosí	228 km	from 28 November	56 days later
Puno	391 km	13 October – 3 January	10 days later
Tarija	467 km	3 September – 21 February	30 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Oruro

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 October to 8 January (from 12 September to 8 January for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 July to 17 November. Within 15 km of Oruro OpenStreetMap lists 15 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Camacho — market
Avenida Sargento Flores, Oruro · 3 km
Mercado Max Fernandez — market
Mon–Sun 07:00–18:00 · 1 km
Mercado Tagarete — market
0 km
Mercado Las Américas — market
2 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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