When to plant tomatoes in Perpignan: 5 April – 22 August

In Perpignan, tomato: sow for seedlings from 22 January to 1 July; plant into a greenhouse from 15 March to 22 August; plant out into open ground from 5 April to 22 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Jardiland (garden centre, 4 km) and Rural Master (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Perpignan: soil, season and weather

In Perpignan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 5 April, 78 days later.

Last spring frost	17 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	5 April, 78 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	15 March – 22 August; March outside: 7.9 °C at night, 15.8 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	12 December, 251 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 June – 31 October
Days left for picking	181
Daylight	10:25 on 12 February, 12:53 on 5 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Perpignan: care after planting

Planted on 5 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

5 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
3 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 Perpignan during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (27.3 °C), July (29.9 °C) and August (30 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: December (13.6 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April, May and October–December (6.2–13.9 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.5	10.3	59	7	13:22
May	22.2	13.9	48	8	14:37
June	27.3	18.6	23	4	15:18
July	29.9	21	14	3	15:02
August	30	21	15	3	13:57
September	25.9	17.4	33	5	12:32
October	21.8	13.9	72	6	11:07
November	16.2	8.9	53	9	9:47
December	13.6	6.2	57	7	9:04

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Tomato in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant tomato later than Perpignan; the closest date is in Montpellier, 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Girona	80 km	21 April – 10 August	16 days later
Montpellier	129 km	11 April – 7 September	6 days later
Manresa	139 km	20 April – 12 August	15 days later
Toulouse	155 km	25 April – 8 August	20 days later
Barcelona	158 km	25 April – 22 August	20 days later
Nîmes	173 km	17 April – 11 August	12 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Perpignan

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 April to 22 August (from 15 March to 22 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 22 January to 1 July. Within 15 km of Perpignan OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Villaverde — garden centre
Chemin des Hourtoulanes 65, 66380 Pia · Mon–Fri 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00; Sat 09:30–19:00; Sun 09:30–12:30, 14:00–19:00 · 8 km · villaverde.fr
Jardiland — garden centre
Avenue d'Argelès-sur-Mer 2000 · Mon–Sat 09:30–19:00; Sun 10:00–19:00 · 4 km · jardiland.com
Rural Master — garden centre
Mon–Sat 08:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00 · 7 km · ruralmaster.fr
Main Verte — garden centre
Rue José Morales, 66250 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque · Mon–Sat 09:00–18:30 · 13 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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