When to plant tomatoes in Perugia: 9 May – 5 August

In Perugia, tomato: sow for seedlings from 25 February to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 18 April to 5 August; plant out into open ground from 9 May to 5 August. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include La Spinosa (garden centre, 4 km) and Sgalla S.r.l. - Filiale Perugia (farm supply, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Perugia: soil, season and weather

In Perugia the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 7 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 9 May, 32 days later.

Last spring frost	7 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	9 May, 32 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	18 April – 5 August; April outside: 5.6 °C at night, 18 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	25 November, 200 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	18 July – 14 October
Days left for picking	130
Daylight	12:01 on 18 March, 14:25 on 9 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

Tomato in Perugia: care after planting

Planted on 9 May: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

9 May — feed: balanced (NPK)
6 June — 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 Perugia during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in June (28.4 °C), July (31.6 °C) and August (31.5 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (14.5 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in May, June and September–November (5.5–15.2 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	21.8	10	79	12	14:39
June	28.4	15.2	49	7	15:21
July	31.6	18	30	4	15:05
August	31.5	17.6	42	5	13:59
September	25.6	13.5	97	9	12:33
October	20.7	9.6	84	10	11:06
November	14.5	5.5	123	12	9:45

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Tomato in nearby cities

Around Perugia, Ancona is 19 days earlier and Arezzo 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Arezzo	57 km	23 May – 1 August	14 days later
Siena	89 km	22 April – 7 August	17 days earlier
San Marino	92 km	25 April – 22 August	14 days earlier
Rimini	107 km	25 April – 22 August	14 days earlier
Ancona	108 km	20 April – 21 August	19 days earlier
Florence	117 km	3 May – 7 August	6 days earlier

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Perugia

Buy plants ready to set out from 9 May to 5 August (from 18 April to 5 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 February to 14 June. Within 15 km of Perugia OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 4 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

La Spinosa — garden centre
Strada Rivolta - Valvitiano 9, Ponte Felcino · 4 km
Sgalla S.r.l. - Filiale Perugia — farm supply
Mon–Sat 08:00–12:00; Mon–Fri 14:30–18:30 · 4 km · sgalla.it
Mercato Contadino — market
Via Michelangelo Iorio 8, Perugia · Tue, Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–15:00 · 3 km
Via Borgo Garibaldi — market
Via Borgo Garibaldi, 06053 Deruta · Tue, Sat 08:00–12:30 · 14 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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