When to plant tomatoes in Vila Real: 13 April – 1 September

In Vila Real, tomato: sow for seedlings from 30 January to 11 July; plant into a greenhouse from 23 March to 1 September; plant out into open ground from 13 April to 1 September. For plants and seeds, the places nearby include Nicoagro (farm supply, 1 km) and Rebelo (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Tomato in Vila Real: soil, season and weather

In Vila Real the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 20 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 15 °C — the minimum on the tomato card — only around 13 April, 83 days later.

Last spring frost	20 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 15 °C	13 April, 83 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 March – 1 September; March outside: 6.1 °C at night, 15.9 °C by day; card 16–27 °C
First autumn frost	22 December, 253 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	70
First harvest, if planted in this window	22 June – 10 November
Days left for picking	183
Daylight	10:50 on 20 February, 13:13 on 13 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

Tomato in Vila Real: care after planting

Planted on 13 April: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

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

13 April — feed: balanced (NPK)
11 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 Vila Real during the tomato season

Days average above the tomato card's 16–27 °C in July (30.7 °C) and August (31.4 °C). Months that stay below 16 °C even by day on average: November (15.4 °C) and December (12.4 °C). Nights average below 16 °C in April–June and September–December (5.3–14.7 °C).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	19	8.4	112	11	13:18
May	22.7	11.3	64	10	14:29
June	26.2	14.6	48	8	15:08
July	30.7	17.1	8	3	14:53
August	31.4	17.4	8	2	13:52
September	26.6	14.7	48	6	12:31
October	22	12.3	130	11	11:09
November	15.4	7.8	143	14	9:54
December	12.4	5.3	139	13	9:13

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Tomato in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Vila Real's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Braga	63 km	13 April – 2 September	same day
Viseu	73 km	27 April – 20 August	14 days later
Porto	75 km	15 April – 29 August	2 days later
Guarda	93 km	9 May – 5 August	26 days later
Bragança	99 km	13 May – 6 August	30 days later
Viana do Castelo	101 km	2 May – 22 August	19 days later

Where to buy tomato plants and seeds near Vila Real

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 April to 1 September (from 23 March to 1 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 30 January to 11 July. Within 15 km of Vila Real OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 15 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 11 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Evenor Store — garden centre
Nó de Acesso A4 1, 5000-105 Vila Real · Mon 14:30–19:00; Tue–Sat 10:00–13:00, 14:30–19:00; Sun closed · 3 km · evenor.pt
Nicoagro — farm supply
Rua de Santa Sofia 17, 5000-680 Vila Real · 1 km · bcdvilareal.pt
Rebelo — farm supply
Rua Nova 35, 5000-652 Vila Real · 1 km · bcdvilareal.pt
Zona Agro — farm supply
Zona Industrial de Constantim Lote 160, 5000-082 Vila Real · 4 km · store.zonaagro.com

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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