When to plant watermelons in Augsburg: 13 June – 31 July

In Augsburg, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 25 April to 3 July; plant into a greenhouse from 23 May to 31 July; plant out into open ground from 13 June to 31 July.

Watermelon in Augsburg: soil, season and weather

In Augsburg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 13 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 13 June, 61 days later.

Last spring frost	13 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	13 June, 61 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	23 May – 31 July; May outside: 8.1 °C at night, 17.8 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	9 November, 149 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	11 August – 28 September
Days left for picking	90
Daylight	15:14 on 16 May, 16:03 on 13 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 11 rainy days

The same dates in Augsburg hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Pumpkin.

Watermelon in Augsburg: care after planting

Planted on 13 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

13 June — feed: balanced (NPK)

Pests and diseases of watermelon 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 Augsburg during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 24.1 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (15 °C) and November (8 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1.4 °C to 14.2 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.1	13	104	14	16:05
July	24.1	14.2	107	14	15:44
August	24.1	14.2	111	14	14:23
September	19.7	10.5	81	12	12:38
October	15	6.7	67	11	10:54
November	8	1.4	68	12	9:15

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Augsburg, Nuremberg is 10 days earlier and Innsbruck 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Munich	56 km	8 June – 31 July	5 days earlier
Regensburg	113 km	14 June – 29 July	1 day later
Nuremberg	121 km	3 June – 25 July	10 days earlier
Innsbruck	128 km	29 June – 9 August	16 days later
Stuttgart	135 km	5 June – 30 July	8 days earlier
St. Gallen	155 km	15 June – 9 August	2 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Augsburg

Buy plants ready to set out from 13 June to 31 July (from 23 May to 31 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 25 April to 3 July. Within 15 km of Augsburg OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 10 plant nurseries, 13 markets and 52 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Wochenmarkt Univiertel — market
Sat 08:00–12:00 · 4 km
Öko-Markt — market
Sat 08:30–12:00 · 4 km
Gögginger Wochenmarkt — market
Thu 08:00–12:00 · 4 km
Wochenmarkt — market
Fri 07:00–13:00 · 6 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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