When to plant watermelons in Ávila: 31 May – 8 August

In Ávila, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 12 April to 11 July; plant into a greenhouse from 10 May to 8 August; plant out into open ground from 31 May to 8 August.

Watermelon in Ávila: soil, season and weather

In Ávila the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 21 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 31 May, 40 days later.

Last spring frost	21 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	31 May, 40 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	10 May – 8 August; May outside: 7.5 °C at night, 19.7 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	17 November, 170 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 July – 6 October
Days left for picking	111
Daylight	14:00 on 3 May, 14:52 on 31 May
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 3 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Ávila: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

31 May — 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 Ávila during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, July, averages 29.3 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: November (11.6 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 3.5 °C to 15.3 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
May	19.7	7.5	39	9	14:26
June	25.1	12.3	29	7	15:04
July	29.3	14.9	10	2	14:49
August	29.3	15.3	7	3	13:49
September	23.3	11.3	30	5	12:30
October	18.8	8.3	61	9	11:11
November	11.6	3.5	64	10	9:57

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

Around Ávila, Talavera de la Reina is 22 days earlier and Segovia 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Segovia	59 km	1 June – 30 July	1 day later
Talavera de la Reina	78 km	9 May – 8 September	22 days earlier
Salamanca	88 km	25 May – 14 August	6 days earlier
Madrid	89 km	14 May – 18 August	17 days earlier
Toledo	106 km	11 May – 27 August	20 days earlier
Valladolid	110 km	15 May – 18 August	16 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Ávila

Buy plants ready to set out from 31 May to 8 August (from 10 May to 8 August for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 12 April to 11 July. Within 15 km of Ávila OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Plaza de Abastos — market
Calle Enrique Larreta 9, 05001 Ávila · 0 km
Viveros Olalla — garden centre
15 km
Frutas y verduras Azahara — farm shop
1 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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