When to plant watermelons in Drohobych: 12 June – 12 July

In Drohobych, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 24 April to 14 June; plant into a greenhouse from 22 May to 12 July; plant out into open ground from 12 June to 12 July.

Watermelon in Drohobych: soil, season and weather

In Drohobych the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 15 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 12 June, 58 days later.

Last spring frost	15 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	12 June, 58 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	22 May – 12 July; May outside: 8.1 °C at night, 17.3 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	21 October, 131 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 August – 9 September
Days left for picking	72
Daylight	15:19 on 15 May, 16:12 on 12 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, October, has 10 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Drohobych: care after planting

Planted on 12 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

12 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 Drohobych during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 23.8 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (13.7 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 6.1 °C to 14.6 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	22.4	13.4	118	16	16:14
July	23.5	14.6	114	16	15:52
August	23.8	14.3	76	11	14:28
September	19.2	10.8	96	12	12:40
October	13.7	6.1	68	10	10:51

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Watermelon in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant watermelon earlier than Drohobych; the closest date is in Kalush, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lviv	66 km	7 June – 3 August	5 days earlier
Kalush	72 km	11 June – 11 July	1 day earlier
Ivano-Frankivsk	100 km	5 June – 11 July	7 days earlier
Mukachevo	117 km	11 June – 14 July	1 day earlier
Uzhhorod	120 km	27 May – 22 July	16 days earlier
Rzeszów	133 km	7 June – 6 August	5 days earlier

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Drohobych

Buy plants ready to set out from 12 June to 12 July (from 22 May to 12 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 24 April to 14 June. Within 15 km of Drohobych OpenStreetMap lists 16 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Центральний промисловий ринок — market
8 km
Центральний продуктовий ринок — market
8 km
Ринок "Діана" — market
8 km
Промисловий ринок — market
9 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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