When to plant watermelons in Nuremberg: 3 June – 25 July

In Nuremberg, watermelon: sow for seedlings from 15 April to 27 June; plant into a greenhouse from 13 May to 25 July; plant out into open ground from 3 June to 25 July.

Watermelon in Nuremberg: soil, season and weather

In Nuremberg the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 29 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the watermelon card — only around 3 June, 35 days later.

Last spring frost	29 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	3 June, 35 days after the last frost
Into an unheated greenhouse	13 May – 25 July; May outside: 8.1 °C at night, 19 °C by day; card 18–35 °C
First autumn frost	3 November, 153 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	59
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 August – 22 September
Days left for picking	94
Daylight	14:53 on 6 May, 16:02 on 3 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, November, has 11 rainy days

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

Watermelon in Nuremberg: care after planting

Planted on 3 June: in the first weeks water every 5 days.

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

3 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 Nuremberg during the watermelon season

No month of the season averages above the watermelon card's 18–35 °C by day; the warmest, August, averages 25.2 °C. Months that stay below 18 °C even by day on average: October (15.2 °C) and November (8.2 °C). Nights average below 18 °C in every month of the season, from 1.6 °C to 14 °C.

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	24.4	13	66	11	16:15
July	25.1	13.9	80	13	15:53
August	25.2	14	81	11	14:28
September	20.6	10.2	62	10	12:40
October	15.2	6.5	65	12	10:51
November	8.2	1.6	57	11	9:08

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Watermelon in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant watermelon later than Nuremberg; the closest date is in Stuttgart, 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Regensburg	89 km	14 June – 29 July	11 days later
Augsburg	121 km	13 June – 31 July	10 days later
Munich	150 km	8 June – 31 July	5 days later
Stuttgart	157 km	5 June – 30 July	2 days later
Plzeň	169 km	18 June – 27 July	15 days later
Erfurt	170 km	9 June – 29 July	6 days later

Where to buy watermelon plants and seeds near Nuremberg

Buy plants ready to set out from 3 June to 25 July (from 13 May to 25 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 15 April to 27 June. Within 15 km of Nuremberg OpenStreetMap lists 28 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 15 markets and 52 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Wochenmarkt Johann-Adam-Reitenspieß-Platz — market
Wed 07:00–13:00; public holidays closed · 3 km · nuernberg.de
Wochenmarkt Erlenstegen — market
Apr - Oct: Thu 08:00–17:00, Nov - Mar: Thu 08:00–16:00; public holidays closed · 4 km · nuernberg.de
Lukullus-Markt in Ebensee — market
Sat 08:00–13:00; Mon–Fri, Sun closed · 5 km · nuernberg.de
Wochenmarkt Heinrich-Böll-Platz — market
Sat 08:00 - 12:00, public holidays closed · 7 km · nuernberg.de

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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