When to plant zucchini in Cusco: 24 November – 28 March

In Cusco, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 13 October to 7 March; plant into a greenhouse from 3 November to 28 March; plant out into open ground from 24 November to 28 March.

Zucchini in Cusco: soil, season and weather

In Cusco the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 3 August, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 24 November, 113 days later.

Last spring frost	3 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 November, 113 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	14 June, 203 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 December – 3 May
Days left for picking	167
Daylight	12:37 on 3 November, 12:49 on 24 November
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 2 rainy days

The same dates in Cusco hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Cusco: care after planting

Planted on 24 November: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Cusco during the zucchini season

About 847 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (6 mm) and January the wettest (187 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
November	16.8	6	118	21	12:44
December	15.8	6.2	155	24	12:55
January	15	5.9	187	26	12:50
February	14.7	6.3	163	25	12:32
March	14.7	5.7	135	23	12:11
April	15	4.7	59	15	11:48
May	15.4	3.7	24	8	11:30
June	15.6	2.5	6	2	11:20

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Cusco; the closest date is in Ayacucho, 17 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ayacucho	247 km	7 November – 13 March	17 days earlier
Puno	332 km	13 October – 6 February	42 days earlier
La Paz	527 km	1 November – 1 February	23 days earlier
Oruro	719 km	19 October – 11 February	36 days earlier
Cochabamba	756 km	2 September – 4 April	83 days earlier
Sucre	942 km	21 August – 13 April	95 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Cusco

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 November to 28 March (from 3 November to 28 March for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 October to 7 March. Within 15 km of Cusco OpenStreetMap lists 9 farm-supply shops and 23 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Nutricentro — farm supply
9 km
Cresta Roja — farm supply
9 km
Mik'Una Center — farm supply
9 km
Monterrico — farm supply
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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