When to plant zucchini in Perpignan: 24 April – 25 September

In Perpignan, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 13 March to 4 September; plant into a greenhouse from 3 April to 25 September; plant out into open ground from 24 April to 25 September.

Zucchini in Perpignan: soil, season and weather

In Perpignan the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 17 January, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 24 April, 97 days later.

Last spring frost	17 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	24 April, 97 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	12 December, 232 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	30 May – 31 October
Days left for picking	196
Daylight	12:48 on 3 April, 13:46 on 24 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 3 rainy days

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

Zucchini in Perpignan: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Perpignan during the zucchini season

About 374 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (14 mm) and October the wettest (72 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	18.5	10.3	59	7	13:22
May	22.2	13.9	48	8	14:37
June	27.3	18.6	23	4	15:18
July	29.9	21	14	3	15:02
August	30	21	15	3	13:57
September	25.9	17.4	33	5	12:32
October	21.8	13.9	72	6	11:07
November	16.2	8.9	53	9	9:47
December	13.6	6.2	57	7	9:04

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini later than Perpignan; the closest date is in Montpellier, 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Girona	80 km	26 May – 13 September	32 days later
Montpellier	129 km	8 May – 11 October	14 days later
Manresa	139 km	13 May – 15 September	19 days later
Toulouse	155 km	29 May – 11 September	35 days later
Barcelona	158 km	24 May – 25 September	30 days later
Nîmes	173 km	17 May – 14 September	23 days later

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Perpignan

Buy plants ready to set out from 24 April to 25 September (from 3 April to 25 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 13 March to 4 September. Within 15 km of Perpignan OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 9 plant nurseries, 10 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché Place de Belgique — market
Thu 07:30–13:00 · 2 km
MARCHÉ DU MOULIN-À-VENT — market
Sept–Dec Wed 07:30–13:00 · 2 km
Place de la République — market
Wed–Sun 09:00–13:00; Thu closed; Sat closed · 15 km
Marché de Salses — market
Wed 07:00–13:00 · 15 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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