Safe to Plant

Homyel', Homyel’ Voblasc’, Belarus

Planting calendar for Homyel'

Worked out from 30 years of daily minimum temperatures for this location — not from a zone map, and not from the nearest big city. Move the dial to change how much frost risk you are willing to carry, and every date on the page re-times itself.

Last spring frost

27 April

Frost has finished by this date in 1 year in 2.

First autumn frost

12 October

Bring tender crops in before this date.

Frost-free season

168 days

Moderate season

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Sow this week in Homyel'

Windows that are open today, 8 August. The ones marked in amber are closing within a fortnight.

Opening soon

The growing year in Homyel'

307 crops, timed to the dates above

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Dec
Bay
Rye
Oca

Frost risk Start indoors Autumn sowing Sow direct Plant out Plant Harvest Today

Each bar is a window, not a deadline. Tap or hover a bar for its dates, or follow a crop name for the full timing and a harvest estimate. The blue wash is the measured weekly chance of frost across the whole record. There is also a printable one-page version of this calendar for the shed wall.

The climate behind these dates

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Chance of at least one air frost during each week of the year, measured across the full record. The flat stretch in the middle is your frost-free season.
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Mean monthly temperature across the record. Months shown in blue average at least one air frost.

Hardiness zone
5a
Typical winter low
-26.5°C (-15.6°F)
Growing degree days
1,092 base 10°C
Soil workable from
17 Apr
Soil warm from
31 May

Full frost table for Homyel' →

Printable one-page calendar →

Questions about frost in Homyel'

When is the last frost in Homyel'?

The median last spring frost in Homyel' falls on 27 April. In one year in ten frost continues as late as 12 May, so if you cannot protect tender plants, 12 May is the safer date to work to.

When is the first frost in Homyel'?

The median first autumn frost in Homyel' falls on 12 October, though in one year in ten it arrives by 25 September. Tender crops should be harvested before that earlier date.

How long is the growing season in Homyel'?

About 168 frost-free days on a median year - moderate by world standards. Taking the cautious view at both ends, plan for roughly 136 dependable days.

What hardiness zone is Homyel' in?

Homyel' sits in USDA-equivalent zone 5a, based on a mean annual extreme minimum of -26.5°C (-15.6°F). Perennials rated to this zone or lower should survive an average winter here.

Can I trust these dates exactly?

They are statistics, not forecasts. They describe what happened across 30 years of records at this location and say nothing about this particular spring. Frost is also intensely local: a low-lying or exposed garden can run a week behind the figures on this page.