When to Plant Spinach in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Step by step in Aguascalientes

Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.

Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.

Sow for overwintering

4-25 Sep

Counting back 64 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

25 Dec - 8 Jan

Six weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

3-13 Feb

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-9°C (15.8°F)

Days to maturity

40–50

Min soil temp

4.5°C (40.1°F)

Spacing

10 cm

Sowing depth

12 mm (0.5 in)

Sun

Partial

Spinach through the year

Against the frost risk in Aguascalientes

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Seasonal context

Rainfall and the growing season in Aguascalientes

July has the highest average precipitation (131 mm); April has the lowest (4 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.

Jan 12 mm

Feb 17 mm

Mar 10 mm

Apr 4 mm

May 22 mm

Jun 90 mm

Jul 131 mm

Aug 106 mm

Sep 101 mm

Oct 34 mm

Nov 12 mm

Dec 8 mm

During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.

Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.

Monthly growing conditions in Aguascalientes

Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.

NASA POWER climate averages, 1995–2024
Month	Average low	Average high	Frost days
January	4.9°C (40.7°F)	20.8°C (69.5°F)	1.3
February	5.8°C (42.5°F)	23.1°C (73.7°F)	0.7
March	7.4°C (45.3°F)	25.8°C (78.5°F)	0.1
April	9.9°C (49.9°F)	28.6°C (83.4°F)	0.0
May	12.7°C (54.9°F)	30.3°C (86.5°F)	0.0
June	14.2°C (57.6°F)	28.9°C (84.1°F)	0.0
July	13.2°C (55.8°F)	27.1°C (80.8°F)	0.0
August	13°C (55.4°F)	27.2°C (81°F)	0.0
September	12.7°C (54.8°F)	26.2°C (79.2°F)	0.0
October	10.5°C (50.9°F)	25.4°C (77.7°F)	0.0
November	7.6°C (45.7°F)	23.3°C (73.9°F)	0.5
December	5.7°C (42.3°F)	21.1°C (70°F)	1.0

For spinach, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.

Local growing check

Before choosing spinach for Aguascalientes

July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 131 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

For a different warm-season leaf crop, read the Malabar spinach guide and check its local requirements.

The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.

Before you plant spinach

Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.

Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 4.5°C (40.1°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.

Grow true spinach in the cooler part of your season

Keep the seedbed moist and make small, repeated sowings. A short row harvested regularly is often more useful than many plants reaching their best size together.

Choose bolt-resistant varieties for warmer sowings and hardy varieties for overwintering. Light shade can help in warm conditions, but it does not turn extreme summer heat into a suitable season.

Malabar spinach, New Zealand spinach and perpetual spinach are different plants. They can be useful alternatives, but their timing and growth habits should not be copied from this true-spinach calendar.

Growing in a container

Spinach suits containers with moisture-retentive compost and drainage. Check pots frequently during dry weather.

Further reading: RHS spinach growing guide . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 18 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.

How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy

Why these dates

Keep the seedbed moist and make small, repeated sowings. A short row harvested regularly is often more useful than many plants reaching their best size together.

Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.

This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Spinach are timed for direct sowing 6 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Aguascalientes.

The median frost-free season here is 296 days, against 40 to 50 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Nearby

Spinach in places close by

Lagos de Moreno 69 km Guadalupe 99 km Zacatecas 103 km León de los Aldama 105 km San Francisco del Rincón 106 km Tepatitlán de Morelos 128 km

Also in Aguascalientes

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Growing spinach in Aguascalientes

Can I grow spinach in Aguascalientes?

The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 131 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

When should I plant spinach in Aguascalientes?

Aim for 25 Dec - 8 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 21 Jan - 4 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When might spinach be ready to harvest in Aguascalientes?

The estimated period is 3-13 Feb, based on 40 to 50 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.

How much frost will spinach tolerate?