Vancouver in July: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, July in Vancouver has run 14.9–22.8°C with about 37 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Vancouver is actually having, today.
Grow one in Vancouver's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in July in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Mar 10, first autumn frost around Nov 17 — roughly 252 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 13.2 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 1.1°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-July, then adding up the warmth Vancouver usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥒 Zucchini | 99 | Oct 21 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 64 | Sep 16 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 75 | Sep 27 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 50 | Sep 2 |
| 🥔 Potato | 88 | Oct 10 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 62 | Sep 14 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 50 | Sep 2 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 32 | Aug 15 |
| 🧅 Onion | 85 | Oct 7 |
⏳ Too late this month: Sweet Corn, Sunflower, Celery would still be in the ground when the first frost arrives (around Nov 17). Sow them earlier in the year, or grow them under cover.
🌡️ Chili Pepper, Yardlong bean, Bitter melon, Luffa, Winter melon, Aubergine, Okra never accumulate enough heat outdoors in Vancouver — not in any month. Locally these need a greenhouse or a warm windowsill.
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 102 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 68 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 92 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 76 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 93 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 33 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 76 days to harvest Recent mean 18.9°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 18.9°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~204 days)
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~233 days)
Other months in Vancouver
📍 Somewhere else? Look up your own city →
Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Vancouver, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.