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Celery

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Moisture-loving vegetable that needs a long cool growing season.

Harvest 85-120 days

Temp Range 5°C — 24°C

Quick Answer: How to Grow Celery

Celery takes 85-120 days to harvest. It grows best in 15–21°C with full sun and frequent watering. Celery is not frost tolerant — wait until after the last frost to plant. It can be grown in 350 cities worldwide.

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Growing Requirements

☀️

Sun

Full Sun

💧

Water

Frequent

❄️

Frost

Sensitive

📅

Harvest

85-120 days

Temperature Range

15-21°C

-10°C 45°C

Optimal: 15–21°C Tolerates: 5–24°C

Tropical suitable: No

Cities growing: 350 of 350

Growing Tips

💡

Expert Tips

Start indoors 10-12 weeks early. Never let soil dry out. Blanch stalks for milder flavor.

Quick Facts

Grows in 350 of 350 cities
Available in 7 regions worldwide
Temperature range: 5°C to 24°C
Optimal growing: 15°C to 21°C
Harvest in 85-120 days

Did You Know?

🌱 Celery needs at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal growth.

Where to Grow Celery

Celery can be grown in 350 cities across 7 regions worldwide

🌍

Europe

80 cities

🌏

Asia

79 cities

🌎

North America

78 cities

🌍

Africa

39 cities

🌎

South America

39 cities

🌊

Oceania

19 cities

🕌

Middle East

16 cities

🌍 Europe (80 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Nov	Dec
Aarhus, DK	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Amsterdam, NL	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Ankara, TR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Antalya, TR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Athens, GR	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Barcelona, ES	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Bari, IT	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Belgrade, RS	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Bergen, NO	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Berlin, DE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Bilbao, ES	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Bologna, IT	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Bordeaux, FR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Bratislava, SK	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Brussels, BE	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Bucharest, RO	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Budapest, HU	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Catania, IT	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Cologne, DE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Copenhagen, DK	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Corfu, GR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Cork, IE	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Dublin, IE	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Dubrovnik, HR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Edinburgh, GB	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Florence, IT	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Frankfurt, DE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Gdansk, PL	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Genoa, IT	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Glasgow, GB	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Gothenburg, SE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Hamburg, DE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Helsinki, FI	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Heraklion, GR	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Istanbul, TR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Izmir, TR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Krakow, PL	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Kyiv, UA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Limassol, CY	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lisbon, PT	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ljubljana, SI	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
London, GB	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Lyon, FR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Madrid, ES	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Malaga, ES	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Marseille, FR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Milan, IT	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Munich, DE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Naples, IT	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Nice, FR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Nicosia, CY	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Oslo, NO	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Palermo, IT	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Paris, FR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Porto, PT	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Poznan, PL	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Prague, CZ	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Reykjavik, IS	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Riga, LV	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Rome, IT	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Seville, ES	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sofia, BG	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Split, HR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Stockholm, SE	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Strasbourg, FR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Stuttgart, DE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Tallinn, EE	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Thessaloniki, GR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Tirana, AL	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Toulouse, FR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Turin, IT	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Turku, FI	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Valencia, ES	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Valletta, MT	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Verona, IT	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Vienna, AT	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Vilnius, LT	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Warsaw, PL	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Zagreb, HR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Zurich, CH	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓

🌏 Asia (79 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Nov	Dec
Ahmedabad, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Almaty, KZ	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Bali, ID	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Bandung, ID	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Bangalore, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Bangkok, TH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Beijing, CN	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Busan, KR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Cebu, PH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Chandigarh, IN	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Chengdu, CN	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Chennai, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Chiang Mai, TH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Chittagong, BD	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Chongqing, CN	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Coimbatore, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Colombo, LK	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Da Nang, VN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Dalian, CN	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Davao, PH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Delhi, IN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dhaka, BD	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Dharan, NP	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fukuoka, JP	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Galle, LK	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Guangzhou, CN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hangzhou, CN	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Hanoi, VN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Harbin, CN	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Ho Chi Minh City, VN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Hong Kong, HK	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Hyderabad, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Incheon, KR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Indore, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Islamabad, PK	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Jaipur, IN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Jakarta, ID	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Jeju, KR	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Johor Bahru, MY	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Karachi, PK	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Kathmandu, NP	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Kochi, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Kolkata, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Kuala Lumpur, MY	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Kunming, CN	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Kyoto, JP	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Lahore, PK	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Lucknow, IN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manila, PH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Mumbai, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Nagoya, JP	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Nanjing, CN	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Nha Trang, VN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Okinawa, JP	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Osaka, JP	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Pattaya, TH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Penang, MY	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Phnom Penh, KH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Pune, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Sapporo, JP	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Seoul, KR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Shanghai, CN	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Shenzhen, CN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Siem Reap, KH	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Singapore, SG	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Surabaya, ID	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Surat, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Taipei, TW	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Tashkent, UZ	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Tbilisi, GE	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Tokyo, JP	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Ulaanbaatar, MN	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Varanasi, IN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vientiane, LA	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Visakhapatnam, IN	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Wuhan, CN	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Xi'an, CN	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Xiamen, CN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Yangon, MM	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓

🌎 North America (78 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Nov	Dec
Albuquerque, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Anchorage, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Atlanta, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Austin, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Baltimore, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Baton Rouge, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Boise, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Boston, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Bridgetown, BB	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Buffalo, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Calgary, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Cancun, MX	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Charleston, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Charlotte, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Chattanooga, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Chicago, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Denver, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Des Moines, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Detroit, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Edmonton, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
El Paso, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Fargo, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Fresno, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Guadalajara, MX	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Halifax, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Hartford, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Havana, CU	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Honolulu, US	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Houston, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Jacksonville, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Kansas City, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Kingston, JM	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Knoxville, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Las Vegas, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Little Rock, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Los Angeles, US	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Louisville, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Lubbock, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Madison, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Memphis, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Mexico City, MX	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Miami, US	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Milwaukee, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Minneapolis, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Monterrey, MX	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Montreal, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Nashville, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
New Orleans, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
New York, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Oaxaca, MX	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Oklahoma City, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Omaha, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Ottawa, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Panama City, PA	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Phoenix, US	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pittsburgh, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Portland, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Puebla, MX	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Quebec City, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Raleigh, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Richmond, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Sacramento, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Salt Lake City, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
San Diego, US	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
San Francisco, US	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
San Jose, CR	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Santo Domingo, DO	hard	✓	✓							✓	✓
Saskatoon, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Savannah, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Seattle, US	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Spokane, US	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
St. Louis, US	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Tampa, US	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Toronto, CA	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Tucson, US	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Vancouver, CA	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Victoria, CA	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Winnipeg, CA	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓

🌍 Africa (39 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Abidjan, CI	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Accra, GH	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Addis Ababa, ET	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Algiers, DZ	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Antananarivo, MG	hard						✓	✓	✓	✓
Arusha, TZ	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Bamako, ML	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Bloemfontein, ZA	hard								✓	✓	✓	✓
Cairo, EG	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Cape Town, ZA	hard						✓	✓	✓	✓
Casablanca, MA	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dakar, SN	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Dar es Salaam, TZ	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Douala, CM	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Durban, ZA	hard						✓	✓	✓	✓
Entebbe, UG	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Fez, MA	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Freetown, SL	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Harare, ZW	hard							✓	✓	✓	✓
Johannesburg, ZA	hard							✓	✓	✓	✓
Kampala, UG	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Kigali, RW	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Kinshasa, CD	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Lagos, NG	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Libreville, GA	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Lilongwe, MW	hard							✓	✓	✓	✓
Lome, TG	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Luanda, AO	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Lusaka, ZM	hard							✓	✓	✓	✓
Maputo, MZ	hard						✓	✓	✓	✓
Marrakech, MA	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mombasa, KE	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Nairobi, KE	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Ouagadougou, BF	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Port Louis, MU	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓
Pretoria, ZA	hard							✓	✓	✓	✓
Tunis, TN	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Windhoek, NA	hard							✓	✓	✓	✓
Zanzibar, TZ	hard	✓	✓								✓	✓

🌎 South America (39 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Arequipa, PE	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Asuncion, PY	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Barranquilla, CO	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Belem, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Bogota, CO	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Brasilia, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Buenos Aires, AR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Cali, CO	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Campinas, BR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Caracas, VE	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Cartagena, CO	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Concepcion, CL	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Cordoba, AR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Curitiba, BR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Cusco, PE	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Fortaleza, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Georgetown, GY	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Goiania, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Guayaquil, EC	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
La Paz, BO	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Lima, PE	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Manaus, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Medellin, CO	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Mendoza, AR	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Montevideo, UY	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Paramaribo, SR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Port of Spain, TT	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Porto Alegre, BR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Quito, EC	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Recife, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Rio de Janeiro, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Rosario, AR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Salvador, BR	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Santa Cruz, BO	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Santiago, CL	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Sao Paulo, BR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Sucre, BO	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Trujillo, PE	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Valparaiso, CL	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓

🌊 Oceania (19 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide, AU	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Alice Springs, AU	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Auckland, NZ	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Brisbane, AU	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Cairns, AU	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Canberra, AU	hard						✓	✓	✓
Christchurch, NZ	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Darwin, AU	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Dunedin, NZ	hard						✓	✓	✓
Gold Coast, AU	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Hamilton, NZ	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Hobart, AU	hard					✓	✓	✓	✓
Melbourne, AU	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Noumea, NC	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Perth, AU	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Suva, FJ	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Sydney, AU	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Townsville, AU	hard	✓	✓					✓	✓
Wellington, NZ	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓

🕌 Middle East (16 cities)

City	Level	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Nov	Dec
Abu Dhabi, AE	hard	✓	✓						✓	✓
Amman, JO	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Baghdad, IQ	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Beirut, LB	hard	✓	✓	✓	✓
Doha, QA	hard	✓	✓						✓	✓
Dubai, AE	hard	✓	✓						✓	✓
Erbil, IQ	hard		✓	✓	✓	✓
Jeddah, SA	hard	✓	✓						✓	✓
Kuwait City, KW	hard	✓	✓						✓	✓
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Tabriz, IR	hard				✓	✓	✓	✓
Tehran, IR	hard			✓	✓	✓	✓
Tel Aviv, IL	hard	✓	✓						✓	✓

When should I plant celery in my city?

The best time to plant celery depends on your local climate zone. It thrives in temperatures between 15°C and 21°C. Wait until after the last frost in your area. Check your city's planting calendar on GrowByCity for exact dates.

Can I grow celery in winter?

Celery is not frost tolerant and cannot survive winter outdoors in most temperate climates. In tropical areas (USDA Zones 10+), it may grow year-round.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Celery

When should I plant celery?

The best time to plant celery depends on your local climate. Celery grows best in temperatures between 15°C and 21°C (can tolerate 5°C to 24°C). Celery is not frost tolerant, so wait until after the last frost in your area. Check your city's planting calendar on GrowByCity for exact planting months.

Can celery grow in tropical climates?

Celery is not well-suited for tropical climates. It prefers cooler conditions with temperatures between 15°C and 21°C. In tropical areas, it may bolt, fail to fruit, or suffer from heat stress. Consider growing it in cooler seasons or at higher elevations.

How long does celery take to grow?

Celery typically takes 85-120 days from planting to harvest. It requires full sun and frequent watering. Start indoors 10-12 weeks early. Never let soil dry out. Blanch stalks for milder flavor.

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