When does Colombia export avocados?

Colombia ships avocados year-round. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Colombia avocados arrive in Europe?

On the Colombia → Rotterdam run, quoted at 13–18 days port to port, that window lands around Year-round — year-round. Add the road leg at either end.

Colombia avocado export season (2026)

Colombia avocado export season

Colombia ships avocados year-round. Lands year-round on the Colombia → Rotterdam run.

Ships

Year-round

February–March, August at the shoulders

Lands

Year-round

on the Colombia → Rotterdam run, 13–18 days

Colombia avocados: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Colombia	Ships april–july, september–january peak · february–march, august shoulder
Colombia → Rotterdam 13–18 days · year-round	Lands year-round on the Colombia → Rotterdam run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Varieties Hass Load ports Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo, and Buenaventura

Two harvests a year: the main crop from about September to January, and the traviesa from April to July. Between them Colombia is close to a year-round avocado origin on its own, which outside Mexico is rare.

This is the fastest-scaling avocado programme in the world and it lands in exactly the months Peru used to have to itself. If you have bought Peruvian Hass in June for years, this is the window where you now have an alternative — and so does everyone bidding against you.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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Colombia avocado export season

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