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Season calendar

Lime season by country

Limes ship year-round from Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, peaking May to November. The calendar month by month, and why the price moves anyway.

Available all year, peak May–November, from Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. The rest of the year is shoulder supply rather than a gap.

Lime export calendar: which origin ships in which month.
Origin January February March April May June July August September October November December
Mexico January: Shoulder February: Shoulder March: Shoulder April: Shoulder May: Peak June: Peak July: Peak August: Peak September: Peak October: Shoulder November: Shoulder December: Shoulder
Brazil January: Shoulder February: Shoulder March: Shoulder April: Shoulder May: Shoulder June: Shoulder July: Shoulder August: Peak September: Peak October: Peak November: Peak December: Shoulder
Colombia January: Shoulder February: Shoulder March: Shoulder April: Shoulder May: Peak June: Peak July: Peak August: Peak September: Peak October: Peak November: Shoulder December: Shoulder
Peak — shipping in volume Shoulder — opening or closing Export windows out of the origin, not arrival weeks. Add the lane's transit.

Last reviewed August 2026. Windows are editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule, and they are export weeks out of the origin rather than arrival weeks in your market.

Persian limes leave Mexico, Colombia and Brazil every month of the year, so the calendar below shows availability rather than a season. Each origin has a peak — Mexico in the Northern Hemisphere summer, Brazil in the autumn when Mexican supply thins — but none of them ever really stops.

What moves is the price, not the supply. Lime markets are famously volatile: weather in Veracruz or Michoacán moves them within a week, and the Brazilian and Colombian windows exist commercially because they cover the months when that happens. An importer’s exposure here is to price rather than to a window closing.

Mexico

May–September peak · October–April shoulder Varieties: Persian Load ports: Manzanillo, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Veracruz

Year-round, peaking through the Northern Hemisphere summer when the trees produce most and demand is highest at the same time.

Mexico lime: window and arrival weeks · Everything Mexico ships

Brazil

August–November peak · December–July shoulder Varieties: Tahiti Load ports: Pecém, Natal, Salvador, and Santos

Year-round from São Paulo state, with the export peak from about August to November — the months when Mexican supply thins and the price is worth the longer voyage to Europe.

Brazil lime: window and arrival weeks · Everything Brazil ships

Colombia

May–October peak · November–April shoulder Varieties: Tahití Load ports: Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo, and Buenaventura

Year-round with a peak through the middle of the year. Colombia is the third origin on the European lime shelf after Mexico and Brazil, and it is the closest of the three.

Colombia lime: window and arrival weeks · Everything Colombia ships

FAQ

When are limes in season?
Limes are at peak May–November, shipping from Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. They are still available in December–April, on the shoulder of those windows rather than in volume.
Which countries export limes?
Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market — add the lane's transit on top.

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