Watermelon season by country (2026)

Watermelon season by country

When Spain and Morocco ship watermelon into the European summer, month by month, and where the seedless programmes actually start.

Peak supply May–August from Morocco and Spain. No origin on this page is at peak in September–April.

Watermelon export calendar: which origin ships in which month.
Origin	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Morocco May–July peak · April, August shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Shoulder	May: Peak	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Shoulder	September: Not shipping	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping
Spain June–August peak · May, September shoulder	January: Not shipping	February: Not shipping	March: Not shipping	April: Not shipping	May: Shoulder	June: Peak	July: Peak	August: Peak	September: Shoulder	October: Not shipping	November: Not shipping	December: Not shipping

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.

Watermelon is a summer crop sold into a summer market, which makes its calendar unusually simple: Morocco opens the European season in late spring, Spain takes it through the summer, and by autumn nobody is buying. There is no counter-season trade worth the freight.

Almost none of it travels far. Watermelon is heavy, cheap per kilo and does not repay a long voyage, so the trade is overwhelmingly overland within Europe and North Africa. The window matters here for what it does to price rather than for shipping planning.

Morocco

May–July peak · April, August shoulder Varieties: Seedless Load ports: Agadir, Casablanca, and Tanger Med

Roughly April to August, opening the European watermelon season ahead of the Spanish crop.

Watermelon is heavy, cheap per kilo and does not repay a long voyage, so this is overland trade to Europe and nothing else. The window matters for what it does to price when the Spanish crop arrives, not for shipping planning.

Everything Morocco ships, month by month

Spain

June–August peak · May, September shoulder Varieties: Seedless Load ports: Valencia, Algeciras, and Barcelona

Roughly May to September out of Almería and Murcia, taking over from Morocco as the European summer gets going.

Watermelon is heavy and cheap and does not travel far commercially, so this is overland trade within Europe. What it does to an importer is set the price for anything arriving in those months from anywhere else.

Everything Spain ships, month by month

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