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When to Plant Vegetables in Hawaii

Last updated September 6, 2026

Most of Hawaii is effectively frost-free year-round, so the "weeks before/after last frost" math that drives planting calendars everywhere else in the US doesn't really apply here. Instead of a calculated table, see Hawaii's Growing Zone page for the elevation-driven zone differences that matter more for timing in Hawaii than frost ever will.

Summer vegetable beds full of tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and taro in a backyard garden in a Hawaiian backyard, with lush tropical plants, banana trees and green volcanic mountains — The same kind of garden in summer: tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and taro. AI-generated image.

Sources & further reading

Frost dates come from NOAA NCEI's U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020: for each of Hawaii's ZIP codes, the median last and first 32°F dates at the nearest weather station (an airport station within 15 miles where there is one), with ZIP code points from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 ZCTA Gazetteer. The same station data drives our Frost Date Calculator. Planting-offset rules are drawn from US Cooperative Extension sources including UGA, UMN, NC State, Utah State, Iowa State, Penn State, and UConn Extension, cited crop-by-crop in the table above. For more on how we build and verify reference data across this site, see our methodology page.

Planting calendars for comparable climates

Hawaii doesn't border another state, so these are the closest comparisons by climate:

Or browse all 51 state planting calendars.