Melons are available all the year round thanks to protected culture (tunnels, mulching, greenhouses...). They come from different countries, but in Spain, chiefly from Andalucía.

In Spain, melons are available all the year round and the distribution by areas is shown in the following table:

Area	Months
Andalucía	All the year round
Castilla-LaMancha	May-September
Region of Murcia	February-August
Extremadura	March-August
Comunidad Valenciana	February-August
Baleares	March-September
Cataluña	April-August

Source: La Horticultura Española (2001), SECH, Sociedad Española de Ciencias Hortícolas.

In the United Kingdom markets, melons are sold all the year round and during some months according to their origin.

Origin	Availability in the UK markets	Weight of the packages
Antigua
Galia	According to the market demands	ct 6/9
Argentina
Cantaloup	December-January	8/16kg
Honeydew	December-April
Tendral	December-April
Brazil
Cantaloup	Beginning of September-April	6kg
Cantaline	September-April	6kg
Galia	October-April	6kg
Honeydew	September-April	10kg
Piel de Sapo	October-April	10kg
Chile
Tendral oscuro	December-April	10/15kg
Galia	December-April
White Honeydew	December-April
Tendral amarillo	December-April
Colombia
Galia	All the year round	10kg
Tendral verde	All the year round	ct 6/8/12
Honeydew	All the year round
Costa Rica
Cantaloup	January-May	5/19kg
Charentals	January-May
Dalten	January-May
Honeydew	January-May
Galia	January-May
Piel de Sapo	January-May
Cyprus
Anana	June-September	8/9kg ct 3/8
Galia	May-September	8/9kg ct 4/10
Dominican Republic
Various	January	Various
Ecuador
Cantaloup	September-February	4/10kg ct 4/12
Yellow	September-February
Egypt
Galia	December-June	18/20kg
Cantaloup	December-June
Charentais	December-June
Piel de Sapo	December-June
Ethiopia
Galia	April-June	ct 4/9
France
Cantaloup	April-December	5/10/12kg
Charentais	April-December
Galia	April-December
Honeydew	April-December
Ogen	April-December
Gambia
Charentais	November-April	Several
Galia	November-April
Greece
Galia	Middle of June-August	8/10kg
Guatemala
Cantaloup	December-May	Various
Guinea	December-May
Honeydew	December-May
Honduras
Cantaloup	January-May	6kg
Iran
Honeydew	August-December	12/15kg
Israel
Charentais	End of October-end November	5kg
Ein-dor	July-August	Ct 5/6/8/9
Galia	September-January
Italy
Cantaloup	April-October	Various
Charentais	April-October
Galia	April-October
Honeydew	April-October
Viabana	April-October
Jamaica
Galia	According to the market demands	Various
Jordan
Galia	According to the market demands	Various
Kenya
Cantaloup	All the year round	5kg
Galia	All the year round
Mexico
Cantaloup	February-May	5kg
Galia	February-May
Honeydew	February-May
Morocco
Galia	February-May	5/6kg
The Netherlands
Charentais	May-October	ct 4/5/6/8/9/10/12/15
Galia	May-October
Ogen	May-October
Pakistan
Galia	All the year round	5/10kg
Rock	All the year round
Tigre	All the year round
Peru
Charentais	October-April	4/10kg
Galia	October-April	ct 4/12
Honeydew	October-April
Piel de Sapo	October-April
Yellow	October-April
Portugal
Galia	April-October	7/10kg
Piel de Sapo	April-October	ct 4/6
Tendral	April-October
South Africa
Galia	December-April	5kg
Ogen	December-February	5kg
Piel de Sapo	February-March	5kg
Rock	December-February	5kg
Yellow Honeydew	January-May	10kg
Spain
Cantaloup	March-December	5/10kg
Charentais	May-September
Futuro	June-August
Galia	March-July
Honeydew amarillo	June-September
Ogen	March-July
Piel de Sapo	June-September
Tunisia
Cantaloup	March-April	6/7kg
Charentais	March-April
Galia	March-April
Rock	March-April
Super Sprint	March-April
Turkey
Galia	June-August	8kg
Uganda
Charentais	Trials	Various
Galia	Trials
Venezuela
Cantaloup	December-March	4/10kg
Galia	Beginning of December-April	ct 4/12
Honeydew	January-end of April
Zambia
Galia	November-January	5kg

Source: Fresh Produce Desk Book (1999)