When to plant garlic in Almería: 1 October – end of December

In Almería, garlic: plant from 1 October to the end of December. In Spain garlic is planted from October in every region (Spain’s agriculture ministry, MAPA, Hojas Divulgadoras 1/84); we give October to December.

Garlic in Almería: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Almería from 1 October to the end of December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 10 °C.

Planting	1 October – end of December
Coldest nights	January, 10 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:50 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:38

Garlic in Almería: care after planting

Planted on 1 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

1 October — feed: nitrogen
29 October — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of garlic to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Garlic in nearby cities

6 of the nearest cities share Almería's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Motril	95 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Granada	108 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Lorca	115 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Úbeda	153 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Cartagena	156 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Jaén	157 km	1 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Almería

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Almería OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 10 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Almacén de piensos Cortijo Los Picos — farm supply
4 km
Alquisol S.L. — farm supply
10 km
Huevos Imajo S.A. — farm shop
2 km
Huerto Serendipia — farm shop
3 km