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When to plant garlic in Arequipa

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April.

Garlic in Arequipa: soil, season and weather

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in June, average 7.7 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJune, 7.7 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:56 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice11:09

Garlic in Arequipa: care after planting

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

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — 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

Around Arequipa, La Paz is 11 days earlier and Cusco 45 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Puno174 km26 March – end of June6 days earlier
Tacna229 km1 Aprilsame day
Arica264 km1 Aprilsame day
Cusco324 km16 May – end of June45 days later
La Paz362 km21 March – end of June11 days earlier
Iquique447 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Arequipa

Within 15 km of Arequipa OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres and 75 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.