When to plant garlic in Beira

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 Beira: 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 July, average 16 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 16 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:54 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:56

Garlic in Beira: 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

4 of the nearest cities share Beira's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nampula	704 km	1 April	same day
Maputo	720 km	1 April	same day
Pretoria	946 km	1 April	same day
Johannesburg	991 km	by 6 May	35 days later
Durban	1,179 km	1 April	same day
Bloemfontein	1,351 km	5 May – end of June	34 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Beira

Within 15 km of Beira OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 8 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal Nhangau — market
8 km
Mercado Felipe — market
9 km
Mercado de Passagem de Nivel — market
10 km
Mercado 24 de Julho — market
5 km