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

In Cadiz, 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 Cadiz: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Cadiz from 1 October to the end of December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.4 °C.

Planting	1 October – end of December
Coldest nights	January, 8.4 °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	9:40

Garlic in Cadiz: 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 Cadiz's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Jerez de la Frontera	22 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Tangier	95 km	1 October	same day
Seville	100 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Huelva	101 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Ceuta	114 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Marbella	126 km	1 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Cadiz

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Cadiz OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 9 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Frutería García — farm shop
11 km
Frutería el Laurel — farm shop
11 km
Mercado Central de Cádiz — market
Plaza Libertad · 1 km · mercadocentralcadiz.com
Mercado de Abastos — market
Soledad · 9 km