GreenlyWhen to plant garlic in Portugal: 1 October – end of December
Garlic in Portugal: plant from 1 October to the end of December; the window opens earliest in Funchal and closes latest in Bragança (6 cities).
From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).
Planting window by climate zone
| Zone | Cities | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 270 frost-free days or more | Porto, Braga, Viseu, Viana do Castelo, Beja, Castelo Branco, Vila Real | 10 November – end of December |
| 210–269 frost-free days | Bragança, Guarda | 26 October – end of December |
| Frost without a regular season | Coimbra, Évora, Leiria, Santarém | — |
| No frost in ten years | Lisbon, Faro, Funchal, Ponta Delgada, Setúbal, Aveiro | 1 October – end of December |
Garlic: the window in each city
| City | Window | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Aveiro | 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 October. | No frost in ten years |
| Coimbra | 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 October. | Frost without a regular season |
| Évora | 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 October. | Frost without a regular season |
| Faro | 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 October. | No frost in ten years |
| Funchal | 1 October – end of December | No frost in ten years |
| Leiria | 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 October. | Frost without a regular season |
| Lisbon | 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 October. | No frost in ten years |
| Ponta Delgada | 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 October. | No frost in ten years |
| Santarém | 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 October. | Frost without a regular season |
| Setúbal | 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 October. | No frost in ten years |
| Guarda | 26 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bragança | 27 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Viseu | 10 November – end of December | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Viana do Castelo | 12 November – end of December | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Porto | by 19 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Vila Real | 22 November – end of December | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Braga | by 23 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Castelo Branco | by 26 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
| Beja | by 28 November | 270 frost-free days or more |
