When to plant garlic in Dakar

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.

Garlic in Dakar: 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 October. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in March, average 19.3 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	March, 19.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:00 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:15

Garlic in Dakar: 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 Dakar's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Saint-Louis	180 km	1 October	same day
Ziguinchor	271 km	1 October	same day
Korhogo	1,413 km	1 October	same day
Las Palmas	1,505 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1,534 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Santa Cruz de La Palma	1,553 km	1 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Dakar

Within 15 km of Dakar OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery, 51 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Pépinière — plant nursery
6 km
Vendeur de lait — farm shop
4 km
Marché Salagne Salagne — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00+ · 3 km
Marché HLM 5 — market
sunrise–sunset · 3 km