Greenly Garden

When to plant garlic in Delhi

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 Delhi: 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 January, average 7.8 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 7.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight11:54 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice10:19

Garlic in Delhi: 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 Delhi's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Jaipur235 km1 Octobersame day
Lucknow417 km1 Octobersame day
Lahore428 km1 Octobersame day
Gujranwala490 km1 Octobersame day
Faisalabad505 km1 Octobersame day
Bahawalpur545 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Delhi

Within 15 km of Delhi OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 10 plant nurseries, 97 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.