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When to plant garlic in Iquique

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 Iquique: 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 August, average 13.4 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsAugust, 13.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:54 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice10:54

Garlic in Iquique: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Iquique's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Arica193 km1 Aprilsame day
Tacna239 km1 Aprilsame day
Calama280 km1 Aprilsame day
Antofagasta383 km1 Aprilsame day
Oruro407 km31 March – end of June1 day earlier
Arequipa447 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Iquique

Within 15 km of Iquique OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.