When to plant garlic in Luanda

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. For planting stock, the places nearby include Mankudilu - Agricultura e Aquicultura (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Luanda: 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 July, average 18.9 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 18.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	12:01 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:36

Garlic in Luanda: 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

4 of the nearest cities share Luanda's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Huambo	517 km	1 April	same day
Lubango	677 km	1 April	same day
Pretoria	2,456 km	1 April	same day
Johannesburg	2,484 km	by 6 May	35 days later
Beira	2,625 km	1 April	same day
Bloemfontein	2,631 km	5 May – end of June	34 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Luanda

Within 15 km of Luanda OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 24 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mankudilu - Agricultura e Aquicultura — garden centre
Rua 54, Luanda · 7 km · mankudilu.co.ao
Calemba — market
Largo da Calemba, Luanda · 2 km
Mercado de Peixe de Mabunda — market
3 km
Mercado do Cantinton — market
5 km