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When to plant garlic in Maputo

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 Maputo: 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 13.8 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJuly, 13.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:50 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice10:31

Garlic in Maputo: 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 Maputo's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Pretoria439 km1 Aprilsame day
Johannesburg452 kmby 6 May35 days later
Durban459 km1 Aprilsame day
Bloemfontein718 km5 May – end of June34 days later
Beira720 km1 Aprilsame day
Nampula1,393 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Maputo

Within 15 km of Maputo OpenStreetMap lists 45 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.