When to plant garlic in Nice: 7 November – end of December

In Nice, garlic: plant from 7 November to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include La Jardinerie de Pessicart (garden centre, 2 km) and Truffaut (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Nice: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Nice from 7 November to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1.4 °C.

Planting	7 November – end of December
First autumn frost	7 December
Coldest nights	January, 1.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:01 on 7 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:55

The same dates in Nice hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Nice: care after planting

Planted on 7 November: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

7 November — feed: nitrogen
5 December — 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic earlier than Nice; the closest date is in Avignon, 5 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Toulon	126 km	1 October	37 days earlier
Genoa	154 km	27 October – end of December	11 days earlier
Turin	156 km	21 October – end of December	17 days earlier
Marseille	160 km	1 October	37 days earlier
Avignon	199 km	2 November – end of December	5 days earlier
Grenoble	206 km	25 September – 1 December	43 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Nice

Planting stock goes into the ground from 7 November to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Nice OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 13 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Cité marchande Docks de la Riviera — market
1 km
Jardin de Cocagnes — farm shop
12 km
Truffaut — garden centre
09:00–19:00 · 7 km · truffaut.com
La Jardinerie de Pessicart — garden centre
Mon–Sat 09:00–19:00; Sun 09:00–13:00 · 2 km · lajardineriedepessicart.fr

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