When to plant garlic in Quetzaltenango

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 Quetzaltenango: 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 10.2 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 10.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:00 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:15

Garlic in Quetzaltenango: 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 Quetzaltenango's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Huehuetenango	52 km	1 October	same day
Escuintla	99 km	1 October	same day
Guatemala City	111 km	1 October	same day
Cobán	142 km	1 October	same day
Santa Ana	231 km	1 October	same day
San Cristóbal de las Casas	243 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Quetzaltenango

Within 15 km of Quetzaltenango OpenStreetMap lists 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal El Centro — market
10a Avenida · 1 km
Mercado la Democracia — market
0 km
Mercado Las Flores — market
1 km
Mercado La Terminal — market
2 km