Greenly Garden

When to plant garlic in Rabat

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 Rabat: 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 8.4 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 8.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight11:52 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice9:53

Garlic in Rabat: 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 Rabat's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Casablanca85 km1 Octobersame day
Fez170 km1 Octobersame day
Tangier214 km1 Octobersame day
Ceuta251 km1 October – end of Decembersame day
Cadiz284 km1 October – end of Decembersame day
Marrakesh287 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Rabat

Within 15 km of Rabat OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 22 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.