When to plant garlic in Salvador

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 Salvador: 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 August, average 22.2 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	August, 22.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:59 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:22

Garlic in Salvador: 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 Salvador's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Recife	675 km	1 April	same day
Natal	876 km	1 April	same day
Belo Horizonte	966 km	15 March – 15 June	17 days earlier
Fortaleza	1,027 km	1 April	same day
Brasília	1,058 km	15 March – 15 June	17 days earlier
Juiz de Fora	1,104 km	1 April	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Salvador

Within 15 km of Salvador OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 29 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

MiniPreço — market
Estrada Lobato Campinas · Mon–Sat 07:00–20:00 · 6 km
Atacadão Cesta do Povo — market
Avenida Heitor Dias, Salvador · 1 km
Central de Abastecimento — market
Avenida General Graça Lessa, Salvador · 2 km
Feira de São Joaquim — market
Mon–Sat 06:00 - 17:00; Sun 06:00–13:00 · 2 km