When to plant garlic in Santiago de Cuba: 16 September – 15 December

In Santiago de Cuba, garlic: plant from 16 September to 15 December. For garlic here we follow a national source (Muñoz et al. 2010, Alvarez-Pinedo et al. 2023, Revista Ciencias Técnicas Agropecuarias).

Garlic in Santiago de Cuba: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Santiago de Cuba from 16 September to 15 December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 20.5 °C.

Planting	16 September – 15 December
Coldest nights	January, 20.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:58 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:55

Garlic in Santiago de Cuba: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Santiago de Cuba's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Guantánamo	65 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Bayamo	94 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Holguín	107 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Camagüey	266 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Santa Clara	504 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Barahona	535 km	1 October	15 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Santiago de Cuba

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 September to 15 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Santiago de Cuba OpenStreetMap lists 24 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Micro 7 — market
4 km
Mercado Agropecuario — market
0 km
Mercado Ideal — market
1 km
Agromercado El Guamense — farm shop
1 km