Greenly Garden

When to plant garlic in Sousse

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 Sousse: 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 9.3 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 9.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight11:51 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice9:44

Garlic in Sousse: 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

4 of the nearest cities share Sousse's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Tunis117 km1 Octobersame day
Sfax122 km1 Octobersame day
Gabès222 km1 Octobersame day
Palermo351 km23 November – end of December53 days later
Constantine367 km13 November – end of December43 days later
Cagliari400 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Sousse

Within 15 km of Sousse OpenStreetMap lists 11 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.