When to plant garlic in Tangier

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 Tangier: 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.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 9.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:51 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:44

Garlic in Tangier: 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 Tangier's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ceuta	50 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Cadiz	95 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Jerez de la Frontera	107 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Marbella	119 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Málaga	165 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Seville	182 km	1 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Tangier

Within 15 km of Tangier OpenStreetMap lists 13 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Souk El Mers — market
3 km
Marché Central De Poissons — market
3 km
Souk Mghogha — market
4 km
Le Nouveau Marché de Gros — market
5 km