What grows in Nabeul

North East, Tunisie

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Map showing the boundary of Nabeul

The 2026/27 season in Nabeul

When the rains are expectedSeptember 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 496 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 496 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.1 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supportsenough rain for one full main crop, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
Ground this covers2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 88% of this area.
Agro-ecological zones covering this area
88% enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 210 growing days · about 490 mm · September to April
12% enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 205 growing days · about 480 mm · September to April

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Nabeul

88% lowland, sub-humid, mild winter — 23 crops

12% sub-humid, mild winter — 21 crops

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

What grows in Nabeul with irrigation

These need water applied — rain alone will not carry them here. The dates are the windows their own water supply allows.

What Divisi would not plant in Nabeul

Every crop in the catalogue is scored against this district, not only the ones that work — so the list above is a decision rather than a shortlist. These are the rest, with what ruled each one out.

  • Okra Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Passion fruit Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Pineapple Moderate — Frost & pests
  • African eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Amaranth Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Water
  • Bambara groundnut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cassava Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Taro Unsuitable
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Water
  • Finger millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Fonio Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Guava Unsuitable — Water
  • Chilli Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lablab Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Water
  • Lime Unsuitable
  • Maize Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Mandarin Unsuitable — Water
  • Moringa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Rice Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sorghum Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Soybean Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Water
  • Tobacco Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tomato Unsuitable
  • Turmeric Unsuitable
  • Yam Unsuitable

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 51 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Nabeul, and the map colours which kind of ground each part of it is. Your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates — the Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

What changed in Nabeul

  • 2 September 2026 Rape Covo Kale — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Frost & pests
  • 2 September 2026 Lettuce — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Frost & pests
  • 2 September 2026 Lettuce — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Passion Fruit — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Frost & pests
  • 2 September 2026 Passion Fruit — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable

This calendar moves

Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Nabeul?

Jute mallow, Pumpkin, Wheat, African nightshade, Beetroot all rate well in Nabeul — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Jute mallow in Nabeul?

In Nabeul the window for Jute mallow runs 13 Sep 2026 to 25 Sep 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Nabeul?

Divisi does. It reads Nabeul's own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average, so the planting dates and crop shortlist on this page are the same ones the app works out for a field here — then dates each job for that field, and keeps working with no signal.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Nabeul, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

Keep going

The district's answer is one question. What each crop needs, what attacks it and where to sell it are the others.