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When to plant Guava in Cairo
These figures also cover Menoufia and Suez, where the engine returns the same answer.
Egypt
Guava is a tough, evergreen little tree that fruits almost anywhere — it shrugs off heat, drought, and poor, sour or salty soil.
| Fit | Favourable |
|---|---|
| When to plant (establish) | 21 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 open now |
| Expected harvest | about 35.0 t/ha |
| Bearing cycle | 90–150 days per crop once the plant is established. Planting to the first harvest takes longer than one cycle. |
| Work it takes | 83–173 days per hectare, by hand |
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.
If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 1 Jan 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.
This season's rainfall outlook for Cairo is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.
Planting after 1 Jan 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.
What decides this in Cairo
| Rain and temperature | 96% |
|---|---|
| The soil | 96% |
| The lie of the land | 88% |
For guava in Cairo, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 88%. You cannot flatten it, but you can farm it: plant along the contour rather than up and down, ridge or tie ridges to hold water on the slope, and expect shallower rooting than the crop would manage on flat ground.
The season in Cairo
| Rain in a typical year | About 25 mm in a typical farming district |
|---|---|
| Across its districts | From about 16 mm in the driest of 42 districts to about 28 mm in the wettest |
| This season's rain | Rain close to usual — plan around about 25 mm falling roughly when it always does |
| What that supports | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth |
| Ground this covers | 2 kinds of ground. The season below is one typical farming district's, not a figure for the whole of this area. |
| 86% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 30 mm |
|---|---|
| 14% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 20 mm |
last updated 19 September 2026 · from all 42 areas within it
What guava needs to grow here
| Soil it likes | well-drained sandy loam, loam or clay loam soil |
|---|---|
| Soil sourness (pH) | Happiest between pH 5.5 and 7.5 |
| Spacing | 550 cm between rows, 550 cm between plants |
| Feed it most with | potassium, zinc and boron |
What it takes to grow guava in Cairo
| Planting material | About 300 plants per hectare |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N) | About 70 kg per hectare |
| Phosphate (P₂O₅) | About 16 kg per hectare |
| Potash (K₂O) | About 96 kg per hectare |
| In the shops | A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established. |
| Hand work | 83–173 days per hectare, by hand |
These are the nutrients a guava crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.
What to watch for
Grow Guava with a plan, not a guess
Everything above describes Cairo as a whole — 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.
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
Will guava grow well in Cairo?
Cairo rates as favourable for guava.
When should I plant guava in Cairo?
Typically 21 Jan 2026 to 1 Jan 2027, forecast-adjusted.
Is this exact for my own field?
No — these are readings taken across Cairo, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.