When to plant Wheat in Al Hoceima Province

Tangier Tetouan Al Hoceima, Morocco

Wheat is a cool-season cereal — a grass grown for its grain, and in many ways a cousin of maize that loves the cold instead of the heat.

Wheat in Al Hoceima Province, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant	29 Oct 2026 – 8 Dec 2026 opens in 4 weeks	20 Jul 2027 – 29 Aug 2027
Expected harvest	2.6–3.0 t/ha	about 4.0 t/ha
Harvest	From 6 Feb 2027 to 7 May 2027, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	100–150 days after planting
Work it takes	46–106 days per hectare, by hand
Rain meets its needs	91%

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 29 Oct 2026. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Al Hoceima Province is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.

Planting after 8 Dec 2026 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Al Hoceima Province

Rain and temperature	88%
The soil	96%
The lie of the land	45%

For wheat in Al Hoceima Province, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 45%. 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 2026/27 season in Al Hoceima Province

When the rains are expected	October 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 426 mm
This season's rain	Rain close to usual — plan around about 426 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heat	Hotter than usual — about +1.2 °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 supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
Ground this covers	4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 69% of this area.

Agro-ecological zones covering this area
69%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 212 growing days · about 490 mm · October to April
14%	enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 170 growing days · about 310 mm · October to April
11%	enough rain for one full main crop; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date 199 growing days · about 800 mm · September to December
3%	enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date 166 growing days · about 870 mm · September to December

last updated 17 September 2026

Sloping ground holds back about 35% of yield here.

What wheat needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam, loam or clay loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 6.0 and 7.0
Feed it most with	nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur

What it takes to grow wheat in Al Hoceima Province

Planting material	About 2,500,000 plants per hectare
Nitrogen (N)	About 78 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 23 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 125 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	46–106 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a wheat 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

Frost riskPest/disease risk — manageableSoil pH below the crop's optimum

Grow Wheat with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Al Hoceima Province 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.

Or check your field first

Wheat in nearby districts

How to grow Wheat, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will wheat grow well in Al Hoceima Province?

Al Hoceima Province rates as favourable for wheat.

When should I plant wheat in Al Hoceima Province?

Typically 29 Oct 2026 to 8 Dec 2026, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

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