What to plant in December in Egypt
9 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in December in Egypt, for the climate around Cairo area, Egypt.
Climate: Hot, almost rainless desert climate with mild winters (coldest nights around 6 to 8 °C in winter), very hot summers (up to 42 °C) and virtually no rain from May to October, so irrigation is essential.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Mild winter days and cool nights give crisp leaves, and it bolts quickly once spring heat arrives.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It thrives in the cool Cairo winter and needs no frost protection.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Onion Allium cepa
Planted from sets or seedlings in the mild winter, it matures as the days lengthen and dries well in the dry spring air.
Harvest: 120–150 daysEasyCare guide →
Carrot Daucus carota
Sandy soil and cool winter weather produce sweet, well-coloured roots.
Harvest: 70–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
It is the fastest crop in the cool season and tolerates the dry, mild winter well.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Faba bean Vicia faba
A traditional winter crop here that fixes nitrogen and is ready before the spring heat.
Harvest: 100–130 daysEasy
Fruits
Fig Ficus carica
Dormant winter cold is brief here and summer heat ripens the fruit well.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
It grows well through the cool season and keeps leafing when many herbs stall.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Coriander Coriandrum sativum
It prefers the cool season and bolts quickly in the summer heat, so it is best sown in winter.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →