When to Plant Onions in Mūndka, Delhi, India

Step by step in Mūndka

Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.

Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.

Start indoors

29 Oct - 19 Nov

Ten weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.

Plant out

10-31 Dec

Four weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

20 Mar - 9 Apr

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-8°C (17.6°F)

Days to maturity

100–120

Min soil temp

7°C (44.6°F)

Spacing

10 cm

Sowing depth

12 mm (0.5 in)

Sun

Full

Onions through the year

Against the frost risk in Mūndka

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Seasonal context

Rainfall and the growing season in Mūndka

July has the highest average precipitation (179 mm); November has the lowest (4 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.

Jan 14 mm

Feb 20 mm

Mar 18 mm

Apr 16 mm

May 35 mm

Jun 71 mm

Jul 179 mm

Aug 175 mm

Sep 99 mm

Oct 11 mm

Nov 4 mm

Dec 7 mm

During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.

Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.

Monthly growing conditions in Mūndka

Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.

NASA POWER climate averages, 1995–2024
Month	Average low	Average high	Frost days
January	6.7°C (44.1°F)	22.3°C (72.1°F)	0.2
February	9.7°C (49.5°F)	26.5°C (79.6°F)	0.0
March	15.3°C (59.5°F)	32.8°C (91°F)	0.0
April	21.6°C (70.9°F)	39°C (102.3°F)	0.0
May	26.9°C (80.4°F)	42.4°C (108.3°F)	0.0
June	29.4°C (84.9°F)	41.8°C (107.2°F)	0.0
July	28.3°C (82.9°F)	37.6°C (99.6°F)	0.0
August	26.2°C (79.2°F)	34.7°C (94.5°F)	0.0
September	23.8°C (74.8°F)	34.5°C (94°F)	0.0
October	19.2°C (66.5°F)	33.4°C (92°F)	0.0
November	13.7°C (56.7°F)	28.8°C (83.9°F)	0.0
December	8.8°C (47.8°F)	24.1°C (75.4°F)	0.0

For onions, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.

Local growing check

Before choosing onions for Mūndka

Bulb onions need a cultivar matched to local day length. The temperature calendar does not calculate bulbing response; choose a locally appropriate short-day, intermediate-day or long-day variety before using the dates.
July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 179 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.

Before you plant onions

Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.

Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 7°C (44.6°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
Harden off plants raised indoors: gradually expose them to outdoor light, wind and temperature before their final move into the bed.
Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.

Match bulb onions to day length and intended storage

Seeds, sets and nursery transplants require different lead times. Check which starting material the packet or supplier's instructions describe before counting backwards from harvest.

Use a sunny bed with free drainage and control weeds while the plants are small. Avoid piling wet soil around developing bulbs or treating extra water as a cure for slow growth.

For storage, let the variety reach its proper maturity and cure sound bulbs in a dry, airy place. Use damaged or thick-necked bulbs first rather than mixing them with long-term storage onions.

Growing in a container

A wide container can grow a small bulb crop, but each onion needs its final spacing. Crowding is more appropriate when intentionally harvesting young green onions.

What to record this season

Which cultivar and starting material produced sound bulbs that stored well? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.

Further reading: RHS onions growing guide · Utah State University: Onions in the Garden . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.

The RHS guide is written for UK growing conditions. Use its cultivation advice with local cultivar and seasonal guidance; its calendar months are not worldwide recommendations.

How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy

Why these dates

Seeds, sets and nursery transplants require different lead times. Check which starting material the packet or supplier's instructions describe before counting backwards from harvest.

Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.

This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Onions are timed from 10 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Mūndka.

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Nearby

Onions in places close by

Nithari 4 km Nāngloi Jāt 4 km Kirāri Sulemānnagar 4 km Bāprola 5 km Sultan Pur Majra 5 km Hashtsāl 6 km

Also in Mūndka

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Growing onions in Mūndka

Can I grow onions in Mūndka?

The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. Bulb onions need a cultivar matched to local day length. The temperature calendar does not calculate bulbing response; choose a locally appropriate short-day, intermediate-day or long-day variety before using the dates.

When should I plant onions in Mūndka?

Aim for 10-31 Dec in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 16 Dec - 6 Jan - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When might onions be ready to harvest in Mūndka?

The estimated period is 20 Mar - 9 Apr, based on 100 to 120 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.

How much frost will onions tolerate?