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Arizona Planting Zones

Arizona covers USDA hardiness zones 5b to 10a on the 2023 map. The most common zone is 9b (39% of ZIP codes), where the coldest winter night averages 25 to 30 °F. Phoenix is zone 9b–10a, Tucson is zone 8b–9b and Mesa is zone 9b–10a.

Zones in Arizona

Share of the state’s ZIP codes in each zone.

  • 5b <1%
  • 6a 1%
  • 6b 5%
  • 7a 8%
  • 7b 3%
  • 8a 6%
  • 8b 11%
  • 9a 13%
  • 9b 39%
  • 10a 14%

Major cities

  • Phoenix 9b–10a
  • Tucson 8b–9b
  • Mesa 9b–10a
  • Scottsdale 9b–10a
  • Glendale 9b–10a
  • Chandler 9b
  • Gilbert 9b
  • Tempe 9b–10a
  • Peoria 9b
  • Prescott 7b
  • Flagstaff 6a–7a
  • Surprise 9b

Every city and town in Arizona

  • Aguila 85320 9a
  • Ajo 85321 9b
  • Alpine 85920 6b
  • Amado 85645 8b
  • Apache Junction 85117+ 9b
  • Arivaca 85601 8b
  • Arizona City 85123 9a
  • Arlington 85322 9b
  • Ash Fork 86320 7a
  • Avondale 85323+ 9b
  • Bagdad 86321 9a
  • Bapchule 85121 9b
  • Bellemont 86015 5b
  • Benson 85602 8b
  • Bisbee 85603 8b
  • Black Canyon City 85324 9a
  • Blue 85922 8a
  • Blue Gap 86520 7a
  • Bouse 85325 9a
  • Bowie 85605 8b
  • Buckeye 85326+ 9b
  • Bullhead City 86429+ 9b–10a
  • Bylas 85530 8b
  • Cameron 86020 7b
  • Camp Verde 86322 8b
  • Carefree 85377 9b
  • Casa Grande 85122+ 9a
  • Cashion 85329 9b
  • Catalina 85738 9a
  • Cave Creek 85327+ 9b
  • Central 85531 8b
  • Chambers 86502 7a
  • Chandler 85224+ 9b
  • Chandler Heights 85127 9b
  • Chinle 86503 7a
  • Chino Valley 86323 8a
  • Chloride 86431 8b
  • Cibecue 85911 7a
  • Cibola 85328 9b
  • Clarkdale 86324 8b
  • Clay Springs 85923 6b
  • Claypool 85532 9a
  • Clifton 85533 8a
  • Cochise 85606 8b
  • Colorado City 86021 7b
  • Concho 85924 7a
  • Congress 85332 9a
  • Coolidge 85128 9a
  • Cornville 86325 8b
  • Cortaro 85652 9b
  • Cottonwood 86326 8b
  • Crown King 86343 8a
  • Dateland 85333 9b
  • Dennehotso 86535 7a
  • Dewey 86327 8a
  • Dolan Springs 86441 9a
  • Douglas 85607+ 8a
  • Dragoon 85609 8b
  • Duncan 85534 8a
  • Eagar 85925 6a
  • Eden 85535 8b
  • Ehrenberg 85334 9b
  • El Mirage 85335 9b
  • Elfrida 85610 8b
  • Elgin 85611 8a
  • Eloy 85131 9a
  • Flagstaff 86001+ 6a–7a
  • Florence 85132 9b
  • Forest Lakes 85931 6b
  • Fort Apache 85926 7b
  • Fort Defiance 86504 6b
  • Fort Huachuca 85613+ 8b
  • Fort Mcdowell 85264 9b
  • Fort Mohave 86426+ 9b
  • Fort Thomas 85536 8b
  • Fountain Hills 85268+ 9b
  • Fredonia 86022 7a
  • Gadsden 85336 10a
  • Ganado 86505 6b
  • Gila Bend 85337 9b
  • Gilbert 85233+ 9b
  • Glendale 85301+ 9b–10a
  • Globe 85501+ 9a
  • Gold Canyon 85118 9b
  • Golden Valley 86413 9a
  • Goodyear 85338+ 9b
  • Grand Canyon 86023 7a
  • Gray Mountain 86016 6b
  • Green Valley 85614+ 9a
  • Greer 85927 6a
  • Hackberry 86411 8a
  • Happy Jack 86024 7a
  • Hayden 85135 9a
  • Heber 85928 7a
  • Hereford 85615 8b
  • Higley 85236 9b
  • Holbrook 86025 7a
  • Hotevilla 86030 7a
  • Houck 86506 6b
  • Huachuca City 85616 8b
  • Hualapai 86412 8b
  • Humboldt 86329 8a
  • Indian Wells 86031 7a
  • Jerome 86331 8b
  • Joseph City 86032 7a
  • Kaibeto 86053 7b
  • Kayenta 86033 7a
  • Keams Canyon 86034 6b
  • Kearny 85137 9b
  • Kingman 86401+ 8b
  • Kirkland 86332 8b
  • Kykotsmovi Village 86039 7a
  • Lake Havasu City 86403+ 10a
  • Lake Montezuma 86342 8a
  • Lakeside 85929 6b
  • Laveen 85339 9b
  • Leupp 86035 7a
  • Litchfield Park 85340 9b
  • Littlefield 86432 8b
  • Lukachukai 86507 7a
  • Luke Air Force Base 85309 9b
  • Lukeville 85341 9b
  • Lupton 86508 6b
  • Mammoth 85618 9a
  • Many Farms 86538 7a
  • Marana 85653 9b
  • Marana (Pinal) 85658 9b
  • Marble Canyon 86036 7b
  • Maricopa 85138+ 9a
  • Mayer 86333 8b
  • Mc Neal 85617 8b
  • Mcnary 85930 6b
  • Meadview 86444 9a
  • Mesa 85201+ 9b–10a
  • Miami 85539 8a
  • Mohave Valley 86440+ 9a–9b
  • Morenci 85540 8b
  • Mormon Lake 86038 6b
  • Morristown 85342 9b
  • Mount Lemmon 85619 8b
  • Munds Park 86017 7a
  • Naco 85620 8b
  • Nazlini 86540 6b
  • New River 85087 9b
  • Nogales 85621+ 8b
  • North Rim 86052 6b
  • Nutrioso 85932 6b
  • Oatman 86433 9b
  • Oracle 85623 9a
  • Overgaard 85933 6b
  • Page 86040 7b
  • Palo Verde 85343 9b
  • Paradise Valley 85253 10a
  • Parker 85344 9b
  • Parks 86018 6b
  • Patagonia 85624 8a
  • Paulden 86334 8a
  • Payson 85541+ 8a–8b
  • Peach Springs 86434 8a
  • Pearce 85625 8a
  • Peoria 85345+ 9b
  • Peridot 85542 9a
  • Petrified Forest Natl Pk 86028 7a
  • Phoenix 85001+ 9b–10a
  • Picacho 85141 9a
  • Pima 85543 8b
  • Pine 85544 8a
  • Pinedale 85934 6b
  • Pinetop 85935 6b
  • Pinon 86510 6b
  • Pirtleville 85626 8a
  • Polacca 86042 7a
  • Pomerene 85627 8b
  • Poston 85371 9a
  • Prescott 86301+ 7b
  • Prescott Valley 86312+ 7b–8a
  • Quartzsite 85346+ 9a–9b
  • Queen Creek 85142 9b
  • Red Rock 85145 9a
  • Red Valley 86544 7a
  • Rillito 85654 9b
  • Rimrock 86335 8a
  • Rio Rico 85648 8b
  • Rio Verde 85263 9b
  • Rock Point 86545 7a
  • Roll 85347 9b
  • Roosevelt 85545 9b
  • Round Rock 86547 7a
  • Sacaton 85147 9a
  • Safford 85546+ 8b
  • Sahuarita 85629 9a
  • Saint David 85630 8b
  • Saint Johns 85936 6b
  • Saint Michaels 86511 6a
  • Salome 85348 9a
  • San Carlos 85550 9a
  • San Luis 85349 10a
  • San Manuel 85631 9a
  • San Simon 85632 8a
  • San Tan Valley 85140+ 9b
  • Sanders 86512 6b
  • Sasabe 85633 8b
  • Scottsdale 85250+ 9b–10a
  • Second Mesa 86043 7a
  • Sedona 86336+ 8b
  • Sedona (Yavapai) 86340+ 8b
  • Seligman 86337 7a
  • Sells 85634 9a
  • Shonto 86054 7a
  • Show Low 85901+ 7a
  • Sierra Vista 85635+ 8b
  • Skull Valley 86338 8a
  • Snowflake 85937 7a
  • Solomon 85551 8b
  • Somerton 85350 10a
  • Sonoita 85637 8a
  • Springerville 85938 6b
  • Stanfield 85172 9a
  • Sun City 85351+ 9b
  • Sun City West 85375+ 9b
  • Sun Valley 86029 7a
  • Supai 86435 7a
  • Superior 85173 9b
  • Surprise 85374+ 9b
  • Tacna 85352 9b
  • Taylor 85939 7a
  • Teec Nos Pos 86514 7a
  • Tempe 85280+ 9b–10a
  • Temple Bar Marina 86443 9b
  • Thatcher 85552 8b
  • Tolleson 85353 9b
  • Tombstone 85638 8b
  • Tonalea 86044 7a
  • Tonopah 85354 9b
  • Tonto Basin 85553 9a
  • Topawa 85639 9a
  • Topock 86436 9b
  • Tortilla Flat 85190 9b
  • Tsaile 86556 7a
  • Tuba City 86045 7b
  • Tubac 85646 8b
  • Tucson 85701+ 8b–9b
  • Tumacacori 85640 8b
  • Vail 85641 9a
  • Valentine 86437 8a
  • Valley Farms 85191 9a
  • Vernon 85940 6b
  • Waddell 85355 9b
  • Wellton 85356 9b
  • Wenden 85357 9a
  • White Mountain Lake 85912 7a
  • Whiteriver 85941 7a
  • Wickenburg 85358+ 9a
  • Wikieup 85360 9b
  • Willcox 85643+ 8a–8b
  • Williams 86046 7a
  • Willow Beach 86445 9b
  • Window Rock 86515 6b
  • Winkelman 85192 9a
  • Winslow 86047 7a
  • Wittmann 85361 9b
  • Woodruff 85942 7a
  • Yarnell 85362 8b
  • Young 85554 8a
  • Youngtown 85363 9b
  • Yucca 86438 9a
  • Yuma 85364+ 9a–10a

Other states

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Zones: 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map ZIP code data, USDA Agricultural Research Service and the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University (official map). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Each ZIP code gets one zone, but a ZIP code can cross a zone line, and hills, valleys and towns can be warmer or colder than the zone shown.

About the Hardiness Zone Map

The Hardiness Zone Map finds your USDA plant hardiness zone, also called your planting or growing zone, from your ZIP code. Zones are based on the average coldest winter night of the year: each zone is 10 °F wide and split into a and b halves of 5 °F, from zone 1a in Alaska to 13b in Puerto Rico. Plant labels and seed packets give the coldest zone a plant can survive, so knowing your zone tells you which perennials, shrubs and trees can stay outside all winter. Zones come from the official 2023 USDA map ZIP code data for all 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico.

How to use it

  1. 1 Enter your 5-digit ZIP code and press Find my zone.
  2. 2 Read your zone and the average coldest winter temperature it stands for.
  3. 3 Open your state to see its zones and the zone of every city.
  4. 4 Choose plants rated for your zone number or a colder (lower) one.

Frequently asked questions

What growing zone is Arizona?

Arizona spans zones 5b–10a. Zone 9b is the most common, covering 39% of the state's ZIP codes. Enter your ZIP code above for your exact zone.

What planting zone is Phoenix, AZ?

Phoenix is in USDA zone 9b–10a, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 25 to 35 °F.

What planting zone is Tucson, AZ?

Tucson is in USDA zone 8b–9b, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 15 to 30 °F.

What planting zone is Mesa, AZ?

Mesa is in USDA zone 9b–10a, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 25 to 35 °F.

What is the coldest zone in Arizona?

The coldest part of Arizona is zone 5b, with winter lows of -15 to -10 °F. The warmest is zone 10a, at 30 to 35 °F.

How are planting zones worked out?

Each zone is a 10 °F band of the average coldest winter night over 1991–2020, split into a and b halves of 5 °F. The map does not show summer heat, rainfall or frost dates, so check local advice before planting.