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New Jersey Planting Zones

New Jersey covers USDA hardiness zones 6b to 8a on the 2023 map. The most common zone is 7a (47% of ZIP codes), where the coldest winter night averages 0 to 5 °F. Trenton is zone 7a–7b, Newark is zone 7a–7b and Paterson is zone 7a.

Zones in New Jersey

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

6b 11% -5 to 0 °F
7a 47% 0 to 5 °F
7b 40% 5 to 10 °F
8a 2% 10 to 15 °F

Major cities

Trenton 7a–7b
Newark 7a–7b
Paterson 7a
Jersey City 7b
Camden 7b
Clifton 7a–7b
Edison 7a
New Brunswick 7a
Princeton 7a
Toms River 7a–7b
Elizabeth 7b
Plainfield 7a

Every city and town in New Jersey

Absecon 08201+ 7b
Adelphia 07710 7a
Allamuchy 07820 6b
Allendale 07401 7a
Allenhurst 07711 7b
Allentown 08501 7a
Allenwood 08720 7b
Alloway 08001 7b
Alpine 07620 7a
Andover 07821 6b
Annandale 08801 7a
Asbury 08802 7a
Asbury Park 07712 7b
Atco 08004 7a
Atlantic City 08401+ 8a
Atlantic Highlands 07716 7b
Audubon 08106 7b
Augusta 07822 6b
Avalon 08202 7b
Avenel 07001 7b
Avon By The Sea 07717 7b
Baptistown 08803 7a
Barnegat 08005 7a
Barnegat Light 08006 7b
Barrington 08007 7b
Basking Ridge 07920 7a
Bayonne 07002 7b
Bayville 08721 7a
Beach Haven 08008 7b
Beachwood 08722 7a
Bedminster 07921 7a
Belford 07718 7b
Belle Mead 08502 7a
Belleville 07109 7b
Bellmawr 08031+ 7b
Belmar 07715+ 7b
Belvidere 07823 7a
Bergenfield 07621 7b
Berkeley Heights 07922 7a
Berlin 08009 7a
Bernardsville 07924 6b
Beverly 08010 7b
Birmingham 08011 7b
Blackwood 08012 7b
Blairstown 07825 6b
Blawenburg 08504 7a
Bloomfield 07003 7a
Bloomingdale 07403 7a
Bloomsbury 08804 7a
Bogota 07603 7b
Boonton 07005 6b
Bordentown 08505 7a
Bound Brook 08805 7a
Bradley Beach 07720 7b
Branchville 07826+ 6b
Brick 08723+ 7b
Bridgeport 08014 8a
Bridgeton 08302 7b
Bridgewater 08807 7a
Brielle 08730 7b
Brigantine 08203 8a
Broadway 08808 7a
Brookside 07926 6b
Browns Mills 08015 7a
Budd Lake 07828 6b
Buena 08310 7a
Burlington 08016 7b
Butler 07405 6b
Buttzville 07829 6b
Caldwell 07006+ 7a
Califon 07830 6b
Camden 08101+ 7b
Cape May 08204 8a
Cape May Court House 08210 7b
Cape May Point 08212 8a
Carlstadt 07072 7b
Carteret 07008 7b
Cedar Brook 08018 7a
Cedar Grove 07009 7a
Cedar Knolls 07927 7a
Cedarville 08311 7b
Changewater 07831 6b
Chatham 07928 7a
Chatsworth 08019 7a
Cherry Hill 08002+ 7b
Chester 07930 6b
Chesterfield 08515 7a
Clark 07066 7a
Clarksboro 08020 7b
Clayton 08312 7b
Clementon 08021 7b
Cliffside Park 07010 7b
Cliffwood 07721 7b
Clifton 07011+ 7a–7b
Clinton 08809 7a
Closter 07624 7a
Collingswood 08108 7b
Cologne 08213 7a
Colonia 07067 7a
Colts Neck 07722 7a
Columbia 07832 6b
Columbus 08022 7a
Convent Station 07961 7a
Cookstown 08511 7a
Cranbury 08512 7a
Cranford 07016 7a
Cream Ridge 08514 7a
Cresskill 07626 7a
Dayton 08810 7a
Deal 07723 7b
Deepwater 08023 7b
Deerfield Street 08313 7b
Delaware 07833 7a
Delmont 08314 7b
Demarest 07627 7b
Denville 07834 6b
Deptford 08096 7b
Dividing Creek 08315 7b
Dorchester 08316 7b
Dorothy 08317 7a
Dover 07801+ 6b
Dumont 07628 7b
Dunellen 08812 7a
East Brunswick 08816 7a
East Hanover 07936 7a
East Orange 07017+ 7a
East Rutherford 07073 7b
Eatontown 07724+ 7b
Edgewater 07020 7b
Edison 08817+ 7a
Egg Harbor City 08215 7a
Egg Harbor Township 08234 7b
Elizabeth 07201+ 7b
Elizabethport 07206 7b
Elmer 08318 7b
Elmwood Park 07407 7a
Elwood 08217 7a
Emerson 07630 7a
Englewood 07631 7b
Englewood Cliffs 07632 7b
Englishtown 07726 7a
Essex Fells 07021 7a
Estell Manor 08319 7a
Ewan 08025 7b
Fair Haven 07704 7b
Fair Lawn 07410 7a
Fairfield 07004 7a
Fairton 08320 7a
Fairview 07022 7b
Fanwood 07023 7a
Far Hills 07931 7a
Farmingdale 07727 7a
Flanders 07836 6b
Flemington 08822 7a
Florence 08518 7b
Florham Park 07932 7a
Fords 08863 7b
Forked River 08731 7a
Fort Lee 07024 7b
Fort Monmouth 07703 7b
Fortescue 08321 7b
Franklin 07416 6b
Franklin Lakes 07417 7a
Franklin Park 08823 7a
Franklinville 08322 7b
Freehold 07728 7a
Frenchtown 08825 7a
Garfield 07026 7b
Garwood 07027 7a
Gibbsboro 08026 7b
Gibbstown 08027 7b
Gillette 07933 7a
Gladstone 07934 7a
Glassboro 08028 7b
Glasser 07837 6b
Glen Gardner 08826 6b
Glen Ridge 07028 7a
Glen Rock 07452 7a
Glendora 08029 7b
Glenwood 07418 6b
Gloucester City 08030 7b
Goshen 08218 7b
Great Meadows 07838 6b
Green Creek 08219 8a
Green Village 07935 7a
Greendell 07839 6b
Greenwich 08323 7b
Hackensack 07601+ 7b
Hackettstown 07840 6b
Haddon Heights 08035 7b
Haddonfield 08033 7b
Hainesport 08036 7b
Haledon 07508+ 7a
Hamburg 07419 6b
Hammonton 08037 7a
Hampton 08827 7a
Hancocks Bridge 08038 7b
Harrington Park 07640 7a
Harrison 07029 7b
Harrisonville 08039 7b
Hasbrouck Heights 07604 7b
Haskell 07420 7a
Haworth 07641 7a
Hawthorne 07506+ 7a
Hazlet 07730 7b
Heislerville 08324 7b
Helmetta 08828 7a
Hewitt 07421 6b
Hibernia 07842 6b
High Bridge 08829 7a
Highland Lakes 07422 6b
Highland Park 08904 7a
Highlands 07732 7b
Hightstown 08520 7a
Hillsborough 08844 7a
Hillsdale 07642 7a
Hillside 07205 7b
Ho Ho Kus 07423 7a
Hoboken 07030 7b
Holmdel 07733 7b
Hopatcong 07843 6b
Hope 07844 6b
Hopewell 08525 7a
Howell 07731 7a
Imlaystown 08526 7a
Ironia 07845 6b
Irvington 07111 7a
Iselin 08830 7a
Island Heights 08732 7b
Jackson 08527 7a
Jersey City 07097+ 7b
Jobstown 08041 7b
Johnsonburg 07846 6b
Joint Base Mdl 08640+ 7a
Juliustown 08042 7b
Keansburg 07734 7b
Kearny 07032+ 7b
Keasbey 08832 7b
Kendall Park 08824 7a
Kenilworth 07033 7a
Kenvil 07847 6b
Keyport 07735 7b
Kingston 08528 7a
Lafayette 07848 6b
Lake Hiawatha 07034 7a
Lake Hopatcong 07849 6b
Lakehurst 08733 7a
Lakewood 08701 7a
Lambertville 08530 7a
Landing 07850 6b
Landisville 08326 7a
Lanoka Harbor 08734 7b
Lavallette 08735 7b
Lawnside 08045 7b
Lawrence Township 08648 7a
Layton 07851 6b
Lebanon 08833 7a
Ledgewood 07852 6b
Leeds Point 08220 7b
Leesburg 08327 7b
Leonardo 07737 7b
Leonia 07605 7b
Liberty Corner 07938 7a
Lincoln Park 07035 7a
Lincroft 07738 7b
Linden 07036 7b
Linwood 08221 7b
Little Falls 07424 7a
Little Ferry 07643 7b
Little Silver 07739 7b
Little York 08834 7a
Livingston 07039 7a
Lodi 07644 7b
Long Branch 07740 7b
Long Valley 07853 6b
Longport 08403 7b
Lumberton 08048 7b
Lyndhurst 07071 7b
Lyons 07939 7a
Madison 07940 7a
Magnolia 08049 7b
Mahwah 07430+ 7a
Malaga 08328 7b
Manahawkin 08050 7b
Manasquan 08736 7b
Manchester Township 08759 7a
Mantoloking 08738 7b
Mantua 08051 7b
Manville 08835 7a
Maple Shade 08052 7b
Maplewood 07040 7a
Margate City 08402 7b
Marlboro 07746 7a
Marlton 08053 7b
Marmora 08223 7b
Martinsville 08836 7a
Matawan 07747 7b
Mauricetown 08329 7b
Mays Landing 08330 7a
Maywood 07607 7b
Mc Afee 07428 6b
Medford 08055 7a
Mendham 07945 6b
Merchantville 08109 7b
Metuchen 08840 7a
Mickleton 08056 7b
Middlesex 08846 7a
Middletown 07748 7b
Middleville 07855 6b
Midland Park 07432 7a
Milford 08848 7a
Millburn 07041 7a
Millington 07946 7a
Millstone Township 08510+ 7a
Milltown 08850 7a
Millville 08332 7a
Milmay 08340 7a
Mine Hill 07803 6b
Minotola 08341 7a
Mizpah 08342 7a
Monmouth Beach 07750 7b
Monmouth Junction 08852 7a
Monroe Township 08831 7a
Monroeville 08343 7b
Montague 07827 6b
Montclair 07042+ 7a
Montvale 07645 7a
Montville 07045 7a
Moonachie 07074 7b
Moorestown 08057 7b
Morganville 07751 7a
Morris Plains 07950 6b
Morristown 07960+ 7a
Mount Arlington 07856 6b
Mount Ephraim 08059 7b
Mount Freedom 07970 6b
Mount Holly 08060 7b
Mount Laurel 08054 7b
Mount Royal 08061 7b
Mountain Lakes 07046 6b
Mountainside 07092 7a
Mullica Hill 08062 7b
National Park 08063 7b
Navesink 07752 7b
Neptune 07753+ 7b
Neshanic Station 08853 7a
Netcong 07857 6b
New Brunswick 08901+ 7a
New Egypt 08533 7a
New Gretna 08224 7a
New Lisbon 08064 7a
New Milford 07646 7b
New Providence 07974 7a
New Vernon 07976 7a
Newark 07101+ 7a–7b
Newfield 08344 7a
Newfoundland 07435 6b
Newport 08345 7b
Newton 07860 6b
Newtonville 08346 7a
Norma 08347 7b
Normandy Beach 08739 7b
North Arlington 07031 7b
North Bergen 07047 7b
North Brunswick 08902 7a
Northfield 08225 7b
Northvale 07647 7a
Norwood 07648 7a
Nutley 07110 7b
Oak Ridge 07438 6b
Oakhurst 07755 7b
Oakland 07436 7a
Oaklyn 08107 7b
Ocean City 08226 7b
Ocean Gate 08740 7b
Ocean Grove 07756 7b
Ocean View 08230 7b
Oceanport 07757 7b
Oceanville 08231 7b
Ogdensburg 07439 6b
Old Bridge 08857 7a
Oldwick 08858 7a
Oradell 07649 7a
Orange 07050+ 7a
Oxford 07863 6b
Palisades Park 07650 7b
Palmyra 08065 7b
Paramus 07652+ 7a
Park Ridge 07656 7a
Parlin 08859 7a
Parsippany 07054 7a
Passaic 07055 7b
Paterson 07501+ 7a
Paulsboro 08066 7b
Peapack 07977 7a
Pedricktown 08067 7b
Pemberton 08068 7a
Pennington 08534 7a
Penns Grove 08069 7b
Pennsauken 08110 7b
Pennsville 08070 7b
Pequannock 07440 7a
Perth Amboy 08861+ 7b
Phillipsburg 08865 7a
Picatinny Arsenal 07806 6b
Pine Beach 08741 7a
Pine Brook 07058 7a
Piscataway 08854+ 7a
Pitman 08071 7b
Pittstown 08867 7a
Plainfield 07060+ 7a
Plainsboro 08536 7a
Pleasantville 08232 7b
Pluckemin 07978 7a
Point Pleasant Beach 08742 7b
Pomona 08240 7a
Pompton Lakes 07442 7a
Pompton Plains 07444 7a
Port Elizabeth 08348 7a
Port Monmouth 07758 7b
Port Murray 07865 6b
Port Norris 08349 7b
Port Reading 07064 7b
Port Republic 08241 7b
Pottersville 07979 7a
Princeton 08540+ 7a
Princeton Junction 08550 7a
Quakertown 08868 7a
Quinton 08072 7b
Rahway 07065 7b
Ramsey 07446 7a
Rancocas 08073 7b
Randolph 07869 6b
Raritan 08869 7a
Readington 08870 7a
Red Bank 07701 7b
Richland 08350 7a
Richwood 08074 7b
Ridgefield 07657 7b
Ridgefield Park 07660 7b
Ridgewood 07450+ 7a
Ringoes 08551 7a
Ringwood 07456 7a
Rio Grande 08242 8a
River Edge 07661 7b
Riverdale 07457 7a
Riverside 08075 7b
Riverton 08076+ 7b
Rochelle Park 07662 7b
Rockaway 07866 6b
Rocky Hill 08553 7a
Roebling 08554 7a
Roosevelt 08555 7a
Roseland 07068 7a
Roselle 07203 7b
Roselle Park 07204 7b
Rosenhayn 08352 7b
Rumson 07760 7b
Runnemede 08078 7b
Rutherford 07070 7b
Saddle Brook 07663 7b
Saddle River 07458 7a
Salem 08079 7b
Sayreville 08871+ 7a
Schooleys Mountain 07870 6b
Scotch Plains 07076 7a
Sea Girt 08750 7b
Sea Isle City 08243 7b
Seaside Heights 08751 7b
Seaside Park 08752 7b
Secaucus 07094+ 7b
Sergeantsville 08557 7a
Sewaren 07077 7b
Sewell 08080 7b
Shiloh 08353 7b
Short Hills 07078 7a
Shrewsbury 07702 7b
Sicklerville 08081 7a
Skillman 08558 7a
Somerdale 08083 7b
Somers Point 08244 7b
Somerset 08873+ 7a
Somerville 08876 7a
South Amboy 08879 7b
South Bound Brook 08880 7a
South Dennis 08245 7b
South Hackensack 07606 7b
South Orange 07079 7a
South Plainfield 07080 7a
South River 08882 7a
South Seaville 08246 7b
Sparta 07871 6b
Spotswood 08884 7a
Spring Lake 07762 7b
Springfield 07081 7a
Stanhope 07874 6b
Stanton 08885 7a
Stewartsville 08886 7a
Stillwater 07875 6b
Stirling 07980 7a
Stockholm 07460 6b
Stockton 08559 7a
Stone Harbor 08247 7b
Stratford 08084 7b
Strathmere 08248 7b
Succasunna 07876 6b
Summit 07901+ 7a
Sussex 07461 6b
Swartswood 07877 6b
Swedesboro 08085 7b
Teaneck 07666 7b
Tenafly 07670 7b
Tennent 07763 7a
Teterboro 07608+ 7b
Thorofare 08086 7b
Three Bridges 08887 7a
Titusville 08560 7a
Toms River 08753+ 7a–7b
Totowa 07511+ 7a
Towaco 07082 7a
Township Of Washington 07676 7a
Tranquility 07879 6b
Trenton 08601+ 7a–7b
Tuckahoe 08250 7a
Tuckerton 08087 7b
Union 07083 7a
Union City 07087 7b
Ventnor City 08406 7b
Vernon 07462 6b
Verona 07044 7a
Vienna 07880 6b
Villas 08251 8a
Vincentown 08088 7a
Vineland 08360+ 7a
Voorhees 08043 7b
Waldwick 07463 7a
Wallington 07057 7b
Wallpack Center 07881 6b
Wanaque 07465 7a
Waretown 08758 7a
Warren 07059 7a
Washington 07882 6b
Watchung 07069 7a
Waterford Works 08089 7a
Wayne 07470+ 7a
Weehawken 07086 7b
Wenonah 08090 7b
West Berlin 08091 7a
West Creek 08092 7b
West Long Branch 07764 7b
West Milford 07480 6b
West New York 07093 7b
West Orange 07052 7a
Westfield 07090+ 7a
Westville 08093 7b
Westwood 07675 7a
Wharton 07885 6b
Whippany 07981+ 7a
Whitehouse 08888 7a
Whitehouse Station 08889 7a
Whitesboro 08252 7b
Wickatunk 07765 7a
Wildwood 08260 8a
Williamstown 08094 7a
Willingboro 08046 7b
Windsor 08561 7a
Winslow 08095 7a
Wood Ridge 07075 7b
Woodbine 08270 7a
Woodbridge 07095 7b
Woodbury Heights 08097 7b
Woodcliff Lake 07677 7a
Woodstown 08098 7b
Wrightstown 08562 7a
Wyckoff 07481 7a
Zarephath 08890 7a

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

Frequently asked questions

What growing zone is New Jersey?

New Jersey spans zones 6b–8a. Zone 7a is the most common, covering 47% of the state's ZIP codes. Enter your ZIP code above for your exact zone.

What planting zone is Trenton, NJ?

Trenton is in USDA zone 7a–7b, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 0 to 10 °F.

What planting zone is Newark, NJ?

Newark is in USDA zone 7a–7b, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 0 to 10 °F.

What planting zone is Paterson, NJ?

Paterson is in USDA zone 7a. Its average coldest winter night is 0 to 5 °F.

What is the coldest zone in New Jersey?

The coldest part of New Jersey is zone 6b, with winter lows of -5 to 0 °F. The warmest is zone 8a, at 10 to 15 °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.

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