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New Mexico Planting Zones

New Mexico covers USDA hardiness zones 5a to 8b on the 2023 map. The most common zone is 7b (25% of ZIP codes), where the coldest winter night averages 5 to 10 °F. Albuquerque is zone 7b–8a, Santa Fe is zone 6b–7a and Las Cruces is zone 7b–8b.

Zones in New Mexico

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

5a <1% -20 to -15 °F
5b 4% -15 to -10 °F
6a 15% -10 to -5 °F
6b 16% -5 to 0 °F
7a 22% 0 to 5 °F
7b 25% 5 to 10 °F
8a 12% 10 to 15 °F
8b 5% 15 to 20 °F

Major cities

Albuquerque 7b–8a
Santa Fe 6b–7a
Las Cruces 7b–8b
Hobbs 8a
Farmington 7a
Gallup 6a
Roswell 7b
Alamogordo 8a
Artesia 7b–8a
Carlsbad 8a
Clovis 7a
Deming 8a

Every city and town in New Mexico

Abiquiu 87510 7a
Alamogordo 88310+ 8a
Albuquerque 87101+ 7b–8a
Alcalde 87511 7a
Algodones 87001 7b
Alto 88312 7a
Amalia 87512 6a
Amistad 88410 6b
Angel Fire 87710 6a
Animas 88020 8a
Anthony 88021 8a
Anton Chico 87711 6b
Aragon 87820 6a
Arenas Valley 88022 7b
Arrey 87930 8a
Arroyo Hondo 87513 5b
Arroyo Seco 87514 5b
Artesia 88210+ 7b–8a
Aztec 87410 6b
Bard 88411 7a
Bayard 88023 7b
Belen 87002 7b
Bent 88314 7b
Berino 88024 8b
Bernalillo 87004 7b
Blanco 87412 6b
Bloomfield 87413 7a
Bluewater 87005 6a
Bosque 87006 7b
Bosque Farms 87068 7b
Brimhall 87310 6b
Broadview 88112 7a
Buckhorn 88025 7b
Buena Vista 87712 6a
Caballo 87931 8a
Canjilon 87515 6a
Cannon Afb 88103 7b
Canones 87516 7a
Capitan 88316 7a
Capulin 88414 5b
Carlsbad 88220+ 8a
Carrizozo 88301 7a
Carson 87517 6a
Casa Blanca 87007 6b
Causey 88113 7b
Cebolla 87518 5b
Cedar Crest 87008 7a
Cerrillos 87010 7a
Cerro 87519 5b
Chacon 87713 6a
Chama 87520 5b
Chamberino 88027 8b
Chamisal 87521 6a
Chaparral 88081 8b
Chimayo 87522 6a
Church Rock 87311 6b
Cimarron 87714 6a
Claunch 87011 7a
Clayton 88415 6b
Cleveland 87715 6b
Cliff 88028 7b
Clines Corners 87070 6b
Cloudcroft 88317 7a
Clovis 88101+ 7a
Cochiti Lake 87083 7a
Cochiti Pueblo 87072 7a
Columbus 88029 8a
Conchas Dam 88416 7b
Continental Divide 87312 6a
Cordova 87523 6b
Corona 88318 7a
Corrales 87048 7b
Costilla 87524 5a
Counselor 87018 6a
Coyote 87012 6b
Crossroads 88114 7b
Crownpoint 87313 6b
Cuba 87013 6a
Cubero 87014 6b
Cuervo 88417 7a
Datil 87821 6a
Deming 88030+ 8a
Derry 87933 8a
Des Moines 88418 6b
Dexter 88230 7b
Dixon 87527 6b
Dora 88115 7b
Dulce 87528 5b
Eagle Nest 87718 6a
Edgewood 87015 6b
El Prado 87529 5b
El Rito 87530 7a
Elephant Butte 87935 8a
Elida 88116 7b
Embudo 87531 7a
Encino 88321 6b
Espanola 87532+ 7a
Estancia 87016 6a
Eunice 88231 8a
Fairacres 88033 8b
Farmington 87401+ 7a
Faywood 88034 8a
Fence Lake 87315 6a
Flora Vista 87415 6b
Floyd 88118 7b
Folsom 88419 6b
Fort Bayard 88036 7b
Fort Stanton 88323 7a
Fort Sumner 88119 7a
Fort Wingate 87316 6a
Fruitland 87416 7a
Gallina 87017 6b
Gallup 87301+ 6a
Gamerco 87317 6b
Garfield 87936 8a
Garita 88421 7a
Gila 88038 7b
Gladstone 88422 6a
Glencoe 88324 7b
Glenwood 88039 7a
Glorieta 87535 6b
Grady 88120 7a
Grants 87020 6a
Grenville 88424 6b
Guadalupita 87722 6a
Hachita 88040 8a
Hagerman 88232 7b
Hanover 88041 7b
Hatch 87937 8a
Hernandez 87537 7a
High Rolls Mountain Park 88325 8a
Hillsboro 88042 8a
Hobbs 88240+ 8a
Holloman Air Force Base 88330 8a
Holman 87723 6a
Hondo 88336 7b
Hope 88250 7b
House 88121 7a
Hurley 88043 8a
Ilfeld 87538 6b
Isleta 87022 7b
Jal 88252 8a
Jamestown 87347 6a
Jarales 87023 7a
Jemez Pueblo 87024 7a
Jemez Springs 87025 6b
Kenna 88122 7b
Kirtland 87417 7a
Kirtland Afb 87117 7b
La Jara 87027 5b
La Joya 87028 7b
La Loma 87724 7a
La Luz 88337 7b
La Madera 87539 6b
La Mesa 88044 8b
La Plata 87418 6b
Laguna 87026 7a
Lake Arthur 88253 7b
Lakewood 88254 8a
Lamy 87540 6b
Las Cruces 88001+ 7b–8b
Las Vegas 87701 6b
Lemitar 87823 7b
Lincoln 88338 7a
Lindrith 87029 5b
Llano 87543 6a
Loco Hills 88255 8a
Logan 88426 7a
Lordsburg 88045 8a
Los Alamos 87544+ 7a
Los Lunas 87031 7b
Los Ojos 87551 5b
Loving 88256 8a
Lovington 88260 7b
Luna 87824 6a
Magdalena 87825 7a
Malaga 88263 8a
Maljamar 88264 8a
Maxwell 87728 6a
Mayhill 88339 7a
Mcalister 88427 7a
Mcdonald 88262 7b
Mcintosh 87032 6a
Medanales 87548 7a
Melrose 88124 7a
Mentmore 87319 6a
Mescalero 88340 7a
Mesilla 88046 8b
Mesilla Park 88047 8b
Mesquite 88048 8b
Mexican Springs 87320 6b
Miami 87729 6a
Milan 87021 6a
Mills 87730 6b
Milnesand 88125 7b
Mimbres 88049 7b
Montezuma 87731 6b
Monticello 87939 7b
Monument 88265 8a
Mora 87732 6a
Moriarty 87035 6a
Mosquero 87733 6b
Mountainair 87036 7a
Mule Creek 88051 7b
Nageezi 87037 6b
Nara Visa 88430 7a
Navajo 87328 6b
Navajo Dam 87419 6b
New Laguna 87038 6b
Newcomb 87455 7a
Newkirk 88431 7a
Nogal 88341 7a
Ocate 87734 6a
Ohkay Owingeh 87566 7a
Ojo Caliente 87549 7a
Ojo Feliz 87735 6a
Organ 88052 8b
Orogrande 88342 8a
Paguate 87040 6b
Pecos 87552 6b
Pena Blanca 87041 7a
Penasco 87553 6a
Pep 88126 7b
Peralta 87042 7a
Petaca 87554 6b
Picacho 88343 7b
Pie Town 87827 5b
Pinehill 87357 5b
Pinon 88344 7b
Pinos Altos 88053 7b
Placitas 87043 7b
Playas 88009 8a
Polvadera 87828 7b
Ponderosa 87044 7a
Portales 88130 7a
Prewitt 87045 6a
Pueblo Of Acoma 87034 6b
Quay 88433 7a
Quemado 87829 6a
Questa 87556 6a
Radium Springs 88054 8a
Rainsville 87736 6a
Ramah 87321 6a
Ranchos De Taos 87557 6a
Raton 87740 6a
Red River 87558 6a
Redrock 88055 7b
Regina 87046 5b
Rehoboth 87322 6a
Reserve 87830 6a
Ribera 87560 6b
Rincon 87940 8a
Rio Rancho 87124+ 7b
Rociada 87742 6b
Rodeo 88056 8a
Rogers 88132 7b
Roswell 88201+ 7b
Rowe 87562 6b
Roy 87743 6b
Ruidoso 88345+ 7a
Ruidoso Downs 88346 7a
Sacramento 88347 7a
Salem 87941 8a
San Acacia 87831 7b
San Antonio 87832 7b
San Cristobal 87564 5b
San Fidel 87049 6b
San Jon 88434 7a
San Jose 87565 6b
San Miguel 88058 8b
San Patricio 88348 7b
San Rafael 87051 6a
San Ysidro 87053 7a
Sandia Park 87047 7a
Sanostee 87461 7a
Santa Clara 88026 7b
Santa Cruz 87567 7a
Santa Fe 87501+ 6b–7a
Santa Rosa 88435 7a
Santa Teresa 88008 8a
Santo Domingo Pueblo 87052 7b
Sapello 87745 6b
Sedan 88436 6b
Serafina 87569 6b
Sheep Springs 87364 7a
Shiprock 87420 7a
Silver City 88061+ 7b
Smith Lake 87365 6a
Socorro 87801 7b
Solano 87746 7a
Spaceport City 87654 7b
Springer 87747 6a
Stanley 87056 6b
Sunland Park 88063 8b
Sunspot 88349 7a
Taiban 88134 7a
Taos 87571 6a
Taos Ski Valley 87525 6a
Tatum 88267 7b
Tererro 87573 6a
Tesuque 87574 6b
Texico 88135 7a
Thoreau 87323 6a
Tierra Amarilla 87575 5b
Tijeras 87059 7a
Timberon 88350 7b
Tinnie 88351 7b
Tohatchi 87325 7a
Tome 87060 7a
Torreon 87061 6b
Trampas 87576 6b
Trementina 88439 7a
Tres Piedras 87577 5b
Truchas 87578 6a
Truth Or Consequences 87901 8a
Tucumcari 88401 7a
Tularosa 88352 8a
Tyrone 88065 7b
Ute Park 87749 6a
Vadito 87579 6a
Vado 88072 8b
Valdez 87580 5b
Vallecitos 87581 6b
Valmora 87750 6a
Vanderwagen 87326 6a
Vaughn 88353 7a
Veguita 87062 7b
Velarde 87582 7a
Villanueva 87583 6b
Wagon Mound 87752 6a
Waterflow 87421 7a
Watrous 87753 6a
Weed 88354 7a
White Rock 87547 7b
White Sands Missile Range 88002 8b
Whites City 88268 8a
Willard 87063 6b
Williamsburg 87942 8a
Winston 87943 7a
Yatahey 87375 6b
Yeso 88136 7a
Youngsville 87064 6b
Zuni 87327 6a

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 Mexico?

New Mexico spans zones 5a–8b. Zone 7b is the most common, covering 25% of the state's ZIP codes. Enter your ZIP code above for your exact zone.

What planting zone is Albuquerque, NM?

Albuquerque is in USDA zone 7b–8a, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 5 to 15 °F.

What planting zone is Santa Fe, NM?

Santa Fe is in USDA zone 6b–7a, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is -5 to 5 °F.

What planting zone is Las Cruces, NM?

Las Cruces is in USDA zone 7b–8b, depending on the ZIP code. Its average coldest winter night is 5 to 20 °F.

What is the coldest zone in New Mexico?

The coldest part of New Mexico is zone 5a, with winter lows of -20 to -15 °F. The warmest is zone 8b, at 15 to 20 °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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