What Hardiness Zone Is Florida?

Q: What hardiness zone is Florida?

Florida is in USDA hardiness zones 8b–11b on the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Zone 10a is the most common, covering 30% of Florida's ZIP codes, and zone 9b covers 23%. Enter your ZIP code for your exact zone.

Q: What does zone 10a mean?

Zone 10a means the average annual extreme minimum temperature, the coldest night of a typical winter, is 30°F to 35°F (−1°C to 2°C). Perennials, shrubs and trees rated for zone 10a or colder should survive winter there.

Q: What is the coldest hardiness zone in Florida?

Zone 8b is the coldest zone mapped in Florida, found around Milton Experiment Station, and zone 11b is the warmest, found around Bahia Honda State Park.

Q: Did Florida's hardiness zones change in 2023?

The USDA released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map in November 2023, based on 1991–2020 temperatures instead of 1976–2005. About half of the United States shifted half a zone warmer. Check your ZIP code here, because plant tags and older books may still list your 2012 zone.

Q: When should I plant in zone 10a?

Hardiness zones don't set planting dates; frost dates do. Inside zone 10a in Florida, the median last spring frost varies from January 15 to February 10. Look up your local frost dates and plant tender crops such as tomatoes after the 10%-risk last-frost date.

USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map · 1,454 ZIP codes · Data updated 2026-10-28

Quick answer

Florida spans USDA hardiness zones 8b–11b on the 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map. The most common zone is 10a, covering 30% of Florida's ZIP codes, followed by zone 9b (23%). Zone 10a means the coldest night of an average winter reaches 30°F to 35°F (−1°C to 2°C). Enter your ZIP code for your exact zone.

Florida hardiness zones by share of ZIP codes

Zone 8b<1% · 10 ZIPs

Zone 9a19% · 270 ZIPs

Zone 9b23% · 333 ZIPs

Zone 10a30% · 438 ZIPs

Zone 10b15% · 223 ZIPs

Zone 11a12% · 169 ZIPs

Zone 11b<1% · 11 ZIPs

What the zones mean for Florida gardeners

Coldest and warmest towns: among towns with NOAA weather stations, Milton Experiment Station (217 ft) is in zone 8b, while Bahia Honda State Park (2 ft) is in zone 11b. That is a difference of about 30°F in the coldest night of a typical winter.
Same zone, different frost dates: within zone 10a, the median last spring frost ranges from January 15 at Sarasota Bradenton Airport to February 10 at Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW, 26 days apart. Your zone tells you which perennials survive winter; your frost dates tell you when to plant.

Typical frost dates in each Florida zone

Medians across NOAA weather stations in each zone. Colder zones usually have later spring frosts, but local terrain can shift the dates by weeks.

Zone	Last spring frost	First fall frost	Stations
8b	March 15	November 13	3
9a	March 2	November 29	37
9b	February 1	January 5	35
10a	January 23	January 11	34
10b	January 20	January 15	10

Hardiness zones for Florida cities

Zones at the National Weather Service stations, mostly city airports, with their median frost dates.


Apalachicola Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	19	Feb 15	Dec 18
Bonifay Tri County Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	85	Mar 5	Nov 18
Brooksville Hernando County Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	77	Mar 1	Dec 5
Chactaw Nolf Milton	9a	20°F to 25°F	102	Mar 1	Nov 27
Crestview Bob Sikes Airport	8b	15°F to 20°F	190	Mar 21	Nov 12
Daytona Beach Intl Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	31	Jan 30	Jan 8
Destin Fort Walton Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	22	Feb 5	Dec 28
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	14	Rare	Rare
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	11	Rare	Rare
Fort Myers Page Field Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	15	Jan 16	Jan 13
Fort Myers SW Fl Regional Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	31	Jan 17	Jan 16
Fort Pierce St Lucie County Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	24	Jan 24	Jan 14
Gainesville Regional Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	123	Mar 3	Dec 2
Hollywood North Perry Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	9	Rare	Rare
Jackson Whitehouse Nolf	9a	20°F to 25°F	99	Feb 28	Dec 3
Jacksonville	9b	25°F to 30°F	33	Feb 25	Dec 7
Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	41	Feb 9	Dec 31
Jacksonville NAS	9b	25°F to 30°F	20	Feb 1	Jan 5
Leesburg Municipal Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	77	Jan 26	Jan 9
Marathon Airport	11b	45°F to 50°F	8	Rare	Rare
Marianna Municipal Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	113	Mar 1	Nov 27
Mayport Pilot Station	9b	25°F to 30°F	16	Feb 1	Jan 5
Melbourne Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	22	Jan 20	Jan 12
Miami Beach	11a	40°F to 45°F	1	Rare	Rare
Miami Intl Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	29	Rare	Rare
Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	10	Rare	Rare
Miami Opa Locka Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	10	Rare	Rare
Miami WSO City	11a	40°F to 45°F	15	Rare	Rare
Naples Municipal Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	9	Rare	Rare
NW Florida Beaches Intl Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	57	Feb 25	Dec 1
Orlando Executive Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	108	Jan 17	Jan 13
Orlando Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	90	Jan 25	Jan 10
Orlando Sanford Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	55	Jan 24	Jan 9
Panama City Bay County Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	21	Feb 7	Dec 24
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	9a	20°F to 25°F	28	Feb 28	Nov 29
Pensacola Regional Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	112	Feb 14	Dec 9
Pompano Beach Airpark	11a	40°F to 45°F	21	Rare	Rare
Punta Gorda Charlotte County Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	25	Jan 22	Jan 10
Sarasota Bradenton Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	28	Jan 15	Jan 10
Sebring 23 SSE	9b	25°F to 30°F	150	Feb 1	Jan 8
St Petersburg Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	11	Jan 17	Jan 14
Tallahassee	9a	20°F to 25°F	63	Mar 11	Nov 21
Tampa Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	19	Jan 20	Jan 12
Titusville 7 E	10a	30°F to 35°F	3	Jan 29	Jan 16
West Palm Beach Intl Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	19	Rare	Rare
Whiting Field NAS	9a	20°F to 25°F	199	Mar 14	Nov 19
Winter Haven Gilbert Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	146	Jan 15	Jan 10

Hardiness zones for 149 towns in Florida

Each NOAA weather station is shown with the USDA zone of the nearest ZIP code (within 8 miles). Coldest night is the zone's range for the average annual extreme minimum temperature. Click a column to sort.

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Apalachicola Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	19	Feb 15	Dec 18
Arcadia	9b	25°F to 30°F	25	Feb 7	Jan 4
Archbold Bio Station	9b	25°F to 30°F	140	Feb 26	Dec 22
Avon Park 2 W	9b	25°F to 30°F	154	Jan 28	Jan 8
Bahia Honda State Park	11b	45°F to 50°F	2	Rare	Rare
Bartow 1SE	10a	30°F to 35°F	111	Jan 24	Jan 7
Bell 4NW	9a	20°F to 25°F	30	Mar 14	Nov 22
Bonifay Tri County Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	85	Mar 5	Nov 18
Bradenton 5 ESE	10a	30°F to 35°F	20	Jan 16	Jan 11
Brooksville Chin Hill	9b	25°F to 30°F	240	Feb 3	Jan 3
Brooksville Hernando County Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	77	Mar 1	Dec 5
Bushnell 1 E	9a	20°F to 25°F	80	Mar 2	Dec 5
Canal Point Usda	10b	35°F to 40°F	30	Rare	Rare
Cape Florida	11a	40°F to 45°F	6	Rare	Rare
Chactaw Nolf Milton	9a	20°F to 25°F	102	Mar 1	Nov 27
Clermont 9 S	9b	25°F to 30°F	130	Jan 29	Jan 11
Coral Springs	10b	35°F to 40°F	10	Rare	Rare
Crescent City	9b	25°F to 30°F	53	Feb 1	Jan 8
Crestview Bob Sikes Airport	8b	15°F to 20°F	190	Mar 21	Nov 12
Cross City 1 E	9a	20°F to 25°F	42	Mar 6	Nov 26
Curry Hammock State Park	11b	45°F to 50°F	4	Rare	Rare
Daytona Beach	10a	30°F to 35°F	29	Feb 3	Jan 9
Daytona Beach Intl Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	31	Jan 30	Jan 8
De Funiak Springs 1 E	9a	20°F to 25°F	245	Feb 28	Nov 28
Deland 1 SSE	9b	25°F to 30°F	25	Feb 17	Dec 30
Destin Fort Walton Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	22	Feb 5	Dec 28
Duck Key	11b	45°F to 50°F	4	Rare	Rare
Everglades	10b	35°F to 40°F	5	Jan 16	Jan 14
Federal Point	9b	25°F to 30°F	5	Jan 31	Jan 4
Fernandina Beach	9b	25°F to 30°F	49	Feb 2	Jan 4
Fort Lauderdale	11a	40°F to 45°F	16	Rare	Rare
Fort Lauderdale Beach	11a	40°F to 45°F	4	Rare	Rare
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	14	Rare	Rare
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	11	Rare	Rare
Fort Myers Page Field Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	15	Jan 16	Jan 13
Fort Myers SW Fl Regional Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	31	Jan 17	Jan 16
Fort Pierce	10a	30°F to 35°F	25	Jan 22	Jan 12
Fort Pierce St Lucie County Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	24	Jan 24	Jan 14
Gainesville 11 WNW	9a	20°F to 25°F	95	Mar 4	Dec 4
Gainesville Regional Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	123	Mar 3	Dec 2
Glen St Mary 1 W	9a	20°F to 25°F	128	Mar 8	Dec 1
Hastings 4NE	9b	25°F to 30°F	10	Feb 14	Dec 30
Hialeah	11a	40°F to 45°F	12	Rare	Rare
High Springs	9a	20°F to 25°F	65	Mar 13	Nov 22
Hollywood	11a	40°F to 45°F	9	Rare	Rare
Hollywood North Perry Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	9	Rare	Rare
Homestead Gen Aviation Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	9	Rare	Rare
Immokalee	10a	30°F to 35°F	35	Jan 23	Jan 11
Inverness 3 SE	9a	20°F to 25°F	58	Mar 3	Dec 5
Islamorada	11b	45°F to 50°F	6	Rare	Rare
Jackson Whitehouse Nolf	9a	20°F to 25°F	99	Feb 28	Dec 3
Jacksonville	9b	25°F to 30°F	33	Feb 25	Dec 7
Jacksonville Beach	9b	25°F to 30°F	10	Jan 31	Jan 10
Jacksonville Craig Municipal Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	41	Feb 9	Dec 31
Jacksonville NAS	9b	25°F to 30°F	20	Feb 1	Jan 5
Jasper	9a	20°F to 25°F	147	Mar 11	Nov 22
John Pennekamp State Park	11a	40°F to 45°F	6	Rare	Rare
Juno Beach	10b	35°F to 40°F	5	Jan 26	Jan 16
Kenansville	9b	25°F to 30°F	61	Jan 26	Jan 10
Kissimmee 2	10a	30°F to 35°F	60	Jan 28	Jan 6
La Belle	10a	30°F to 35°F	16	Feb 2	Jan 8
Lake City 2 E	9a	20°F to 25°F	195	Mar 1	Nov 28
Lakeland 2	9b	25°F to 30°F	139	Jan 26	Jan 9
Leesburg Municipal Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	77	Jan 26	Jan 9
Lisbon	9b	25°F to 30°F	68	Feb 2	Jan 3
Live Oak	9a	20°F to 25°F	120	Feb 20	Dec 6
Loxahatchee NWR	10b	35°F to 40°F	21	Jan 22	Jan 17
Madison	9a	20°F to 25°F	120	Mar 5	Nov 29
Marathon Airport	11b	45°F to 50°F	8	Rare	Rare
Marco Island	10b	35°F to 40°F	10	Rare	Rare
Marianna Municipal Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	113	Mar 1	Nov 27
Mayo	9a	20°F to 25°F	65	Mar 8	Nov 25
Mayport Pilot Station	9b	25°F to 30°F	16	Feb 1	Jan 5
Melbourne Beach A1a	10a	30°F to 35°F	12	Jan 16	Jan 13
Melbourne Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	22	Jan 20	Jan 12
Melbourne WFO	10a	30°F to 35°F	35	Jan 24	Jan 9
Miami Beach	11a	40°F to 45°F	1	Rare	Rare
Miami Intl Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	29	Rare	Rare
Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	10	Rare	Rare
Miami NWSFO	10b	35°F to 40°F	14	Rare	Rare
Miami Opa Locka Airport	11a	40°F to 45°F	10	Rare	Rare
Miami WSO City	11a	40°F to 45°F	15	Rare	Rare
Milton Experiment Station	8b	15°F to 20°F	217	Mar 15	Nov 13
Monticello 10 SW	9a	20°F to 25°F	219	Feb 25	Dec 3
Mount Plymouth 1SSW	9b	25°F to 30°F	90	Feb 24	Dec 29
Mountain Lake	9b	25°F to 30°F	125	Feb 4	Jan 4
Myakka River State Park	10a	30°F to 35°F	19	Feb 1	Jan 6
N Miami Beach #2	11a	40°F to 45°F	10	Rare	Rare
Naples	10b	35°F to 40°F	40	Jan 18	Jan 11
Naples Municipal Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	9	Rare	Rare
Nettles Island	10b	35°F to 40°F	10	Rare	Rare
New Hope	8b	15°F to 20°F	105	Mar 10	Nov 20
New Smyrna Beach - Marine Discov	10a	30°F to 35°F	16	Jan 28	Jan 9
Niceville	9a	20°F to 25°F	60	Mar 12	Nov 19
NW Florida Beaches Intl Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	57	Feb 25	Dec 1
Ocala	9a	20°F to 25°F	75	Feb 25	Dec 12
Okeechobee	10a	30°F to 35°F	18	Jan 31	Jan 11
Orange Springs 2SSW	9a	20°F to 25°F	50	Mar 1	Dec 7
Orlando Executive Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	108	Jan 17	Jan 13
Orlando Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	90	Jan 25	Jan 10
Orlando Sanford Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	55	Jan 24	Jan 9
Orlando W	10a	30°F to 35°F	150	Jan 28	Jan 9
Palm Bay	10a	30°F to 35°F	27	Jan 30	Jan 11
Palm Beach Gardens	10b	35°F to 40°F	20	Jan 21	Jan 15
Palm Coast 6NE	9b	25°F to 30°F	5	Jan 24	Jan 11
Panacea 1 S	9a	20°F to 25°F	6	Mar 8	Nov 22
Panama City 5N	9a	20°F to 25°F	5	Feb 15	Dec 12
Panama City Bay County Airport	9b	25°F to 30°F	21	Feb 7	Dec 24
Parrish	9b	25°F to 30°F	60	Jan 28	Jan 9
Pensacola 7 NNE	9a	20°F to 25°F	114	Feb 17	Dec 9
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	9a	20°F to 25°F	28	Feb 28	Nov 29
Pensacola Regional Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	112	Feb 14	Dec 9
Perrine 4W	10b	35°F to 40°F	10	Jan 18	Jan 13
Perry	9a	20°F to 25°F	45	Mar 4	Nov 26
Plant City	9b	25°F to 30°F	110	Jan 30	Jan 6
Pompano Beach Airpark	11a	40°F to 45°F	21	Rare	Rare
Port Salerno 5W	10b	35°F to 40°F	12	Jan 26	Jan 15
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	10a	30°F to 35°F	20	Jan 21	Jan 14
Punta Gorda Charlotte County Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	25	Jan 22	Jan 10
Quincy 3 SSW	9a	20°F to 25°F	245	Mar 13	Nov 22
S Bay 15 S	10a	30°F to 35°F	20	Jan 18	Jan 14
Saint Leo	9b	25°F to 30°F	190	Jan 31	Jan 8
Sanford	9b	25°F to 30°F	12	Jan 26	Jan 12
Sarasota Bradenton Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	28	Jan 15	Jan 10
Scottsmoor 2.5 SSW	10a	30°F to 35°F	42	Feb 10	Jan 8
Sebring 23 SSE	9b	25°F to 30°F	150	Feb 1	Jan 8
St Augustine Lighthouse	9b	25°F to 30°F	12	Feb 1	Jan 5
St Petersburg	10b	35°F to 40°F	8	Jan 17	Jan 15
St Petersburg Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	11	Jan 17	Jan 14
Starke	9a	20°F to 25°F	150	Feb 8	Dec 24
Stuart	10b	35°F to 40°F	13	Jan 23	Jan 18
Tallahassee	9a	20°F to 25°F	63	Mar 11	Nov 21
Tallahassee Airport	9a	20°F to 25°F	55	Mar 14	Nov 23
Tampa Bay Area WFO	10a	30°F to 35°F	40	Jan 20	Jan 9
Tampa Intl Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	19	Jan 20	Jan 12
Tarpon Springs Sewage Plt	10a	30°F to 35°F	6	Jan 20	Jan 9
Tavernier	11b	45°F to 50°F	7	Rare	Rare
Titusville	10a	30°F to 35°F	16	Jan 25	Jan 13
Titusville 7 E	10a	30°F to 35°F	3	Jan 29	Jan 16
Usher Tower	9a	20°F to 25°F	33	Feb 28	Dec 2
Venice	10a	30°F to 35°F	8	Jan 25	Jan 19
Vero Beach 4SE	10a	30°F to 35°F	20	Jan 18	Jan 13
Wauchula	9b	25°F to 30°F	60	Feb 4	Jan 8
Weeki Wachee	9b	25°F to 30°F	20	Feb 5	Jan 1
West Palm Beach Intl Airport	10b	35°F to 40°F	19	Rare	Rare
Wewahitchka	9a	20°F to 25°F	42	Mar 1	Nov 29
Whiting Field NAS	9a	20°F to 25°F	199	Mar 14	Nov 19
Winter Haven	10a	30°F to 35°F	145	Jan 16	Jan 9
Winter Haven Gilbert Airport	10a	30°F to 35°F	146	Jan 15	Jan 10

Frequently asked questions

What hardiness zone is Florida?

Florida is in USDA hardiness zones 8b–11b on the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Zone 10a is the most common, covering 30% of Florida's ZIP codes, and zone 9b covers 23%. Enter your ZIP code for your exact zone.

What does zone 10a mean?

Zone 10a means the average annual extreme minimum temperature, the coldest night of a typical winter, is 30°F to 35°F (−1°C to 2°C). Perennials, shrubs and trees rated for zone 10a or colder should survive winter there.

What is the coldest hardiness zone in Florida?

Zone 8b is the coldest zone mapped in Florida, found around Milton Experiment Station, and zone 11b is the warmest, found around Bahia Honda State Park.

Did Florida's hardiness zones change in 2023?

The USDA released a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map in November 2023, based on 1991–2020 temperatures instead of 1976–2005. About half of the United States shifted half a zone warmer. Check your ZIP code here, because plant tags and older books may still list your 2012 zone.

When should I plant in zone 10a?

Hardiness zones don't set planting dates; frost dates do. Inside zone 10a in Florida, the median last spring frost varies from January 15 to February 10. Look up your local frost dates and plant tender crops such as tomatoes after the 10%-risk last-frost date.

Zone and frost dates: use both

Your hardiness zone answers one question: will this plant survive the winter here? Choose perennials, shrubs, trees and bulbs rated for your zone or a colder one. For vegetables and annuals, what matters is the length of the frost-free season. See Florida frost dates by town, or get a planting calendar for your ZIP code with start-indoors, transplant and sowing dates for 30 crops.

Sources and method

Zones are from the USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map ZIP-code files published by the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, based on 1991–2020 minimum temperatures. ZIP codes are assigned to states by USPS prefix. Town zones use the ZIP code nearest each NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals station. This is an independent tool, not an official USDA site. Full methodology.