California planting zones & frost dates

USDA hardiness zones in California go from 6a to 11a. Pick your city for its average frost dates and a planting calendar, or search by ZIP code.

City	Zone	Avg. last frost	Avg. first frost
Adelanto	8b	Mar 18	Nov 11
Agoura	10b	Jan 24	Dec 15
Agoura Hills	10a	Jan 24	Dec 15
Agua Caliente	9b	Mar 2	Nov 27
Alameda	10a	rare	rare
Alamo	9b	Jan 7	Dec 19
Albany	10a	rare	rare
Alhambra	10a	rare	rare
Aliso Viejo	10b	rare	rare
Alpine	9b	Feb 12	Dec 24
Altadena	10b	rare	rare
American Canyon	9b	Mar 5	Nov 21
Anaheim	10b	rare	rare
Anderson	9a	Mar 3	Nov 21
Antelope	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Antioch	9b	Jan 12	Dec 19
Apple Valley	8b	Mar 18	Nov 11
Arcadia	10a	rare	rare
Arcata	9b	Feb 22	Dec 7
Arden-Arcade	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Arroyo Grande	10a	rare	rare
Artesia	10a	rare	rare
Arvin	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
Ashland	10a	rare	rare
Atascadero	9a	Mar 15	Nov 10
Atwater	9a	Mar 3	Nov 24
Auburn	9b	Feb 25	Dec 5
Avenal	9b	Feb 19	Nov 29
Avocado Heights	10b	rare	rare
Azusa	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Bakersfield	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
Baldwin Park	10a	rare	rare
Banning	9b	Jan 31	Dec 10
Barstow	9a	Feb 22	Nov 23
Barstow Heights	9a	Feb 22	Nov 23
Bay Point	9b	Jan 9	Dec 14
Bayside	9b	Feb 22	Dec 7
Bayview-Hunters Point	10b	rare	rare
Beaumont	9b	Jan 10	Dec 23
Bell	10b	rare	rare
Bell Gardens	10b	rare	rare
Bellflower	10b	rare	rare
Belmont	10a	Jan 17	Dec 12
Benicia	9b	Feb 28	Nov 22
Berkeley	10a	rare	rare
Big Bear City	7a	May 27	Oct 4
Bloomington	10a	rare	rare
Blythe	9b	Jan 25	Dec 12
Bonita	10b	rare	rare
Bostonia	10a	Jan 6	Dec 21
Brawley	9b	Jan 16	Dec 19
Brea	10a	rare	rare
Brentwood	9b	Jan 12	Dec 19
Buena Park	10a	rare	rare
Burbank	10a	rare	rare
Burlingame	10a	rare	rare
Calexico	10a	rare	rare
California City	8b	Mar 15	Nov 17
Camarillo	10a	rare	rare
Cameron Park	9b	Mar 31	Nov 21
Camp Pendleton South	10a	rare	rare
Campbell	9b	Feb 2	Dec 6
Canyon Lake	9b	Jan 28	Dec 18
Capitola	9b	Jan 29	Dec 13
Carlsbad	10b	Jan 23	Dec 11
Carmichael	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Carpinteria	10b	rare	rare
Carson	10b	rare	rare
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix	10b	Jan 6	Dec 21
Castaic	10a	rare	rare
Castro Valley	10a	rare	rare
Cathedral City	10a	rare	rare
Ceres	9b	Jan 31	Dec 5
Cerritos	10a	rare	rare
Cherryland	10a	rare	rare
Chico	9a	Mar 4	Nov 17
Chino	10a	Jan 17	Dec 19
Chino Hills	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Chowchilla	9a	Feb 12	Nov 30
Chula Vista	10b	rare	rare
Citrus	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Citrus Heights	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Claremont	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Clayton	9b	Jan 9	Dec 14
Clearlake	9a	Apr 10	Nov 6
Clovis	9b	Jan 14	Dec 14
Coachella	10a	rare	rare
Coalinga	9b	Feb 14	Nov 30
Colton	10a	Jan 27	Dec 19
Commerce	10b	rare	rare
Compton	10b	rare	rare
Concord	9b	Jan 9	Dec 14
Corcoran	9a	Feb 15	Nov 27
Corona	10a	Jan 17	Dec 19
Coronado	10b	rare	rare
Costa Mesa	10b	rare	rare
Coto De Caza	10b	rare	rare
Covina	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Crestline	8b	May 5	Nov 2
Cudahy	10b	rare	rare
Cupertino	9b	Jan 6	Dec 23
Cypress	10a	rare	rare
Daly City	10b	rare	rare
Dana Point	10b	rare	rare
Danville	9b	Jan 7	Dec 19
Davis	9b	Feb 10	Dec 1
Del Aire	10b	rare	rare
Delano	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
Delhi	9b	Jan 6	Dec 20
Desert Hot Springs	10a	rare	rare
Diamond Bar	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Diamond Springs	9b	Mar 31	Nov 21
Dinuba	9b	Jan 23	Dec 13
Discovery Bay	9b	Jan 19	Dec 10
Dixon	9b	Feb 10	Dec 1
Downey	10b	rare	rare
Duarte	10a	rare	rare
Dublin	9b	Feb 15	Dec 2
East Hemet	9b	Jan 10	Dec 23
East Los Angeles	10b	rare	rare
East Palo Alto	10a	Feb 1	Dec 7
East Rancho Dominguez	10b	rare	rare
Eastvale	10a	Jan 17	Dec 19
El Cajon	10a	Jan 6	Dec 21
El Centro	10a	rare	rare
El Cerrito	10a	rare	rare
El Dorado Hills	9b	Feb 25	Dec 5
El Monte	10b	rare	rare
El Segundo	10b	rare	rare
El Sobrante	9b	rare	rare
Elk Grove	9b	Feb 2	Dec 2
Emeryville	10a	rare	rare
Encinitas	10a	rare	rare
Escondido	10a	rare	rare
Eureka	9b	Feb 22	Dec 7
Exeter	9b	Feb 20	Nov 30
Fair Oaks	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Fairfield	9b	Jan 15	Dec 14
Fairview	9b	rare	rare
Fallbrook	10b	rare	rare
Farmersville	9b	Jan 23	Dec 13
Fillmore	10a	rare	rare
Florence-Graham	10b	rare	rare
Florin	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Folsom	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Fontana	10a	rare	rare
Foothill Farms	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Fortuna	9b	Feb 1	Dec 19
Foster City	10a	Jan 17	Dec 12
Fountain Valley	10b	rare	rare
Fremont	9b	Jan 7	Dec 22
Fresno	9b	Jan 14	Dec 14
Fullerton	10b	rare	rare
Galt	9b	Feb 9	Dec 5
Garden Acres	9b	Feb 6	Dec 1
Garden Grove	10b	rare	rare
Gardena	10b	rare	rare
Gilroy	9b	Feb 24	Nov 27
Glen Avon	10a	rare	rare
Glendale	10a	rare	rare
Glendora	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Goleta	10a	Jan 11	Dec 16
Grand Terrace	10a	rare	rare
Granite Bay	9b	Feb 25	Dec 5
Grass Valley	9a	Apr 10	Nov 13
Greenfield	9b	Feb 23	Nov 22
Grover Beach	10a	rare	rare
Hacienda Heights	10b	rare	rare
Half Moon Bay	10a	Feb 6	Dec 17
Hanford	9a	Feb 7	Dec 1
Hawaiian Gardens	10a	rare	rare
Hawthorne	10b	rare	rare
Hayward	10a	rare	rare
Healdsburg	9b	Feb 15	Dec 2
Hemet	9b	Jan 31	Dec 10
Hercules	9b	Jan 17	Dec 27
Hermosa Beach	11a	rare	rare
Hesperia	8b	Feb 28	Dec 1
Highland	10a	Jan 27	Dec 19
Hillsborough	10a	rare	rare
Hollister	9b	Feb 19	Dec 1
Home Gardens	10a	rare	rare
Huntington Beach	10b	rare	rare
Huntington Park	10b	rare	rare
Imperial	10a	rare	rare
Imperial Beach	10b	rare	rare
Indio	10a	rare	rare
Inglewood	10b	rare	rare
Irvine	10b	rare	rare
Isla Vista	10a	rare	rare
Jurupa Valley	10a	rare	rare
Kerman	9a	Feb 18	Nov 27
King City	9a	Feb 23	Nov 22
Kingsburg	9b	Feb 20	Nov 23
La Cañada Flintridge	10a	rare	rare
La Crescenta-Montrose	10b	rare	rare
La Habra	10a	rare	rare
La Mesa	10b	Jan 6	Dec 21
La Mirada	10a	rare	rare
La Palma	10a	rare	rare
La Presa	10b	rare	rare
La Puente	10b	rare	rare
La Quinta	10a	rare	rare
La Riviera	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
La Verne	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Ladera Ranch	10b	rare	rare
Lafayette	9b	Jan 7	Dec 19
Laguna Beach	10a	rare	rare
Laguna Hills	10b	rare	rare
Laguna Niguel	10b	rare	rare
Laguna Woods	10b	rare	rare
Lake Arrowhead	8a	May 5	Nov 2
Lake Elsinore	9b	Jan 28	Dec 18
Lake Forest	10b	rare	rare
Lake Los Angeles	8b	Mar 13	Dec 1
Lakeland Village	10a	Jan 28	Dec 18
Lakeside	10a	Jan 6	Dec 21
Lakewood	10a	rare	rare
Lamont	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
Lancaster	8b	Apr 3	Nov 1
Larkspur	10a	Jan 16	Dec 18
Lathrop	9b	Feb 6	Dec 1
Lawndale	10b	rare	rare
Lemon Grove	10b	Jan 6	Dec 21
Lemoore	9a	Feb 7	Dec 1
Lennox	10b	rare	rare
Lincoln	9a	Feb 11	Nov 30
Linda	9b	Feb 11	Nov 30
Lindsay	9b	Feb 20	Nov 30
Live Oak	10a	Jan 29	Dec 13
Livermore	9b	Feb 15	Dec 2
Livingston	9a	Jan 6	Dec 20
Lodi	9a	Feb 9	Dec 5
Loma Linda	10a	Jan 27	Dec 19
Lomita	10b	rare	rare
Lompoc	10a	Jan 20	Dec 19
Long Beach	10b	rare	rare
Los Alamitos	10a	rare	rare
Los Altos	9b	Jan 6	Dec 23
Los Angeles	10b	rare	rare
Los Banos	9a	Jan 26	Dec 10
Los Gatos	9b	Feb 2	Dec 6
Los Osos	10a	rare	rare
Lynwood	10b	rare	rare
Madera	9b	Feb 18	Nov 27
Magalia	8b	Apr 17	Nov 11
Malibu	11a	Jan 24	Dec 15
Manhattan Beach	10b	rare	rare
Manteca	9b	Feb 6	Dec 1
Marina	10a	rare	rare
Martinez	9b	Feb 28	Nov 22
Marysville	9b	Jan 15	Dec 12
Maywood	10b	rare	rare
McFarland	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
McKinleyville	9b	Mar 8	Nov 30
Mead Valley	9b	Jan 9	Dec 25
Mendota	9a	Feb 12	Nov 30
Menifee	9b	Jan 31	Dec 10
Menlo Park	9b	Feb 1	Dec 7
Merced	9a	Mar 3	Nov 24
Mill Valley	10a	Jan 16	Dec 18
Millbrae	10a	rare	rare
Milpitas	10a	Jan 12	Dec 22
Mission Viejo	10b	rare	rare
Modesto	9b	Jan 31	Dec 5
Monrovia	10a	rare	rare
Montclair	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Montebello	10b	rare	rare
Monterey	10a	rare	rare
Monterey Park	10b	rare	rare
Moorpark	10a	rare	rare
Moraga	9b	rare	rare
Moreno Valley	9b	Jan 27	Dec 19
Morgan Hill	9b	Feb 24	Nov 27
Morro Bay	10a	rare	rare
Mountain View	10a	Jan 6	Dec 23
Murrieta	9b	rare	rare
Muscoy	10a	Jan 27	Dec 19
Napa	9b	Feb 12	Dec 4
National City	10b	rare	rare
Newark	10a	rare	rare
Newman	9b	Feb 26	Nov 29
Newport Beach	10b	rare	rare
Nipomo	9b	Feb 4	Dec 4
Norco	10a	Jan 17	Dec 19
North Auburn	9b	Feb 25	Dec 5
North Highlands	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
North Tustin	10b	rare	rare
Norwalk	10b	rare	rare
Novato	9b	Jan 11	Dec 21
Oak Park	10b	Jan 24	Dec 15
Oakdale	9b	Jan 31	Dec 5
Oakland	10a	rare	rare
Oakley	9b	Jan 12	Dec 19
Oceanside	10a	rare	rare
Oildale	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
Olivehurst	9b	Feb 11	Nov 30
Ontario	10a	rare	rare
Orange	10b	rare	rare
Orangevale	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Orcutt	9b	Feb 4	Dec 13
Orinda	9b	rare	rare
Oroville	9b	Jan 30	Dec 13
Oxnard	10b	rare	rare
Pacific Grove	10a	rare	rare
Pacifica	10a	rare	rare
Palm Desert	10a	rare	rare
Palm Springs	10a	rare	rare
Palmdale	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Palo Alto	9b	Feb 1	Dec 7
Palos Verdes Estates	10b	rare	rare
Paradise	9b	Feb 7	Dec 18
Paramount	10b	rare	rare
Parkway	9b	Feb 2	Dec 2
Parlier	9b	Jan 30	Dec 11
Pasadena	10b	rare	rare
Paso Robles	9a	Mar 15	Nov 10
Patterson	9b	Jan 31	Dec 5
Pedley	10a	rare	rare
Perris	9b	Jan 28	Dec 18
Petaluma	9a	Feb 28	Nov 25
Phelan	8b	info missing	info missing
Pico Rivera	10b	rare	rare
Piedmont	10a	rare	rare
Pinole	9b	rare	rare
Pittsburg	9b	Jan 12	Dec 19
Placentia	10b	rare	rare
Placerville	9b	Mar 31	Nov 21
Pleasant Hill	9b	Jan 7	Dec 19
Pleasanton	9b	Feb 15	Dec 2
Pomona	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Port Hueneme	10b	rare	rare
Porterville	9b	Jan 20	Dec 13
Poway	10a	rare	rare
Prunedale	9b	Feb 4	Dec 6
Quartz Hill	9a	Apr 3	Nov 1
Ramona	9b	Mar 19	Nov 23
Rancho Cordova	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Rancho Cucamonga	10a	rare	rare
Rancho Mirage	10a	rare	rare
Rancho Palos Verdes	10b	rare	rare
Rancho San Diego	10b	Jan 6	Dec 21
Rancho Santa Margarita	10b	rare	rare
Red Bluff	9a	Feb 22	Nov 29
Redding	9b	Mar 3	Nov 21
Redlands	10a	Jan 27	Dec 19
Redondo Beach	11a	rare	rare
Redwood City	10a	Jan 17	Dec 12
Reedley	9b	Jan 30	Dec 11
Rialto	10a	rare	rare
Richmond	10a	rare	rare
Ridgecrest	8b	Mar 11	Nov 12
Rio Linda	9b	Feb 22	Nov 24
Ripon	9b	Feb 6	Dec 1
Riverbank	9b	Jan 31	Dec 5
Riverside	10a	Jan 9	Dec 25
Rocklin	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Rohnert Park	9a	Feb 28	Nov 25
Rosamond	8b	Apr 3	Nov 1
Rosedale	9b	Jan 31	Dec 8
Rosemead	10b	rare	rare
Rosemont	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Roseville	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Rossmoor	10a	rare	rare
Rowland Heights	10a	rare	rare
Rubidoux	10a	rare	rare
Sacramento	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Salida	9b	Jan 31	Dec 5
Salinas	9b	Feb 4	Dec 6
San Anselmo	9b	Jan 16	Dec 18
San Bernardino	10a	Jan 27	Dec 19
San Bruno	10a	rare	rare
San Carlos	10a	Jan 17	Dec 12
San Clemente	10a	rare	rare
San Diego	10b	rare	rare
San Diego Country Estates	9b	Mar 4	Dec 4
San Dimas	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
San Francisco	10b	rare	rare
San Gabriel	10a	rare	rare
San Jacinto	9b	Jan 31	Dec 10
San Jose	9b	rare	rare
San Juan Capistrano	10b	rare	rare
San Leandro	10a	Jan 7	Dec 23
San Lorenzo	10a	rare	rare
San Luis Obispo	10a	Jan 16	Dec 25
San Marcos	10a	rare	rare
San Marino	10a	rare	rare
San Mateo	10a	rare	rare
San Pablo	10a	rare	rare
San Rafael	10a	Jan 16	Dec 18
San Ramon	9b	Feb 15	Dec 2
Sanger	9b	Jan 30	Dec 11
Santa Ana	10b	rare	rare
Santa Barbara	10b	rare	rare
Santa Clara	9b	Jan 12	Dec 22
Santa Clarita	10a	rare	rare
Santa Cruz	10a	Jan 29	Dec 13
Santa Fe Springs	10b	rare	rare
Santa Maria	9b	Feb 4	Dec 13
Santa Monica	11a	rare	rare
Santa Paula	10a	rare	rare
Santa Rosa	9b	Feb 25	Dec 1
Santee	10a	Jan 6	Dec 21
Saratoga	9b	Feb 2	Dec 6
Scotts Valley	9b	Mar 25	Nov 11
Seal Beach	10b	rare	rare
Seaside	10a	rare	rare
Selma	9b	Jan 30	Dec 11
Shafter	9a	Feb 20	Nov 23
Shasta Lake	9b	Feb 8	Dec 28
Sierra Madre	10a	rare	rare
Signal Hill	10b	rare	rare
Simi Valley	10a	Jan 24	Dec 15
Solana Beach	10b	rare	rare
Soledad	9b	Feb 23	Nov 22
Sonoma	9b	Mar 2	Nov 27
South El Monte	10b	rare	rare
South Gate	10b	rare	rare
South Lake Tahoe	6b	Jun 5	Oct 9
South Pasadena	10a	rare	rare
South San Francisco	10b	rare	rare
South San Jose Hills	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
South Whittier	10b	rare	rare
South Yuba City	9b	Jan 15	Dec 12
Spring Valley	10b	Jan 6	Dec 21
Stanford	9b	Feb 1	Dec 7
Stanton	10a	rare	rare
Stevenson Ranch	10a	rare	rare
Stockton	9b	Feb 5	Dec 8
Suisun	9b	Jan 15	Dec 14
Sun Village	8b	Mar 13	Dec 1
Sunnyvale	10a	Jan 6	Dec 23
Susanville	7a	May 16	Oct 8
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	10a	Jan 16	Dec 18
Tehachapi	8b	Apr 28	Oct 26
Temecula	9b	rare	rare
Temple City	10a	rare	rare
Thousand Oaks	10a	rare	rare
Torrance	10b	rare	rare
Tracy	9b	Feb 25	Nov 26
Truckee	6a	Jun 9	Sep 25
Tulare	9b	Jan 23	Dec 13
Turlock	9b	Jan 6	Dec 20
Turtle Rock	10b	rare	rare
Tustin	10a	rare	rare
Twentynine Palms	9b	Jan 24	Dec 10
Ukiah	9a	Mar 19	Nov 20
Union City	9b	Jan 7	Dec 22
Upland	10a	rare	rare
Vacaville	9b	Feb 18	Nov 28
Valencia	10a	rare	rare
Valinda	10a	rare	rare
Valle Vista	9b	Jan 10	Dec 23
Vallejo	9b	Jan 17	Dec 27
Ventura	10a	rare	rare
Victorville	8b	Mar 18	Nov 11
Vincent	8b	Mar 10	Nov 19
Vineyard	9b	Jan 12	Dec 16
Visalia	9b	Jan 23	Dec 13
Vista	10a	rare	rare
Walnut	10a	Jan 8	Dec 28
Walnut Creek	9b	Jan 7	Dec 19
Walnut Park	10b	rare	rare
Wasco	9a	Jan 31	Dec 5
Watsonville	9b	Jan 28	Dec 13
West Carson	10b	rare	rare
West Covina	10a	rare	rare
West Puente Valley	10b	rare	rare
West Sacramento	9b	Feb 2	Dec 2
West Whittier-Los Nietos	10b	rare	rare
Westminster	10b	rare	rare
Westmont	10b	rare	rare
Whittier	10b	rare	rare
Wildomar	9b	Jan 28	Dec 18
Willowbrook	10b	rare	rare
Windsor	9a	Mar 2	Nov 20
Winter Gardens	10a	Jan 6	Dec 21
Winton	9b	Mar 3	Nov 24
Woodcrest	9b	Jan 9	Dec 25
Woodland	9b	Feb 7	Dec 5
Yorba Linda	10a	rare	rare
Yuba City	9b	Jan 15	Dec 12
Yucaipa	9b	Jan 10	Dec 23
Yucca Valley	9a	Mar 14	Nov 28

Cities with 10,000+ residents. Data: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 and NOAA Climate Normals 1991–2020. Sources and method.