USDA hardiness zones for Massachusetts cities, towns and counties

There are 6 Planting Zones in Massachusetts ranging from zone 5a to zone 7b, as per the latest USDA data.

To find your USDA hardiness zone in Massachusetts, use the list given below for Massachusetts county, city, or town. You can also locate your zone using our planting zone search tool by inputting your zip code or the Massachusetts zone map given below.

Massachusetts Planting Zones by ZipCode

Massachusetts Planting Zones Map

USDA hardiness zones for Massachusetts counties

Massachusetts Counties	USDA Hardiness Zones (2024)
Barnstable County	Zone 7a and 7b
Berkshire County	Zone 5a, 5b and 6a
Bristol County	Zone 6b, 7a and 7b
Dukes County	Zone 7a and 7b
Essex County	Zone 6a, 6b and 7a
Franklin County	Zone 5b and 6a
Hampden County	Zone 5b, 6a and 6b
Hampshire County	Zone 5b, 6a and 6b
Middlesex County	Zone 6a, 6b and 7a
Nantucket County	Zone 7b
Norfolk County	Zone 6b and 7a
Plymouth County	Zone 6b, 7a and 7b
Suffolk County	Zone 6b and 7a

USDA hardiness zones for Massachusetts cities and towns

Massachusetts City/Town	2024 USDA Hardiness Zone(s)
Abington	Zone 6b
Acushnet Center	Zone 7a
Adams	Zone 5b and 6a
Agawam Town	Zone 6a and 6b
Amesbury Town	Zone 6a and 6b
Andover	Zone 6b
Arlington	Zone 6b
Athol	Zone 5b
Attleboro	Zone 6b and 7a
Ayer	Zone 6a
Baldwinville	Zone 5b
Barnstable Town	Zone 7a and 7b
Barre	Zone 6a
Belchertown	Zone 6a
Bellingham	Zone 6b
Belmont	Zone 6b
Beverly	Zone 6b and 7a
Blandford	Zone 6a
Bliss Corner	Zone 7a
Boston	Zone 6b and 7a
Bourne	Zone 7a
Boxford	Zone 6b
Braintree Town	Zone 6b and 7a
Brewster	Zone 7b
Brockton	Zone 6b
Brookfield	Zone 6a
Brookline	Zone 6b
Burlington	Zone 6b
Buzzards Bay	Zone 7a
Cambridge	Zone 6b and 7a
Cape Cod	Zone 7a and 7b
Chatham	Zone 7b
Chelsea	Zone 7a
Cheshire	Zone 5b
Chester	Zone 6a
Chicopee	Zone 6a and 6b
Clinton	Zone 6a and 6b
Cochituate	Zone 6b
Cordaville	Zone 6b
Dedham	Zone 6b
Deerfield	Zone 6a
Dennis	Zone 7a and 7b
Dennis Port	Zone 7a and 7b
Devens	Zone 6a and 6b
Dover	Zone 6b
Duxbury	Zone 7a
East Brookfield	Zone 6a
East Dennis	Zone 7a and 7b
East Douglas	Zone 6b
East Falmouth	Zone 7a
East Harwich	Zone 7a and 7b
East Pepperell	Zone 6a
East Sandwich	Zone 7a
Easthampton Town	Zone 6a
Edgartown	Zone 7b
Essex	Zone 6b
Everett	Zone 6b and 7a
Fall River	Zone 7a
Falmouth	Zone 7a
Fiskdale	Zone 6a
Fitchburg	Zone 6a and 6b
Forestdale	Zone 7a
Foxborough	Zone 6b
Framingham	Zone 6b
Franklin Town	Zone 6b
Gardner	Zone 5b and 6a
Gloucester	Zone 6b and 7a
Granby	Zone 6a
Great Barrington	Zone 5b and 6a
Groton	Zone 6a and 6b
Hanscom AFB	Zone 6b
Hanson	Zone 6b
Harwich Center	Zone 7b
Harwich Port	Zone 7b
Haverhill	Zone 6a and 6b
Hingham	Zone 7a
Holbrook	Zone 6b
Holland	Zone 6a and 6b
Holyoke	Zone 6a and 6b
Hopedale	Zone 6b
Hopkinton	Zone 6b
Housatonic	Zone 5b and 6a
Hudson	Zone 6b
Hull	Zone 7a
Huntington	Zone 6a
Ipswich	Zone 6b
Kingston	Zone 6b and 7a
Lawrence	Zone 6b
Lee	Zone 5b
Lenox	Zone 5b
Leominster	Zone 6a and 6b
Lexington	Zone 6b
Littleton Common	Zone 6a and 6b
Longmeadow	Zone 6b
Lowell	Zone 6a and 6b
Lunenburg	Zone 6a
Lynn	Zone 6b and 7a
Lynnfield	Zone 6b
Madaket	Zone 7b
Malden	Zone 6b and 7a
Mansfield Center	Zone 6b
Marblehead	Zone 7a
Marion Center	Zone 7a
Marlborough	Zone 6b
Marshfield	Zone 7a
Marshfield Hills	Zone 7a
Mashpee Neck	Zone 7a
Mattapoisett Center	Zone 7a
Maynard	Zone 6b
Medfield	Zone 6b
Medford	Zone 6b and 7a
Melrose	Zone 6b and 7a
Methuen Town	Zone 6a and 6b
Middleborough Center	Zone 6b
Milford	Zone 6b
Millis-Clicquot	Zone 6b
Milton	Zone 6b and 7a
Monomoscoy Island	Zone 7a
Monson Center	Zone 6a and 6b
Monument Beach	Zone 7a
Nahant	Zone 7a
Nantucket	Zone 7b
Needham	Zone 6b
New Bedford	Zone 7a
New Seabury	Zone 7a
Newburyport	Zone 6b
Newton	Zone 6b
North Adams	Zone 5b and 6a
North Brookfield	Zone 6a
North Eastham	Zone 7b
North Falmouth	Zone 7a
North Lakeville	Zone 6b
North Pembroke	Zone 6b and 7a
North Plymouth	Zone 7a
North Scituate	Zone 7a
North Seekonk	Zone 6b and 7a
North Westport	Zone 7a
Northampton	Zone 6a
Northborough	Zone 6a and 6b
Northfield	Zone 5b and 6a
Northwest Harwich	Zone 7a and 7b
Norton Center	Zone 6b
Norwood	Zone 6b
Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	Zone 7a
Ocean Grove	Zone 7a
Onset	Zone 7a
Orange	Zone 5b
Orleans	Zone 7b
Oxford	Zone 6a and 6b
Palmer Town	Zone 6a and 6b
Peabody	Zone 6b
Pepperell	Zone 6a
Petersham	Zone 6a
Pinehurst	Zone 6b
Plymouth	Zone 7a
Pocasset	Zone 7a
Popponesset	Zone 7a
Popponesset Island	Zone 7a
Provincetown	Zone 7b
Quincy	Zone 6b and 7a
Raynham Center	Zone 6b
Reading	Zone 6b
Revere	Zone 7a
Rockport	Zone 7a
Rowley	Zone 6b
Russell	Zone 6a
Rutland	Zone 6a
Sagamore	Zone 7a
Salem	Zone 6b and 7a
Salisbury	Zone 6b
Sandwich	Zone 7a
Saugus	Zone 6b and 7a
Scituate	Zone 7a
Seabrook	Zone 7a
Seconsett Island	Zone 7a
Sharon	Zone 6b
Shelburne Falls	Zone 5b and 6a
Shirley	Zone 6a and 6b
Siasconset	Zone 7b
Smith Mills	Zone 7a
Somerset	Zone 6b and 7a
Somerville	Zone 6b and 7a
South Ashburnham	Zone 5b and 6a
South Deerfield	Zone 6a
South Dennis	Zone 7a and 7b
South Duxbury	Zone 7a
South Lancaster	Zone 6a and 6b
South Yarmouth	Zone 7a and 7b
Southbridge Town	Zone 6a and 6b
Spencer	Zone 6a
Springfield	Zone 6a and 6b
Stoneham	Zone 6b
Swampscott	Zone 6b and 7a
Taunton	Zone 6b and 7a
Teaticket	Zone 7a
The Pinehills	Zone 7a
Topsfield	Zone 6b
Townsend	Zone 6a
Turners Falls	Zone 6a
Upton	Zone 6b
Vineyard Haven	Zone 7a
Wakefield	Zone 6b
Walpole	Zone 6b
Waltham	Zone 6b
Ware	Zone 6a and 6b
Wareham Center	Zone 7a
Warren	Zone 6a
Watertown Town	Zone 6b
Webster	Zone 6b
Wellesley	Zone 6b
West Brookfield	Zone 6a
West Chatham	Zone 7b
West Concord	Zone 6b
West Dennis	Zone 7a and 7b
West Falmouth	Zone 7a
West Springfield Town	Zone 6a and 6b
West Wareham	Zone 6b and 7a
West Yarmouth	Zone 7a and 7b
Westborough	Zone 6b
Westfield	Zone 6a and 6b
Weweantic	Zone 7a
Weymouth Town	Zone 6b and 7a
White Island Shores	Zone 7a
Whitinsville	Zone 6b
Wilbraham	Zone 6a
Williamstown	Zone 5b and 6a
Wilmington	Zone 6b
Winchendon	Zone 5b
Winchester	Zone 6b
Winthrop Town	Zone 7a
Woburn	Zone 6b
Woods Hole	Zone 7a and 7b
Worcester	Zone 6a and 6b
Yarmouth Port	Zone 7a and 7b