Death Valley National Park visitation by month and year
March is the busiest month at Death Valley, when the average temperature nearby is 68 degrees. September is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 92 degrees. March runs about 2.6 times the visits of September. The peak sits well away from the warmest month, which is July. Annual visits fell 24.2 percent, from 1,740,945 in 2019 to 1,320,134 in 2025.
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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation
Annual visits, 1979 to 2025
The last ten years
| Year | Recreation visits | Change on prior year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,320,134 | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 1,440,484 | +31.0% |
| 2023 | 1,099,632 | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,128,862 | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,146,551 | +39.8% |
| 2020 | 820,023 | -52.9% |
| 2019 | 1,740,945 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1,678,660 | +29.6% |
| 2017 | 1,294,827 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,296,283 | +12.2% |
Visitation at other parks
Compare Death Valley with Joshua Tree National Park
Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00053139, 84 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.