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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument visitation by month and year

March is the busiest month at Gila Cliff Dwellings, when the average temperature nearby is 46 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 37 degrees. March runs about 3.3 times the visits of January. The peak sits well away from the warmest month, which is July. Annual visits fell 48.3 percent, from 66,614 in 2019 to 34,438 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Gila Hot Springs, 4 miles from the park's reference point at 5,636 feet, station USC00293530 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

Year	Recreation visits	Change on prior year
2025	34,438	-27.3%
2024	47,378	+39.5%
2023	33,973	-22.1%
2022	43,608	-4.0%
2021	45,428	+43.6%
2020	31,645	-52.5%
2019	66,614	-15.8%
2018	79,108	+0.3%
2017	78,872	+90.0%
2016	41,519	+13.7%

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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 USC00293530, 5,636 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.