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Saguaro National Park visitation by month and year

March is the busiest month at Saguaro, when the average temperature nearby is 61 degrees. August is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 85 degrees. March runs about 4.4 times the visits of August. The peak sits well away from the warmest month, which is July. Annual visits fell 16.9 percent, from 1,020,226 in 2019 to 847,749 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with average temperature

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Saguaro NP, 2 miles from the park's reference point at 3,080 feet, station USC00027398 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals.

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	847,749	-10.4%
2024	946,369	-6.4%
2023	1,010,906	+11.3%
2022	908,194	-15.9%
2021	1,079,786	+41.7%
2020	762,226	-25.3%
2019	1,020,226	+6.6%
2018	957,405	-0.8%
2017	964,760	+17.6%
2016	820,426	+8.9%

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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 normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00027398, 3,080 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.