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Virgin Islands National Park visitation by month and year

March is the busiest month at Virgin Islands, when the average temperature nearby is 79 degrees. September is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 84 degrees. March runs about 2.9 times the visits of September. The peak sits well away from the warmest month, which is August. Annual visits rose 253.1 percent from 133,398 in 2019 to 471,074 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Virgin Islands010k20k30k40kJanuary: 35,185 visits on average, 78.8°FJanFebruary: 32,868 visits on average, 78.9°FFebMarch: 39,813 visits on average, 79.1°FMarApril: 36,186 visits on average, 80.6°FAprMay: 32,246 visits on average, 82.3°FMayJune: 32,243 visits on average, 84.1°FJunJuly: 31,538 visits on average, 84.5°FJulAugust: 19,503 visits on average, 84.7°FAugSeptember: 13,653 visits on average, 84.4°FSepOctober: 15,848 visits on average, 83.3°FOctNovember: 27,365 visits on average, 81.6°FNovDecember: 35,260 visits on average, 80.1°FDecJanuary: 78.8°F averageFebruary: 78.9°F averageMarch: 79.1°F averageApril: 80.6°F averageMay: 82.3°F averageJune: 84.1°F averageJuly: 84.5°F averageAugust: 84.7°F averageSeptember: 84.4°F averageOctober: 83.3°F averageNovember: 81.6°F averageDecember: 80.1°F average70°F80°F90°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in4.0 in8.0 inJanuary: 2.64 in precipitationFebruary: 1.90 in precipitationMarch: 1.86 in precipitationApril: 2.24 in precipitationMay: 3.02 in precipitationJune: 2.35 in precipitationJuly: 2.91 in precipitationAugust: 4.37 in precipitationSeptember: 5.89 in precipitationOctober: 5.28 in precipitationNovember: 6.06 in precipitationDecember: 2.93 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Charlotte Amalie AP, 15 miles from the park's reference point at 20 feet, station VQW00011640 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Virgin Islands0250k500k750k198019902000201020201979: 549,7321980: 547,9181981: 566,5281982: 673,4801983: 676,8001984: 666,4351985: 699,3981986: 766,4581987: 785,3541988: 838,6841989: 664,0321990: 664,7351991: 710,1801992: 772,4701993: 807,0931994: 635,2911995: 536,0581996: 475,9421997: 592,5371998: 556,8491999: 425,3452000: 703,9922001: 677,4012002: 693,4942003: 821,6812004: 793,5902005: 803,0402006: 677,2892007: 571,3822008: 469,0342009: 415,8472010: 493,4772011: 442,4142012: 483,3412013: 438,6012014: 426,9302015: 438,3722016: 411,3432017: 304,4082018: 112,2872019: 133,3982020: 167,5402021: 323,9992022: 196,7522023: 343,6852024: 423,0292025: 471,0742025: 471k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
2025471,074+11.4%
2024423,029+23.1%
2023343,685+74.7%
2022196,752-39.3%
2021323,999+93.4%
2020167,540+25.6%
2019133,398+18.8%
2018112,287-63.1%
2017304,408-26.0%
2016411,343-6.2%

Visitation at other parks

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 VQW00011640, 20 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.