Yellowstone National Park visitation by month and year
July is the busiest month at Yellowstone, when the average temperature nearby is 56 degrees. November is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 22 degrees. An average July draws 922,896 visits where an average November draws 23,807. The peak falls with the warmth, though November is not the coldest month. Annual visits rose 18.5 percent from 4,020,288 in 2019 to 4,762,988 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 | 4,762,988 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,744,353 | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 4,501,382 | +36.8% |
| 2022 | 3,290,242 | -32.3% |
| 2021 | 4,860,242 | +27.7% |
| 2020 | 3,806,306 | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 4,020,288 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 4,115,000 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 4,116,524 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 4,257,177 | +3.9% |
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 USW00094173, 7,835 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.