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Yosemite National Park visitation by month and year

August is the busiest month at Yosemite, when the average temperature nearby is 73 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 38 degrees. August runs about 4.7 times the visits of January. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits fell 3.3 percent, from 4,422,861 in 2019 to 4,278,413 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Yosemite0200k400k600kJanuary: 115,014 visits on average, 38.0°FJanFebruary: 129,412 visits on average, 40.7°FFebMarch: 136,081 visits on average, 45.1°FMarApril: 256,083 visits on average, 50.4°FAprMay: 383,092 visits on average, 57.5°FMayJune: 507,617 visits on average, 65.8°FJunJuly: 535,577 visits on average, 73.3°FJulAugust: 537,020 visits on average, 72.9°FAugSeptember: 472,983 visits on average, 67.2°FSepOctober: 412,607 visits on average, 56.1°FOctNovember: 216,341 visits on average, 44.3°FNovDecember: 148,661 visits on average, 36.8°FDecJanuary: 38.0°F averageFebruary: 40.7°F averageMarch: 45.1°F averageApril: 50.4°F averageMay: 57.5°F averageJune: 65.8°F averageJuly: 73.3°F averageAugust: 72.9°F averageSeptember: 67.2°F averageOctober: 56.1°F averageNovember: 44.3°F averageDecember: 36.8°F average30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in4.0 in8.0 inJanuary: 6.98 in precipitationFebruary: 6.49 in precipitationMarch: 5.47 in precipitationApril: 3.17 in precipitationMay: 1.92 in precipitationJune: 0.46 in precipitationJuly: 0.29 in precipitationAugust: 0.16 in precipitationSeptember: 0.40 in precipitationOctober: 1.56 in precipitationNovember: 4.05 in precipitationDecember: 5.60 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Yosemite Park HQ, 7 miles from the park's reference point at 4,018 feet, station USC00049855 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, Yosemite02M4M198019902000201020201979: 2,350,7821980: 2,490,2821981: 2,516,8931982: 2,415,5871983: 2,457,4641984: 2,738,4671985: 2,831,9521986: 2,876,7171987: 3,152,2751988: 3,216,6811989: 3,308,1591990: 3,124,9391991: 3,423,1011992: 3,819,5181993: 3,839,6451994: 3,962,1171995: 3,958,4061996: 4,046,2071997: 3,669,9701998: 3,657,1321999: 3,493,6072000: 3,400,9032001: 3,368,7312002: 3,361,8672003: 3,378,6642004: 3,280,9112005: 3,304,1442006: 3,242,6442007: 3,503,4282008: 3,431,5142009: 3,737,4722010: 3,901,4082011: 3,951,3932012: 3,853,4042013: 3,691,1912014: 3,882,6422015: 4,150,2172016: 5,028,8682017: 4,336,8902018: 4,009,4362019: 4,422,8612020: 2,268,3132021: 3,287,5952022: 3,667,5502023: 3,897,0702024: 4,121,8072025: 4,278,4132025: 4.3M
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
20254,278,413+3.8%
20244,121,807+5.8%
20233,897,070+6.3%
20223,667,550+11.6%
20213,287,595+44.9%
20202,268,313-48.7%
20194,422,861+10.3%
20184,009,436-7.6%
20174,336,890-13.8%
20165,028,868+21.2%

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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 USC00049855, 4,018 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.