Zion National Park visitation by month and year
June is the busiest month at Zion, when the average temperature nearby is 79 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 42 degrees. June runs about 4.3 times the visits of January. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. Annual visits rose 11.1 percent from 4,488,268 in 2019 to 4,984,525 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 | 4,984,525 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 4,946,592 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 4,623,238 | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 4,692,417 | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 5,039,835 | +40.3% |
| 2020 | 3,591,254 | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 4,488,268 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 4,320,033 | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 4,504,812 | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 4,295,127 | +17.7% |
Visitation at other parks
Compare Zion with Bryce Canyon National Park
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 USC00429717, 4,038 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.