Every month rated on three things that can be measured: weather normals, crowds read from Disney's own date-based prices, and the ticket price itself. Click a month for the week-by-week detail, park hours, events and the cheapest dates.
| Month | Weather | Crowds | Price | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January Cool mornings, marathon weekend crowds early in the month | ●●●●○ 71° / 50°, 6 rainy days | ●●●○○ | ●●○○○ $202 ticket | Fair 3.0 of 5 |
| February Dry and mild; Presidents Day week is busy | ●●●●● 74° / 53°, 6 rainy days | ●●○○○ | ●●○○○ $210 ticket | Fair 3.0 of 5 |
| March Spring break runs the whole month | ●●●●● 78° / 57°, 7 rainy days | ●○○○○ | ●○○○○ $212 ticket | Tough 2.3 of 5 |
| April Easter week is a peak; the rest is pleasant | ●●●●● 83° / 61°, 6 rainy days | ●○○○○ | ●○○○○ $210 ticket | Tough 2.3 of 5 |
| May Heat arrives; Memorial Day weekend is busy | ●●●●○ 88° / 67°, 8 rainy days | ●●●○○ | ●●●○○ $202 ticket | Fair 3.3 of 5 |
| June Hot, daily afternoon storms begin | ●●○○○ 91° / 73°, 14 rainy days | ●●●●○ | ●●●○○ $199 ticket | Fair 3.0 of 5 |
| July Hottest and wettest; July 4 week is a peak | ●●○○○ 92° / 75°, 15 rainy days | ●●●●○ | ●●●●○ $196 ticket | Fair 3.3 of 5 |
| August Hot and wet; crowds thin once schools go back | ●●○○○ 92° / 75°, 15 rainy days | ●●●●● | ●●●●● $172 ticket | Good 4.0 of 5 |
| September Peak of hurricane season, lowest crowds of the year | ●○○○○ 90° / 73°, 13 rainy days | ●●●●● | ●●●●● $167 ticket | Good 3.7 of 5 |
| October Still warm; Halloween parties most nights | ●●●●● 85° / 67°, 8 rainy days | ●●●○○ | ●●●●○ $198 ticket | Good 4.0 of 5 |
| November Best weather; Thanksgiving week is a peak | ●●●●● 78° / 59°, 6 rainy days | ●●●○○ | ●●●●○ $199 ticket | Good 4.0 of 5 |
| December Pleasant; the last two weeks are the busiest of the year | ●●●●● 73° / 53°, 6 rainy days | ●●○○○ | ●●○○○ $203 ticket | Fair 3.0 of 5 |
Crowds are read from Disney's date-based ticket prices and two years of posted Lightning Lane prices. Price is the average one-day Magic Kingdom adult ticket for the month from the calendar captured October 11, 2026. Weather is the 30-year normal for Orlando International.
August, October, November score highest on weather, crowds and price together. August: hot and wet; crowds thin once schools go back.
September has the lowest average ticket price ($167 for Magic Kingdom). Late August to September and the weeks after Labor Day and after New Year are the lows of the year.
March, April: the Christmas to New Year fortnight, Easter and spring break, and the July 4 week are the peaks for crowds and price.
Weather from NOAA 30-year normals; crowds from Disney's own date-based ticket prices and two years of posted Lightning Lane prices, because Disney charges more when it expects more people; price from the average one-day Magic Kingdom ticket. Each scored 1 to 5 and averaged.
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