Best time to visit Yosemite National Park
May and October are the best balance at Yosemite: mild and dry for the park (average highs 71° to 71°F), with busy crowds. July is busiest, with about 590,000 visitors. March is the quietest.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Yosemite Park HQ, CA USC00049855
- Lat / lon
- 37.75, -119.59
- Elevation
- 4,018 ft
- From park center
- 6.8 mi
- Second station
- Tuolumne Meadows RS, CA 8,694 ft
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Maybest | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Octbest | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 48° | 51° | 57° | 63° | 71° | 81° | 89° | 89° | 83° | 71° | 56° | 46° | 67° |
| Low, °F | 29° | 30° | 34° | 38° | 45° | 51° | 57° | 57° | 51° | 41° | 33° | 28° | 41° |
| High at 8,694 ft, °F | 41° | 39° | 42° | 45° | 54° | 65° | 72° | 70° | 65° | 57° | 47° | 40° | 53° |
| Precipitation, in | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 36.5 |
| Snow, in | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Daylight, h:mm | 9:48 | 10:44 | 11:50 | 13:07 | 14:11 | 14:46 | 14:32 | 13:37 | 12:23 | 11:09 | 10:05 | 9:33 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 124 | 116 | 109 | 246 | 396 | 546 | 590 | 578 | 528 | 466 | 239 | 161 | 4,099 |
| Crowds | Quiet | Quiet | Quiet | Moderate | Busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Busy | Moderate | Quiet | |
| Weather | Cool | Cool | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Mild | Hot | Hot | Hot | Hot | Mild | Mild, wet | Cool |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | High at 8,694 ft | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 29° | 41° | 7.0 | – | 9:48 | 124,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| February | 51° | 30° | 39° | 6.5 | – | 10:44 | 116,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| March | 57° | 34° | 42° | 5.5 | – | 11:50 | 109,000 | Quiet | Mild, wet |
| April | 63° | 38° | 45° | 3.2 | – | 13:07 | 246,000 | Moderate | Mild, wet |
| Maybest | 71° | 45° | 54° | 1.9 | – | 14:11 | 396,000 | Busy | Mild |
| June | 81° | 51° | 65° | 0.5 | – | 14:46 | 546,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| July | 89° | 57° | 72° | 0.3 | – | 14:32 | 590,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| August | 89° | 57° | 70° | 0.2 | – | 13:37 | 578,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| September | 83° | 51° | 65° | 0.4 | – | 12:23 | 528,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| Octoberbest | 71° | 41° | 57° | 1.6 | – | 11:09 | 466,000 | Busy | Mild |
| November | 56° | 33° | 47° | 4.0 | – | 10:05 | 239,000 | Moderate | Mild, wet |
| December | 46° | 28° | 40° | 5.6 | – | 9:33 | 161,000 | Quiet | Cool |
| Year | 67° | 41° | 53° | 36.5 | – | 4,099,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest July, average high 89°F
- Coldest nights December, average low 28°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 4,099,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State California
Elevation matters here: the record's second station, Tuolumne Meadows RS, CA, sits at 8,694 ft, against 4,018 ft for Yosemite Park HQ, CA. Expect conditions between the two depending on where you go.
Closures, reservations and alerts: Yosemite National Park on nps.gov
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