Least & Most Crowded Months at Animal Kingdom

Every calendar month ranked by real historical wait times — not guesswork. Lower average wait = fewer crowds.

See also: crowd by day of the week at Animal Kingdom →

How this is measured: average posted standby wait across every tracked Animal Kingdom attraction, aggregated by calendar month from 851,656 daily wait-time readings collected Feb 2026–Jul 2026. The all-time average is 26 min. How we collect wait data →

Least crowded
July
22 min avg wait · -15% vs. average
Most crowded
March
29 min avg wait · +12% vs. average
Quiet vs. peak gap
32%
March runs that much busier than July
MonthAvg waitCrowd levelvs. average
February 28 min 8 +8%
March · busiest 29 min 10 +14%
April 27 min 7 +7%
May 26 min 5 +1%
June 23 min 2 -10%
July · quietest 22 min 1 -12%
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