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 983,510 daily wait-time readings collected Feb 2026–Oct 2026. The all-time average is 25 min. How we collect wait data →
Least crowded
September
22 min avg wait · -12% vs. average
Most crowded
March
29 min avg wait · +16% vs. average
Quiet vs. peak gap
32%
March runs that much busier than September
| Month | Avg wait | Crowd level | vs. average |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 28 min | 8 | +9% |
| March · busiest | 29 min | 10 | +15% |
| April | 27 min | 8 | +7% |
| May | 26 min | 6 | +2% |
| June | 23 min | 2 | -9% |
| July | 23 min | 2 | -8% |
| August | 23 min | 2 | -9% |
| September · quietest | 22 min | 1 | -12% |
| October | 25 min | 4 | -2% |
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