Least & Most Crowded Months at Magic 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 Magic Kingdom →
How this is measured: average posted standby wait across every tracked Magic Kingdom attraction, aggregated by calendar month from 3,864,155 daily wait-time readings collected Feb 2026–Oct 2026. The all-time average is 22 min. How we collect wait data →
Least crowded
September
19 min avg wait · -14% vs. average
Most crowded
March
25 min avg wait · +14% vs. average
Quiet vs. peak gap
32%
March runs that much busier than September
| Month | Avg wait | Crowd level | vs. average |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 24 min | 9 | +11% |
| March · busiest | 25 min | 10 | +14% |
| April | 23 min | 8 | +8% |
| May | 21 min | 5 | -1% |
| June | 21 min | 4 | -5% |
| July | 21 min | 5 | -3% |
| August | 20 min | 3 | -8% |
| September · quietest | 19 min | 1 | -14% |
| October | 20 min | 3 | -7% |
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