August was the busiest month for overseas visitors arriving in the USA in 2025, with 10.2% of the year's arrivals, and February the quietest, with 6.4%. July and August together accounted for 19.9%. These figures count arrivals, not how long visitors stayed.
The USA, month by month
- Two busiest months
- Other months
When is USA busiest with international visitors, and when is it quietest?
August had the most overseas visitor arrivals in 2025, with 10.2% of the year's total. February had the fewest, with 6.4%. That makes August 1.6 times as busy as February.1
Six months each had less than an average month's share of 8.3%: January, February, March, June, September and November.
Where do the USA's international visitors come from?
The largest group came from the United Kingdom, with 11.8% of overseas visitor arrivals to the USA in 2025, followed by India (6.0%) and Japan (5.7%).1
| Country of residence | Share |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11.8% |
| India | 6.0% |
| Japan | 5.7% |
| Brazil | 5.6% |
| Germany | 5.2% |
Shares are of overseas visitor arrivals to the USA in 2025. Canada and Mexico are not in this count.
What exactly is counted?
The National Travel and Tourism Office, part of the US Department of Commerce, counts international visitors by country of residence who stay at least one night, among the visa types it counts. We use its overseas figure, which covers every country except Canada and Mexico. Visitors from those two neighbours are counted from other countries' data, so they are left out here.1
Other countries count arrivals differently, which is why we do not rank USA against the others on the overview page.
June or September? May or October?
June and September were almost identical, at 8.2% and 8.2%.
May was quieter than October, at 8.6% against 8.9%.
These compare months at similar distances from the middle of the year. They say nothing about weather, which we have not measured.
What these figures cannot tell you
Arrivals are not crowds. A month with many arrivals can still feel quiet if visitors stay briefly or spread out, and a national total cannot show how busy one city, park or beach is.
They say nothing about length of stay, weather or prices. This page has no weather or price data.
Neighbours are left out. Visitors from Canada and Mexico made 49.8% of all international visitor arrivals counted in 2025, and their monthly pattern may differ from the overseas one shown here.1
They are one year. These are 2025 figures, and patterns shift from year to year.
The full year
| Month | Share of year | Arrivals |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4% | 2,522,578 |
| February | 6.4% | 2,198,100 |
| March | 7.0% | 2,391,265 |
| April | 8.9% | 3,047,094 |
| May | 8.6% | 2,958,732 |
| June | 8.2% | 2,802,955 |
| July (one of the two busiest months) | 9.7% | 3,318,992 |
| August (one of the two busiest months) | 10.2% | 3,492,907 |
| September | 8.2% | 2,826,200 |
| October | 8.9% | 3,055,342 |
| November | 7.2% | 2,466,985 |
| December | 9.4% | 3,208,088 |
Total for 2025: 34,289,238 overseas visitor arrivals. The two busiest months are marked.
Key takeaways
- February was the quietest month for overseas visitors arriving in the USA in 2025, with 6.4% of the year's arrivals.
- July and August were the busiest, with 19.9% between them.
- June and September were almost identical, at 8.2% and 8.2%.
- What we would skip: comparing these percentages with another country's. Each country counts arrivals its own way.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from the National Travel and Tourism Office, a government statistics body. We downloaded the monthly figures and calculated the shares and comparisons ourselves. See how we research.
- Source: National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO), US Department of Commerce, I-94 Monthly International Visitor Arrivals, 2000–Present, "Overseas" row, January–December 2025. Read it. Accessed 22 September 2026. US government data, published as public domain.
Changes we made. The monthly shares, rankings of months and comparisons are our own calculations from the published counts. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so they may not add exactly.