When to go to Hersheypark
Hersheypark crowd calendar day by day: the quietest days, why each date gets busy, the weather each month and its seasons.
- Best months
- June, May, December
- Best day of the week
- Tuesday
- Busiest
- January, November
- Quiet days in the next 30
- 3 days
November 2026
Open 14 days · 3 quiet
December 2026
Open 19 days · 11 quiet
January 2027
Open 3 days · 0 quiet
February 2027
Closed all month
March 2027
Closed all month
April 2027
Open 13 days · 5 quiet
May 2027
Open 20 days · 9 quiet
June 2027
Open 30 days · 21 quiet
July 2027
Open 31 days · 11 quiet
August 2027
Open 31 days · 15 quiet
September 2027
Open 15 days · 6 quiet
October 2027
Open 15 days · 5 quiet
November 2027
Open 14 days · 4 quiet
December 2027
Open 20 days · 11 quiet
- Very quiet
- Quiet
- Average
- Busy
- Packed
- Closed
Colours compare this park's days with each other: “very quiet” is one of its slowest days of the year, not an empty park.
Month by month in 2026
| Month | Weekdays | Weekends | Days open | Quiet days | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | Average | Busy | 14 | 3 | Hersheypark Christmas Candylane |
| December | Quiet | Busy | 19 | 11 | Hersheypark Christmas Candylane |
Month by month in 2027
| Month | Weekdays | Weekends | Days open | Quiet days | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Busy | Busy | 3 | 0 | Hersheypark Christmas Candylane |
| February | Closed | Closed | 0 | – | |
| March | Closed | Closed | 0 | – | |
| April | Quiet | Busy | 13 | 5 | Springtime in the Park |
| May | Very quiet | Busy | 20 | 9 | Springtime in the Park |
| June | Quiet | Busy | 30 | 21 | |
| July | Average | Busy | 31 | 11 | |
| August | Quiet | Average | 31 | 15 | |
| September | Very quiet | Busy | 15 | 6 | Hersheypark Halloween |
| October | Very quiet | Busy | 15 | 5 | Hersheypark Halloween |
| November | Average | Busy | 14 | 4 | Hersheypark Christmas Candylane |
| December | Quiet | Busy | 20 | 11 | Hersheypark Christmas Candylane |
Plan your visit
The weather month by month
Average high and low for each month, and how many days it rains.
- 4°-4°Jan
- 7°-3°Feb
- 11°0°Mar
- 17°6°Apr
- 22°11°May
- 27°16°Jun
- 30°20°Jul
- 29°19°Aug
- 25°15°Sep
- 19°9°Oct
- 11°2°Nov
- 6°-2°Dec
2016–2025 average at the park. The bar underneath shows rainy days.
Season and events
- Open1 Nov 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
- Open2 Apr 2027 – 31 Dec 2027 (estimated dates)
- Hersheypark Christmas Candylane7 Nov – 3 Jan 2027
- Springtime in the Park2 Apr – 16 May 2027 (estimated dates)
- Hersheypark Halloween17 Sep – 31 Oct 2027 (estimated dates)
- Hersheypark Christmas Candylane5 Nov – 31 Dec 2027 (estimated dates)
How we work it out
This is our own estimate, not data from the park. For each day we look at the day of the week, the public and school holidays where most visitors come from, the park's events and the weather that month. Opening dates come from the official website; check them before you go.
Live queues: Powered by Queue-Times.com
Official calendar checked on 23 Oct 2026.
Weather: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
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