Best Time to Visit Las Vegas
Weather, crowds and prices, broken down so you can pick the trip you actually want.
There’s no single correct month to visit Las Vegas, it depends whether you’re chasing good weather, low prices, or thin crowds, and those three rarely line up on the same dates. Here’s how the year actually breaks down.
Mid-March to mid-May, or mid-September to mid-October
These shoulder-season windows balance comfortable temperatures, typically 70-95°F, with a lively city atmosphere and manageable crowds and prices. Spring brings the annual Bellagio Conservatory floral display and pool season getting underway; fall brings cooler evenings and fewer crowds than the spring rush. Both beat summer’s scorching heat and cost less than the priciest weeks of either shoulder season.
Summer (June-August): brutal heat, cheap for it
Temperatures regularly exceed 100°F, sometimes past 110°F, making outdoor sightseeing a real challenge. But the same heat that keeps other visitors away also keeps hotel rates and show prices down, and the pools and air-conditioned casinos make the heat easier to work around than you’d expect. If a Vegas trip is purely about the pool and the tables rather than the outdoor scenery, summer is the value pick.
Winter (December-February): cooler, quieter, festive
Winter brings the coolest, most comfortable sightseeing weather alongside noticeably lower crowds outside the holiday weeks, good for exploring Fremont Street and the outdoor stretches of the Strip without the summer heat. December specifically brings festive events like the drive-through Glittering Lights Show and Enchant Las Vegas, though prices and crowds spike hard around New Year’s Eve, one of the busiest, most expensive nights of the entire year here.
Month by month, the short version
January-February: cool, quieter after New Year’s, good value outside big convention weeks like CES.
March-May: warm, pool season begins, spring break in March brings a genuine crowd and price spike.
June-August: hottest and cheapest, air-conditioned venues and pools carry the day.
September-October: the other best window, cooler evenings, thinning crowds after summer.
November: mild and good value before the holiday build-up.
December: festive events and holiday lights, but New Year’s Eve is one of the most expensive nights of the year.
Events worth timing around
CES, the huge tech trade show, runs early January and pushes hotel prices up hard across the whole city. Spring break in March, the NFL Draft (dates vary), and the Electric Daisy Carnival in May all bring their own crowd and price spikes. New Year’s Eve on the Strip is one of the biggest, most expensive nights in Las Vegas, book many months ahead if that’s the plan.
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A note before you plan around this: prices, opening hours, booking requirements and admission details in this guide were correct at the time of writing, but venues change these often and sometimes without notice. Always check directly with the attraction or its official website before you travel or build a schedule around a specific time or price.
Before travelling to any destination featured on this site, please also check your government’s latest travel advice, as safety situations, entry requirements and travel warnings can change.
