Every day scored 1 to 10 for the next 365 days. Free, no sign-up, no email.
Quietest days coming up: Tue 9 Mar (2/10) · Tue 16 Mar (2/10) · Tue 23 Mar (2/10)
Busiest: Sat 26 Dec (10/10) — Christmas holidays
1–3 quiet4–6 moderate7–10 busy✦ holiday
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
215
226
237
2410
259
265
275
285
296
307
3110
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
23
33
43
54
65
77
86
93
103
115✦
124
135
147
156
163
173
183
194
205
217
226
233
243
253
264
275
287
296
303
December 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
45
57
66
73
83
93
104
115
127
136
143
153
163
174
185
197
2010✦
217✦
226✦
236✦
248✦
259✦
2610✦
2710✦
287✦
296✦
306✦
318✦
January 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
19✦
210✦
310✦
43
53
63
74
85
97
106
113
123
133
144
155
167
176
183
193
203
214
225
237
246
253
263
273
284
295
307
316
February 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
67
77
84
93
104
115
126
139
147
154
163
174
185
196
209
217
224
233
244
255
266
279
287
March 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
33
44
55
68
76
83
92
102
113
124
136
145
152
162
172
183
194
206
215
222
232
242
253
264
278✦
286✦
295✦
302
312
April 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
26
38
48
55
64
75
86
97
1010
118
125
134
145
156
167
1710
188
195
204
215
226
237
2410
258
265
274
285
296
307
May 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
110✦
27
34
43
53
66✦
76✦
810✦
97✦
103
113
123
134
145
159✦
167✦
176✦
183
193
204
215
227
236
243
253
263
274
285
297
306
313
June 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
13
23
34
45
57
66
73
83
93
104
115
127
136
143
153
163
174
185
197
206
213
223
233
244
255
267
276
283
293
303
July 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
14
26
38
48
55
64
74
85
97
109
118
125
134
146✦
155
167
179
188
195
204
214
225
237
249
258
265
274
284
295
307
319
August 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
18
25
34
44
55
67
79
88
95
104
114
125
137
149
1510✦
165
174
184
195
207
219
228
235
244
254
265
277
289
298
305
314
September 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12
23
34
46
55
62
72
82
93
104
116
125
132
142
152
163
174
186
195
202
212
222
233
244
256
265
272
282
292
303
October 2027
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
16
28
37
44
53
63
74
86
98
107
114
123
133
144
156
1610
179
185
195
205
The months that actually matter at Vulcania
Busiest months
April, July, August and October — the zone A spring holidays in April (Clermont-Ferrand is in zone A), the French summer holidays, and the Toussaint holidays at the end of October.
Quietest months
March and September — the last days of March after the season opens, and weekdays in September once French schools are back.
Local knowledge: The car parks and ticket desks close two hours before the park does, so do not plan a late-afternoon arrival.
When to avoid Vulcania, and when to go
Busiest stretches, next 12 months
Wed Oct 21 – Sun Nov 1Toussaint school holidays* · about 7/10, 10 at worst
Sun Dec 20 – Sun Jan 3Christmas holidays · about 8/10, 10 at worst
Sat May 1Labour Day · about 10/10
Sat May 8VE Day · about 10/10
Sun Aug 15Assumption Day · about 10/10
Quietest weeks
Mon Mar 8 – Sun Mar 14about 4/10
Mon Mar 15 – Sun Mar 21about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 6 – Sun Sep 12about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 13 – Sun Sep 19about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Mon Sep 20 – Sun Sep 26about 3/10 · no holidays or school breaks
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. *School holidays vary by district, state or zone; these are the typical dates, so check your own. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last.
How this is worked out
Each day starts from how that weekday normally runs at Vulcania, learned from our own recorded wait snapshots as they accumulate, and is raised for public holidays and school-holiday periods. It is a forecast of relative busyness, not a promise: a 3 means a day that usually runs quiet for this park, not a guarantee of short lines. The further out a date sits, the more it leans on the weekday pattern alone.
Want the live picture instead? Vulcania wait times has today's queues, the hour-by-hour curve and what counts as a normal wait here. Planning a specific day? Open the planner and it will build a route around these crowd levels.