Updated October 2026
Best Time to Visit War In The Pacific National Historical Park
National Historical ParkGuam
Best month to visit
January
86°F / 75°F avg high / low
Our recommendation
Visit War In The Pacific in January
January offers the lightest crowds of the park's good-weather months. For comparison, May is the most crowded month (~1.2× the average month) and October is the quietest.
- Annual visits
- 398K
- 2025
- Busiest month
- May
- 1.2× avg
- Quietest month
- Oct
- 0.9× avg
- 10-yr trend
- steady
- -3.8%
How crowded is War In The Pacific by month?
Relative crowd level by month (1.0 = the park's average month), from NPS visitation records 1985–2025.
Month-by-month crowd, weather & daylight
War In The Pacific National Historical Park weather by month →
| Month | Crowd level | Best-time score | Avg high / low | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Januaryour pick | Average | 57 Fair | 86°F / 75°F | 11.3 h |
| February | Average | 59 Fair | 86°F / 75°F | 11.6 h |
| March | Average | 50 Fair | 87°F / 76°F | 11.9 h |
| April | Average | 52 Fair | 88°F / 77°F | 12.3 h |
| May | Busy | 22 Poor | 89°F / 78°F | 12.6 h |
| June | Average | 42 Poor | 89°F / 78°F | 12.8 h |
| July | Average | 42 Poor | 88°F / 77°F | 12.7 h |
| August | Average | 51 Fair | 87°F / 77°F | 12.4 h |
| September | Average | 58 Fair | 87°F / 76°F | 12.1 h |
| October | Average | 59 Fair | 87°F / 77°F | 11.7 h |
| November | Average | 49 Fair | 88°F / 77°F | 11.4 h |
| December | Average | 59 Fair | 87°F / 77°F | 11.2 h |
Climate normals (1991–2020) from the nearest NOAA station (GQW00041415, ~12.2 mi away).
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About visiting War In The Pacific
War In The Pacific National Historical Park is a National Historical Park in GU and a relatively quiet park, drawing about 398,000 recreation visits in 2025. Visitation has held fairly steady over the past decade. Crowds concentrate sharply by season: May is the busiest month at about 1.2× the park's average month, while October is the calmest at roughly 0.9× — a 1-to-1 swing between high and low season. Roughly 25% of the year's visitors arrive in the three summer months of June, July and August alone, so timing a trip outside that window is the single biggest lever on how crowded the park feels. Weather swings from an average high-season warmth near 83°F in June down to about 81°F in February, with the wettest stretch in August. The sweet spot is January: the lightest crowds of the park's good-weather months. Visit then and you trade a little peak-season certainty for noticeably shorter lines and easier parking than the May rush. Daylight ranges from about 11.2 hours in midwinter to 12.8 hours near the summer solstice, which shapes how much ground you can cover in a day. These crowd figures are drawn from 1985–2025 of National Park Service visitor-use records, paired with 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals, and are updated as new monthly data is released.
Park overview
War in the Pacific National Historical Park was established to commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of those participating in the campaigns of the Pacific Theater of World War II and to conserve and interpret outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects of the island of Guam.
Weather & conditions
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=13.443563908000044&lon=144.77762780500007
Park overview text courtesy of the National Park Service — official park site.
Where to stay near War In The Pacific
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Frequently Asked Questions
January offers the lightest crowds of the park's good-weather months at War In The Pacific National Historical Park. The park is busiest in May (about 1.2× the average month) and quietest in October.
May is the busiest month at War In The Pacific National Historical Park, running roughly 1.2 times the park's average monthly visitation.
October is the quietest month at War In The Pacific National Historical Park, at about 0.9× the average month — a good choice if you want to avoid crowds.
War In The Pacific National Historical Park recorded about 397,733 recreation visits in 2025. Visitation has been steady over the past decade (-3.8%).
Based on 1991–2020 climate normals, the warmest month at War In The Pacific National Historical Park averages about 83°F (June). See the month-by-month table above for the full picture.
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Beach water quality near War In The Pacific
Beaches within a 40-mile drive, graded on multi-year bacteria sampling from EPA BEACON — worth checking before you plan a swim day.
- Port Authority Beach water qualityGrade A · 2 mi · GU
- Outhouse Beach water qualityGrade A · 3 mi · GU
- Family Beach water qualityGrade A · 4 mi · GU
- Tagachang Beach Park water qualityGrade A · 6 mi · GU
- Naton Beach, Tumon Bay water qualityGrade A · 8 mi · GU
Sources: National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics (1985–2025), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. Crowd index = a month's visits ÷ the park's average month.