Seasonality
CARG seasonality — CarGurus
Over the last 10 years, CARG's strongest month on average has been November (+8.1%) and its weakest August (-3.4%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.54% | +1.34% | 56% | +26.8% | -15.5% | 9 |
| Feb | -2.54% | -4.73% | 11% | +51.9% | -28.5% | 9 |
| Mar | -2.01% | -6.25% | 44% | +19.2% | -25.7% | 9 |
| Apr | -3.13% | -2.69% | 44% | +20.8% | -23.0% | 9 |
| May | +1.39% | +7.79% | 67% | +14.3% | -22.5% | 9 |
| Jun | +3.94% | +5.71% | 67% | +20.4% | -15.1% | 9 |
| Jul | +7.03% | +6.31% | 78% | +24.8% | -5.3% | 9 |
| Aug | -3.40% | -1.60% | 44% | +16.8% | -23.0% | 9 |
| Sep | -3.22% | -3.26% | 44% | +12.9% | -24.2% | 9 |
| Oct | -1.20% | +2.75% | 56% | +8.5% | -20.2% | 9 |
| Nov | +8.06% | +11.81% | 67% | +25.7% | -12.4% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.85% | +1.70% | 56% | +26.7% | -13.3% | 9 |
Monthly returns heat map — CARG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -15.5 | -5.2 | 10.9 | 7.1 | -18.1 | 14.2 | 6.3 | -1.6 | -12.6 | 3.3 | 4.8 | -12.0% | |
| 2025 | 7.3 | -17.9 | -9.5 | -4.0 | 12.1 | 6.8 | -1.9 | 5.4 | 7.6 | -5.7 | 0.5 | 8.7 | +5.0% |
| 2024 | -3.8 | -4.7 | 4.2 | -2.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 | -5.3 | 16.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 21.9 | -3.4 | +51.2% |
| 2023 | 26.0 | -3.4 | 9.6 | -12.0 | 14.3 | 20.4 | 0.1 | -20.1 | -3.3 | -1.7 | 25.5 | 11.8 | +72.5% |
| 2022 | -5.2 | 51.9 | -12.4 | -23.0 | -22.5 | -15.1 | 13.0 | -23.0 | -24.2 | 2.8 | -10.2 | 7.1 | -58.4% |
| 2021 | -7.8 | -11.3 | -8.2 | 3.6 | 14.3 | -7.0 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 11.8 | -10.3 | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 1.3 | -28.5 | -25.7 | 20.8 | 13.6 | -2.4 | 14.0 | -15.6 | -11.3 | -7.9 | 25.7 | 26.7 | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 26.8 | -0.1 | -6.2 | 1.7 | -16.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 | -12.5 | -5.1 | 8.5 | 19.4 | -12.2 | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 11.7 | -3.6 | 19.2 | -19.6 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 24.8 | 13.8 | 12.9 | -20.2 | -12.4 | -13.3 | +12.5% |
| 2017 | -9.6 | 1.7 |