Seasonality
DAL seasonality — Delta Air Lines
Over the last 11 years, DAL's strongest month on average has been November (+10.0%) and its weakest March (-6.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.02% | -1.83% | 40% | +19.0% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.57% | +0.01% | 50% | +26.3% | -17.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -6.24% | -0.08% | 50% | +13.2% | -38.1% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.43% | -1.44% | 40% | +12.9% | -9.2% | 10 |
| May | +4.11% | +2.70% | 70% | +21.3% | -11.7% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.17% | +5.51% | 60% | +30.9% | -30.5% | 10 |
| Jul | -1.02% | -4.67% | 40% | +9.8% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Aug | +1.72% | -1.76% | 40% | +23.6% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Sep | +0.01% | -0.66% | 40% | +19.5% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.12% | -1.88% | 50% | +20.9% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Nov | +10.03% | +10.93% | 89% | +31.4% | -7.5% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.49% | +2.07% | 60% | +8.9% | -17.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — DAL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -5.1 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 21.3 | 13.6 | -6.6 | -10.8 | 7.0 | -4.0 | 8.8 | +25.6% | |
| 2025 | 11.2 | -10.6 | -27.5 | -4.5 | 16.2 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 16.1 | -8.1 | 1.1 | 11.7 | 8.3 | +14.7% |
| 2024 | -2.7 | 8.0 | 13.2 | 4.6 | 1.9 | -7.0 | -9.3 | -1.2 | 19.5 | 12.7 | 11.5 | -5.2 | +50.4% |
| 2023 | 19.0 | -1.9 | -8.9 | -1.8 | 5.9 | 30.9 | -2.7 | -7.3 | -13.7 | -15.5 | 18.2 | 8.9 | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 8.7 | -3.1 | -30.5 | 9.8 | -2.3 | -9.7 | 20.9 | 4.2 | -7.1 | -15.9% |
| 2021 | -5.6 | 26.3 | 0.7 | -2.8 | 1.6 | -9.3 | -7.8 | 1.4 | 5.4 | -8.2 | -7.5 | 8.0 | -2.8% |
| 2020 | -4.7 | -17.2 | -38.1 | -9.2 | -2.7 | 11.3 | -11.0 | 23.6 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 31.4 | -0.1 | -31.2% |
| 2019 | -0.9 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 12.9 | -11.7 | 10.2 | 7.6 | -5.2 | -0.5 | -4.4 | 4.0 | 2.0 | +17.2% |
| 2018 | 1.4 | -5.1 | 1.7 | -4.7 | 3.5 | -8.3 | 9.8 | 7.5 | -1.1 | -5.4 | 10.9 | -17.8 | -10.9% |
| 2017 | -4.0 | 5.7 | -8.0 | -1.1 | 8.1 | 9.4 | -8.2 | -4.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | +13.8% |
| 2016 | 2.1 |