Seasonality
RCL seasonality — Royal Caribbean Group
Over the last 11 years, RCL's strongest month on average has been November (+10.1%) and its weakest March (-9.6%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +8.66% | +13.05% | 70% | +31.4% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.57% | -2.28% | 40% | +43.5% | -31.3% | 10 |
| Mar | -9.55% | -7.28% | 30% | +12.7% | -60.0% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.69% | +1.01% | 70% | +45.4% | -8.1% | 10 |
| May | +5.09% | +6.52% | 80% | +23.8% | -25.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.54% | -0.66% | 40% | +28.1% | -39.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.14% | +0.88% | 60% | +10.9% | -9.9% | 10 |
| Aug | +5.73% | +6.58% | 70% | +41.3% | -15.6% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.17% | -2.91% | 40% | +7.7% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.09% | -2.31% | 50% | +40.8% | -19.4% | 10 |
| Nov | +10.10% | +10.28% | 78% | +39.7% | -17.3% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.25% | -1.20% | 50% | +20.5% | -17.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — RCL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16.4 | -4.2 | -11.5 | -4.2 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 0.2 | -15.6 | -1.1 | 15.5 | 6.5 | +17.3% | |
| 2025 | 15.6 | -7.7 | -16.5 | 4.6 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 1.5 | 14.3 | -10.9 | -11.4 | -7.2 | 4.8 | +20.9% |
| 2024 | -1.5 | -3.2 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 8.0 | -1.7 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 16.4 | 18.3 | -5.5 | +78.2% |
| 2023 | 31.4 | 8.8 | -7.6 | 0.2 | 23.8 | 28.1 | 5.2 | -9.3 | -6.9 | -8.0 | 26.8 | 20.5 | +162.0% |
| 2022 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | -7.2 | -25.3 | -39.9 | 10.9 | 5.5 | -7.2 | 40.8 | 12.3 | -17.5 | -35.7% |
| 2021 | -13.0 | 43.5 | -8.2 | 1.6 | 7.3 | -8.6 | -9.9 | 7.6 | 7.5 | -5.1 | -17.3 | 10.1 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | -12.3 | -31.3 | -60.0 | 45.4 | 10.9 | -3.0 | -3.2 | 41.3 | -6.0 | -12.8 | 39.7 | -5.2 | -44.1% |
| 2019 | 22.8 | -1.3 | -3.3 | 5.5 | 0.7 | -0.5 | -4.0 | -10.4 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 11.2 | +36.5% |
| 2018 | 12.0 | -5.2 | -7.0 | -8.1 | -3.0 | -1.3 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | -19.4 | 8.0 | -13.5 | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 14.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 8.7 | 3.4 | -0.9 | 3.5 | 10.1 | -4.8 | 4.4 | 0.1 | -3.7 | +45.4% |
| 2016 | 1.3 |