From the Olympics and FIFA World Cup to Oktoberfest and Carnival — we track major events that attract millions of visitors and add their impact to the crowdedness score.
Each event has a traffic boost value (0.1–1.0) that gets added to the destination's score during the event weeks. This stacks on top of the normal holiday and seasonality effects — so an event during peak season creates an even bigger spike.
Sports
6 events shown
Festivals
3 events shown
Cultural
4 events shown
Music
3 events shown
Trade & Expos
1 events shown
Key insight
The 2026 FIFA World Cup across North America will boost crowdedness scores for multiple cities simultaneously — NYC, LA, Mexico City, and Toronto will all see score spikes during June and July, on top of their normal summer holiday demand.
Most events in our database are recurring — Oktoberfest happens every September, Wimbledon every June. But we also track one-time mega-events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup, which move to different host cities. When you switch years on the map, you'll see these events shift to their new locations.
Recurring
Same destination every year: Oktoberfest (Munich), Carnival (Rio), Australian Open (Melbourne), Edinburgh Fringe, Tomorrowland.
One-Time
Moving host cities: Winter Olympics 2026 (Italy), FIFA World Cup 2026 (North America), Summer Olympics 2028 (Los Angeles).
Congestion relative to capacity
Month-by-month peak season data
Each with tuned capacity
1.5x multiplier during school breaks
52 weeks of crowdedness data
Global school holiday coverage
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