The seasonal pattern was most pronounced in Croatia, where 54.5 percent of overnight stays in 2025 were recorded in July and August, followed by Bulgaria (43.4 percent) and Greece (41.6 percent). Malta (21.9 percent), Germany (24 percent) and Finland (24.1 percent) were at the other end, with the lowest shares of the top two months in the overall performance.
In August, the busiest month of 2025, there were 3.6 times more overnight stays across the EU than in January, the slowest month. Some countries stood out for their pronounced seasonality: in Croatia, overnight stays in August were 41.1 times those in January, while in Greece, the ratio was 20.5.