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BITCOIN HISTORICAL RETURNS

How has Bitcoin performed month by month?

Compare every month since 2010, then open any year for daily prices.

After each settled daily close
Bitcoin monthly returns by calendar year
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
2026-10.1%-14.9%+1.9%+11.8%-3.6%-20.4%+7.3%+1.1%————-27.5%
2025+9.6%-17.7%-2.1%+14.1%+11.1%+2.4%+8.0%-6.5%+5.4%-3.9%-17.5%-3.1%-6.3%
2024+0.7%+43.7%+16.6%-14.9%+11.3%-7.1%+3.0%-8.7%+7.4%+10.9%+37.3%-3.1%+121.1%
2023+39.9%+0.0%+23.0%+2.7%-6.9%+12.0%-4.1%-11.3%+4.0%+28.5%+8.9%+12.1%+155.7%
2022-16.7%+12.2%+5.4%-17.3%-15.5%-37.3%+16.8%-13.9%-3.1%+5.5%-16.2%-3.7%-64.2%
2021+14.4%+36.5%+30.1%-1.8%-35.5%-6.0%+18.3%+13.6%-7.0%+39.9%-7.1%-18.9%+59.6%
2020+30.1%-8.8%-24.7%+34.3%+9.6%-3.3%+24.2%+2.7%-7.5%+28.0%+42.8%+47.0%+303.3%
2019-8.4%+11.3%+7.6%+30.1%+59.8%+25.9%-6.3%-4.6%-13.6%+10.1%-17.3%-5.1%+91.7%
2018-26.2%+1.1%-32.8%+33.2%-18.9%-14.9%+21.1%-9.2%-5.7%-4.3%-36.8%-6.5%-72.9%
2017+0.2%+23.2%-9.3%+25.3%+70.4%+7.7%+16.2%+64.2%-7.9%+47.9%+54.2%+39.2%+1337.7%
2016-14.0%+17.9%-4.7%+7.9%+17.9%+26.7%-7.2%-7.7%+6.0%+14.9%+6.3%+29.8%+124.1%
2015-31.3%+16.3%-3.9%-3.4%-2.5%+14.9%+7.4%-19.1%+2.8%+31.9%+21.4%+13.8%+35.1%
2014+9.7%-28.5%-22.5%+0.2%+40.9%+1.1%-7.2%-18.3%-19.4%-13.0%+11.0%-15.1%-56.5%
2013+51.1%+63.5%+178.7%+49.7%-7.5%-30.5%+0.8%+30.9%-1.3%+67.3%+450.0%-39.3%+5318.2%
2012+19.7%-11.4%+1.0%+0.8%+4.7%+29.1%+39.8%+8.7%+22.1%-9.7%+12.2%+7.5%+195.0%
2011+83.4%+58.2%-9.8%+352.5%+146.2%+84.2%-17.1%-38.6%-37.3%-36.8%-8.6%+59.0%+1474.0%
2010——————+37.0%-11.6%+3.2%+211.0%+8.2%+44.1%+505.9%
Average+9.5%+12.7%+9.7%+32.8%+17.6%+5.3%+9.3%-1.7%-3.3%+26.8%+34.3%+9.8%—

Open any filled month to see its daily prices on that year's page.

Price rosePrice fellBrighter colors mark bigger moves. Open any filled month for daily prices.A dot (•) marks the month still under way.

Patterns in the history

Biggest gains and drops, four-year periods, weekdays, and calendar dates

Bitcoin's best months

The five biggest monthly gains since 2010. The largest was November 2013 at +450.0%. Open any month to see its daily prices.

  1. November 2013+450.02%
  2. April 2011+352.46%
  3. October 2010+210.99%
  4. March 2013+178.70%
  5. May 2011+146.23%

Bitcoin's worst months

The five biggest monthly drops since 2010. The sharpest was December 2013 at -39.3%. Open any month to see its daily prices.

  1. December 2013-39.29%
  2. August 2011-38.58%
  3. September 2011-37.32%
  4. June 2022-37.27%
  5. October 2011-36.81%

Returns between Bitcoin supply cuts

About every four years, the amount of new Bitcoin created is cut in half. These cards group each month between one cut and the next. Months before the first cut in 2012 are left out.

Period 1

December 2012 → July 2016
Months
44 (25 up / 19 down)
Whole period
+4300.90%
Average month
+19.38%
Best
November 2013·+450.02%
Worst
December 2013·-39.29%

Period 2

August 2016 → May 2020
Months
46 (26 up / 20 down)
Whole period
+1419.60%
Average month
+8.93%
Best
May 2017·+70.38%
Worst
November 2018·-36.78%

Period 3

June 2020 → April 2024
Months
47 (27 up / 20 down)
Whole period
+541.40%
Average month
+5.99%
Best
December 2020·+46.99%
Worst
June 2022·-37.27%

Period 4

May 2024 → August 2026
Months
28 (15 up / 13 down)
Whole period
+4.70%
Average month
+0.85%
Best
November 2024·+37.27%
Worst
June 2026·-20.45%

Average daily return by weekday

Bitcoin trades every day, including weekends. Each number combines every matching weekday in the history. The early years had much larger jumps, so they can lift these averages.

MondayMon
+0.59%
TuesdayTue
+0.43%
WednesdayWed
+0.52%
ThursdayThu
+0.10%
FridayFri
+0.44%
SaturdaySat
+0.20%
SundaySun
+0.22%

Average daily return by calendar date

Each number is the average closing-price move for that date in the month. The 29th, 30th, and 31st have fewer examples because not every month includes them. Bitcoin's large early jumps also lift many of the averages.

1
+0.56%
2
+0.67%
3
+0.31%
4
+0.36%
5
+0.31%
6
+0.62%
7
+0.46%
8
+0.58%
9
+0.39%
10
-0.08%
11
-0.16%
12
+0.74%
13
+0.54%
14
-0.02%
15
+0.20%
16
-0.05%
17
-0.00%
18
+0.49%
19
+0.46%
20
+0.95%
21
-0.14%
22
+0.23%
23
+0.67%
24
-0.17%
25
+0.09%
26
+0.52%
27
+0.66%
28
+0.56%
29
+0.70%
30
+0.28%
31
+0.24%

How to read this

Each number shows how much Bitcoin's price changed during that month. A return of +30.3% means the price rose 30.3%. The Total column shows the full-year change, or the change so far for the current year.

The Average row combines every available reading for each calendar month. The first year starts in July 2010, and the current year is still incomplete, so not every month has the same number of observations.

Large rises and drops have both appeared many times in Bitcoin's history. These patterns describe what happened before. They do not tell us what the next month will do.