Monero (XMR)
Rank #17 · Layer 1 · launched 2014-04-18 · data since 2014-05-21 · last close 2026-07-25
24h
+0.01%
7d
+8.29%
30d
+18.22%
YTD
-16.14%
1y
+12.96%
Monero (XMR) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.1 | -27.4 | -1.0 | 13.8 | -3.2 | -17.6 | 20.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 23.4 | -9.0 | -1.1 | 29.6 | 16.4 | 0.3 | -5.8 | -14.2 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 30.4 | -0.8 |
| 2024 | -0.7 | -16.3 | -6.5 | -7.0 | 24.3 | 13.2 | -6.1 | 7.1 | -8.6 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 19.1 |
| 2023 | 20.6 | -15.4 | 4.9 | -0.8 | -6.6 | 15.2 | -4.2 | -11.3 | 2.5 | 17.6 | -1.5 | -2.8 |
| 2022 | -35.6 | 15.5 | 25.0 | 0.9 | -7.5 | -43.2 | 37.3 | -3.8 | -1.1 | 1.3 | -4.7 | 3.6 |
| 2021 | -11.8 | 57.9 | 12.9 | 71.4 | -35.3 | -18.6 | 8.1 | 19.2 | -12.4 | 9.1 | -13.0 | -3.9 |
| 2020 | 61.8 | -7.8 | -28.1 | 30.8 | 4.1 | -2.4 | 32.9 | 10.5 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 2.7 | 20.7 |
| 2019 | -5.5 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 11.1 | 50.1 | -5.9 | -8.1 | -16.3 | -15.9 | 4.4 | -7.6 | -18.6 |
| 2018 | -21.8 | 4.7 | -37.1 | 35.0 | -35.9 | -15.8 | -6.6 | -4.6 | -0.3 | -10.7 | -44.3 | -20.0 |
| 2017 | -6.2 | -11.6 | 79.2 | 17.3 | 62.1 | 14.3 | -13.1 | 255.0 | -34.0 | -3.7 | 105.1 | 93.8 |
| 2016 | 7.0 | 75.8 | 55.8 | -33.8 | 5.5 | 60.6 | 19.3 | 303.1 | 12.4 | -33.3 | 40.0 | 76.7 |
| 2015 | -39.7 | 37.9 | 129.5 | -47.4 | -1.8 | 2.2 | 14.5 | -17.6 | -5.0 | -1.7 | -6.2 | 16.1 |
| 2014 | · | · | · | · | -32.5 | 51.1 | -5.7 | -8.8 | -48.9 | -48.1 | -5.8 | -15.8 |
| Avg | -0.1 | 9.7 | 20.6 | 10.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 43.2 | -6.9 | -2.8 | 8.3 | 14.0 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -0.1% | +9.8% | +20.6% | +10.1% | +3.1% | +4.1% | +5.2% | +43.2% | -6.9% | -2.9% | +8.3% | +14.0% |
| Win rate | 42%/12 | 50%/12 | 58%/12 | 67%/12 | 46%/13 | 54%/13 | 42%/12 | 42%/12 | 33%/12 | 58%/12 | 42%/12 | 50%/12 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-99.4%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±43.6%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
49%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+303.08%
2016-08
Worst month
-48.86%
2014-09
Longest streaks
6▲ / 9▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Monero
The crypto that takes “none of your business” as a design principle. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2014) would be about $16,938 today.
Did you know?
- Transactions hide sender, receiver and amount by default — privacy isn't opt-in, it's mandatory.
- It launched in 2014 as a community fork after its predecessor's shady premine was discovered.
- Its best month on record was August 2016 at +303.08%; its worst, September 2014 at -48.86%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.