off-peak hours
Low-traffic time periods
Off-peak hours are times when demand for a service is lowest, typically meaning cheaper rates or less crowding.
Electricity costs less during off-peak hours, usually overnight.
Gyms are emptiest during off-peak hours, generally midday on weekdays.
Transit systems may run reduced schedules: The train runs every twenty minutes during off-peak hours.
- quietLacking in sound
- lullTemporary period of quiet
- downtimePeriod of non-operation
- dead timeInactive gap in operations
- slackAbsence of tautness
midday · late-night · empty · cheap · discount · savings · energy savings · trains · subway · public transit · commute · reduced · rates · electricity · grid · time of use · demand · scheduling
- hoursone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock
- transit mapssubway lines, stations, subway map, transit map, train map
- transit schedulestimetable, timetables, train schedules, bus schedule, departures
- business hoursopening time, opening times, closing time, closing times
- work hoursovertime, work schedules, shifts, shift work, shift schedule
- Power Outagesblackout, power cut, outage, brownout, rolling blackout
off-peak hourspeak hours
Busiest usage times
rush hour · peak time · prime time · peak period · peak demand
off-peak hoursprime time
Evening TV's busiest window
primetime · golden hours · drive time · morning drive · afternoon drive