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Usually the season airing September-December (ie the odd numbered seasons) in May/June. They then shoot the seasons that air February-May a few weeks later (July-August). The last cycle was on a different schedule though, they shot Survivor Phillippines in March/April, then shot Caramoan in the May/June slot, then during July and August Jeff was shooting episodes of his talk show. The crew for Caramoan left a few days after the finale of Survivor One World.

So to answer the question, odd numbered seasons have to wait about 6 months for the final vote to be revealed, even numbered seasons have to wait 9. Phillippines was about 7 months and Caramoan was about 10 and half. I believe the individual pages for each season on this site give them filming dates.