Alexandria cruise crowd calendar

Alexandria, Egypt

How many cruise ships and people are in Alexandria today and on the days ahead, and which days are quietest to sail or visit.

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Eastern European Time)

Today · Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18
Alexandria port guide and schedule

In port today

Light

1,860

people in port · 1,350 guests + 510 crew

34% quieter than a typical day in Alexandria.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
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How busy Alexandria is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 1,860 people · all times local (Eastern European Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Balmoral
    Fred Olsen
    times not published · Port of call
    1,860 people

People are guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus crew. Turnaround ships also move about as many boarding guests through the terminals as the ones leaving.

When the port is busiest today

Most people in port midnight – midnight: 1,860 people on 1 ship.

Balmoral
times not published · Port of call
Now 11:54 am
People in port
midnight3 am6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm9 pmmidnight

How busy is Alexandria? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Alexandria day. Select a day to see its ships.

Later months
  • No ships nothing scheduled
  • Quiet under half a typical day
  • Light 50–85% of typical
  • Typical 85–115%
  • Busy 115–150%
  • Peak over 150%

Numbers are thousands of people. Earlier days this month are faded and today is outlined.

Busiest and quietest days of the week

Thursdays are the busiest and Saturdays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    417
  • Tuesday
    85
  • Wednesday
    0
  • Thursday
    621
  • Friday
    62
  • Saturday
    0
  • Sunday
    540

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 805
    Quiet
  2. 805
    Quiet
  3. Thu 7 Jan
    1 ship
    805
    Quiet
  4. Fri 8 Jan
    1 ship
    805
    Quiet
  5. 805
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 2,705
    Typical
  2. Thu 3 Dec
    1 ship
    2,705
    Typical
  3. 2,705
    Typical
  4. 2,705
    Typical
  5. Mon 4 Jan
    1 ship
    2,705
    Typical

Alexandria port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Thu 12 Nov – Tue 9 Feb

Ship calls
10
Daily average
249
people in port
Busiest day
2,705
Sun 22 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
14 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Alexandria

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Alexandria crowd calendar questions

Each ship counts its guests at standard occupancy (two per cabin) plus its crew. A ship without a published capacity is listed in the schedule but not counted.

It compares the day with a typical Alexandria day with ships. Quiet is under half of that, Light 50–85%, Typical 85–115%, Busy 115–150% and Peak more than one and a half times. Each port is compared with itself, so a Busy day in a small port has far fewer people than one in a big homeport.

Most ships call at Alexandria for the day: they arrive in the morning and leave in the late afternoon, so the town and its sights are busiest in between.

The calendar covers this month and the next 11 months of published itineraries. Lines add and change calls, so dates further out can still move.

Yes. Arrival and departure times move with weather and port operations. Always confirm with your cruise line and the port before you travel.