Cartagena cruise crowd calendar

Cartagena, Colombia

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Colombia Standard Time)

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

In port today

Busy

3,930

people in port · 2,770 guests + 1,160 crew

29% busier than a typical day in Cartagena.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
See the crowd calendar

How busy Cartagena is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 3,930 people · all times local (Colombia Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Brilliant Lady
    Virgin Voyages
    from Wed 11 Nov – 5:00 pm · Port of call
    3,930 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 – 5 pm: 3,930 people on 1 ship.

Brilliant Lady
from Wed 11 Nov – 5:00 pm · Port of call
Now noon
People in port
midnight3 am6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Cartagena? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Cartagena 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

Wednesdays are the busiest and Fridays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    2.4K
  • Tuesday
    832
  • Wednesday
    3.6K
  • Thursday
    3.2K
  • Friday
    791
  • Saturday
    1.7K
  • Sunday
    3.4K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Tue 15 Dec
    2 ships
    754
    Quiet
  2. 1,007
    Quiet
  3. Fri 5 Feb
    1 ship
    1,288
    Quiet
  4. Fri 1 Jan
    1 ship
    1,395
    Quiet
  5. Sat 26 Dec
    2 ships
    2,077
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Thu 26 Nov
    2 ships
    8,249
    Peak
  2. Wed 27 Jan
    2 ships
    8,234
    Peak
  3. Sun 27 Dec
    3 ships · 1 turnaround
    7,736
    Peak
  4. Mon 7 Dec
    2 ships
    7,463
    Peak
  5. Sun 3 Jan
    2 ships · 1 turnaround
    7,092
    Peak

Cartagena port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
74
Daily average
2,264
people in port
Busiest day
8,249
Thu 26 Nov · 2 ships
Days with ships
54 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Cartagena

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Cartagena 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 Cartagena 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 Cartagena 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.