Cartagena cruise crowd calendar

Cartagena, Spain

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 (Central European Time)

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Cartagena port guide and schedule

In port today

Busy

3,852

people in port · 2,852 guests + 1,000 crew

37% busier than a typical day in Cartagena.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
See the crowd calendar

How busy Cartagena is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 3,852 people · all times local (Central European Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals

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 8 am – 6 pm: 3,852 people on 1 ship.

Celebrity Eclipse
8:00 am – 6:00 pm · Port of call
Now 2:58 pm
People in port
6 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

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

  • Monday
    382
  • Tuesday
    191
  • Wednesday
    407
  • Thursday
    602
  • Friday
    767
  • Saturday
    579
  • Sunday
    568

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 296
    Quiet
  2. 354
    Quiet
  3. Sat 9 Jan
    1 ship
    354
    Quiet
  4. 728
    Quiet
  5. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship
    805
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Fri 4 Dec
    2 ships
    7,786
    Peak
  2. Sun 29 Nov
    2 ships
    5,086
    Peak
  3. Sat 2 Jan
    1 ship
    4,346
    Peak
  4. 3,852
    Busy
  5. Wed 30 Dec
    2 ships
    3,028
    Typical

Cartagena port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
26
Daily average
501
people in port
Busiest day
7,786
Fri 4 Dec · 2 ships
Days with ships
22 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.