Colon cruise crowd calendar

Colon, Panama

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

Tuesday 20 October 2026 · all times local (Eastern Standard Time)

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Colon port guide and schedule

In port on Tue 20 Oct

Quiet

364

people in port · 224 guests + 140 crew

88% quieter than a typical day in Colon.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
1
Most ships at once
1
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How busy Colon is on Tue 20 Oct

Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 1 ship · 364 people · all times local (Eastern Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • L'Austral
    Ponant Cruises
    departs 20:00 · Turnaround
    364 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 on Tue 20 Oct

Most people in port 00:00 – 20:00: 364 people on 1 ship.

L'Austral
departs 20:00 · Turnaround
People in port
00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Colon? Crowd calendar

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

Earlier monthsLater 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

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

  • Monday
    1.3K
  • Tuesday
    3.9K
  • Wednesday
    1.3K
  • Thursday
    668
  • Friday
    2.2K
  • Saturday
    3.2K
  • Sunday
    1.4K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    232
    Quiet
  2. 294
    Quiet
  3. Sat 21 Nov
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    296
    Quiet
  4. 296
    Quiet
  5. 296
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Fri 27 Nov
    2 ships
    8,249
    Peak
  2. Tue 17 Nov
    2 ships
    8,234
    Peak
  3. Sat 19 Dec
    6 ships · 3 turnarounds
    8,163
    Peak
  4. Tue 15 Dec
    3 ships
    8,073
    Peak
  5. Tue 8 Dec
    2 ships
    7,463
    Peak

Colon port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Fri 23 Oct – Wed 20 Jan

Ship calls
77
Daily average
1,996
people in port
Busiest day
8,249
Fri 27 Nov · 2 ships
Days with ships
51 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Colon

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Colon 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 Colon 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 Colon 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.