Darwin cruise crowd calendar

Darwin, Australia

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

Friday 13 November 2026 · all times local (Australian Central Standard Time)

Today · Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18Thu 19
Darwin port guide and schedule

In port today

Peak

2,058

people in port · 1,258 guests + 800 crew

104% busier than a typical day in Darwin.

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

How busy Darwin is today

Friday 13 November 2026 · 1 ship · 2,058 people · all times local (Australian Central Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Oceania Riviera
    Oceania Cruises
    from Thu 12 Nov – 4:00 pm · Port of call
    2,058 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 – 4 pm: 2,058 people on 1 ship.

Oceania Riviera
from Thu 12 Nov – 4:00 pm · Port of call
Now 4:31 am
People in port
midnight3 am6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Darwin? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    1.1K
  • Tuesday
    277
  • Wednesday
    287
  • Thursday
    172
  • Friday
    373
  • Saturday
    0
  • Sunday
    480

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,007
    Typical
  2. 1,102
    Typical
  3. Mon 7 Dec
    1 ship
    1,296
    Busy
  4. Tue 8 Dec
    1 ship
    1,296
    Busy
  5. Tue 9 Feb
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    1,296
    Busy

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Mon 30 Nov
    2 ships
    5,247
    Peak
  2. 4,906
    Peak
  3. Sun 29 Nov
    2 ships
    4,187
    Peak
  4. Wed 3 Feb
    1 ship
    3,736
    Peak
  5. 2,785
    Peak

Darwin port traffic, next 90 days

People in port per day · Fri 13 Nov – Wed 10 Feb

Ship calls
13
Daily average
383
people in port
Busiest day
5,247
Mon 30 Nov · 2 ships
Days with ships
14 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Darwin

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Darwin 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 Darwin 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 Darwin 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.