Ponta Delgada cruise crowd calendar

Ponta Delgada, Azores

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Azores Time)

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Ponta Delgada port guide and schedule

In port today

Light

1,375

people in port · 740 guests + 635 crew

48% quieter than a typical day in Ponta Delgada.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
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How busy Ponta Delgada is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 1,375 people · all times local (Azores 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 – 5 pm: 1,375 people on 1 ship.

Crystal Serenity
8:00 am – 5:00 pm · Port of call
Now 8:56 am
People in port
6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Ponta Delgada? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Ponta Delgada 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 Sundays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    210
  • Tuesday
    0
  • Wednesday
    266
  • Thursday
    362
  • Friday
    403
  • Saturday
    203
  • Sunday
    0

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,375
    Light
  2. Fri 8 Jan
    1 ship
    2,256
    Typical
  3. 2,637
    Typical
  4. 2,732
    Typical
  5. 2,977
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 3,329
    Busy
  2. Wed 2 Dec
    1 ship
    3,194
    Busy
  3. 2,977
    Typical
  4. 2,732
    Typical
  5. 2,637
    Typical

Ponta Delgada port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
7
Daily average
206
people in port
Busiest day
3,329
Thu 26 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
7 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Ponta Delgada

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Ponta Delgada 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 Ponta Delgada 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 Ponta Delgada 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.