Port Vila cruise crowd calendar

Port Vila, Efate Island Vanuatu

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

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

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Port Vila port guide and schedule

In port today

No ships

0

No cruise ships scheduled

See the crowd calendar

How busy Port Vila is today

Friday 13 November 2026 · 0 ships · 0 people · all times local (Vanuatu Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals

No cruise ships are scheduled in Port Vila today.

How busy is Port Vila? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    1.2K
  • Tuesday
    1.9K
  • Wednesday
    1.6K
  • Thursday
    308
  • Friday
    287
  • Saturday
    1.7K
  • Sunday
    610

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Mon 1 Feb
    1 ship
    537
    Quiet
  2. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship
    2,916
    Light
  3. 3,186
    Typical
  4. 3,696
    Typical
  5. Sun 3 Jan
    1 ship
    3,696
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 5,680
    Peak
  2. 5,680
    Peak
  3. Wed 9 Dec
    1 ship
    5,680
    Peak
  4. 5,680
    Peak
  5. 5,680
    Peak

Port Vila port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
21
Daily average
1,090
people in port
Busiest day
5,680
Mon 16 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
22 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Port Vila

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Port Vila 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 Port Vila 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 Port Vila 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.