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.

Thursday 29 October 2026 · all times local (Vanuatu Standard Time)

Today · Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30
Port Vila port guide and schedule

In port on Thu 29 Oct

Typical

3,760

people in port · 2,610 guests + 1,150 crew

1% busier than a typical day in Port Vila.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
08:00 – 17:00
See the crowd calendar

How busy Port Vila is on Thu 29 Oct

Thursday 29 October 2026 · 1 ship · 3,760 people · all times local (Vanuatu Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Grand Princess
    Princess Cruises
    08:00 – 17:00 · Port of call
    3,760 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 Thu 29 Oct

Most people in port 08:00 – 17:00: 3,760 people on 1 ship.

Grand Princess
08:00 – 17:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

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

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

  • Monday
    1.6K
  • Tuesday
    1.6K
  • Wednesday
    1.9K
  • Thursday
    574
  • Friday
    311
  • Saturday
    2.1K
  • Sunday
    1K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Tue 3 Nov
    1 ship
    2,058
    Light
  2. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship
    2,916
    Light
  3. 3,186
    Typical
  4. 3,696
    Typical
  5. 3,696
    Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 5,680
    Peak
  2. Mon 2 Nov
    1 ship
    5,680
    Peak
  3. Sat 7 Nov
    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 · Sat 24 Oct – Thu 21 Jan

Ship calls
25
Daily average
1,316
people in port
Busiest day
5,680
Sun 25 Oct · 1 ships
Days with ships
26 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.