Sandakan cruise crowd calendar

Sandakan, Borneo Malaysia Sabah

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

Tuesday 12 January 2027

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Sandakan port guide and schedule

In port on Tue 12 Jan

Typical

1,040

people in port · 632 guests + 408 crew

About as busy as a typical day in Sandakan.

Ships: 1
Turnarounds: 0
Most ships at once: 1

See the crowd calendar

How busy Sandakan is on Tue 12 Jan

Tuesday 12 January 2027 · 1 ship · 1,040 people

Full ship schedule and terminals

Silver Muse
Silversea
arrives 01:00 · Port of call
1,040 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 12 Jan

Most people in port 01:00 – 00:00: 1,040 people on 1 ship.

Silver Muse

arrives 01:00 · Port of call

People in port

01:0004:0007:0010:0013:0016:0019:0022:00

How busy is Sandakan? Crowd calendar

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

Earlier months 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%

November 2026

0 calls · 0 days with ships

1–2–3–4–5–6–7–8–9–10–11–12–13–14–15–16–17–18–19–20–21–22–23–24–25–26–27–28–29–30–

December 2026

0 calls · 0 days with ships

1–2–3–4–5–6–7–8–9–10–11–12–13–14–15–16–17–18–19–20–21–22–23–24–25–26–27–28–29–30–31–

January 2027

1 call · 1 days with ships

1–2–3–4–5–6–7–8–9–10–11–121.0k 13–14–15–16–17–18–19–20–21–22–23–24–25–26–27–28–29–30–31–

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 Sundays the quietest over the next 90 days.

Monday
0
Tuesday
80
Wednesday
0
Thursday
0
Friday
0
Saturday
0
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

Tue 12 Jan
1 ship
1,040
Typical

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

Tue 12 Jan
1 ship
1,040
Typical

Sandakan port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls: 1
Daily average: 12; people in port
Busiest day: 1,040; Tue 12 Jan · 1 ships
Days with ships: 1 of 90

23 Oct1 Nov1 Dec1 Jan

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Sandakan

Next 30 days · by cruise line

No ships are scheduled in the next 30 days.

Sandakan 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 Sandakan 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 Sandakan 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.