Santorini cruise crowd calendar

Santorini, Greece

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Eastern European Time)

Today · Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18
Santorini port guide and schedule

In port today

Quiet

1,758

people in port · 1,266 guests + 492 crew

64% quieter than a typical day in Santorini.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
See the crowd calendar

How busy Santorini is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 1 ship · 1,758 people · all times local (Eastern European 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 7 am – 8 pm: 1,758 people on 1 ship.

Celestyal Discovery
7:00 am – 8:00 pm · Port of call
Now 11:54 am
People in port
6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm

How busy is Santorini? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    120
  • Tuesday
    220
  • Wednesday
    130
  • Thursday
    626
  • Friday
    498
  • Saturday
    107
  • Sunday
    378

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,395
    Quiet
  2. 1,395
    Quiet
  3. 1,395
    Quiet
  4. 1,395
    Quiet
  5. 1,463
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 5,006
    Typical
  2. 1,758
    Quiet
  3. 1,758
    Quiet
  4. 1,758
    Quiet
  5. 1,758
    Quiet

Santorini port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
15
Daily average
299
people in port
Busiest day
5,006
Fri 13 Nov · 1 ships
Days with ships
15 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Santorini

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Santorini 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 Santorini 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 Santorini 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.