St John's cruise crowd calendar

St John's, Antigua

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

Thursday 12 November 2026 · all times local (Atlantic Standard Time)

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

In port today

Peak

8,619

people in port · 6,044 guests + 2,575 crew

121% busier than a typical day in St John's.

Ships
4
Turnarounds
1
Most ships at once
4
Ships alongside
8:00 am – 9:00 pm
See the crowd calendar

How busy St John's is today

Thursday 12 November 2026 · 4 ships · 8,619 people · all times local (Atlantic Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Vision of the Seas
    Royal Caribbean
    8:00 am – 5:00 pm · Port of call
    2,792 people
  • Explora I
    Explora Journeys
    9:00 am – 9:00 pm · Turnaround
    1,562 people
  • MSC Opera
    MSC Cruises
    9:00 am – 6:00 pm · Port of call
    2,870 people
  • Viking Sea
    Viking Ocean
    times not published · Port of call
    1,395 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 today

Most people in port 9 am – 5 pm: 8,619 people on 4 ships.

Vision of the Seas
8:00 am – 5:00 pm · Port of call
Explora I
9:00 am – 9:00 pm · Turnaround
MSC Opera
9:00 am – 6:00 pm · Port of call
Viking Sea
times not published · Port of call
Now 3:06 pm
People in port
midnight3 am6 am9 amnoon3 pm6 pm9 pmmidnight

How busy is St John's? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical St John's 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 Sundays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    6.7K
  • Tuesday
    14K
  • Wednesday
    11K
  • Thursday
    7.1K
  • Friday
    6.3K
  • Saturday
    9.1K
  • Sunday
    6.2K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,566
    Quiet
  2. Fri 4 Dec
    1 ship
    2,637
    Light
  3. 2,637
    Light
  4. Mon 4 Jan
    1 ship
    2,637
    Light
  5. 2,812
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Wed 3 Feb
    5 ships
    20,867
    Peak
  2. Tue 26 Jan
    6 ships
    20,519
    Peak
  3. Wed 20 Jan
    4 ships
    20,432
    Peak
  4. Wed 23 Dec
    5 ships
    18,719
    Peak
  5. Tue 17 Nov
    5 ships
    18,006
    Peak

St John's port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
234
Daily average
8,542
people in port
Busiest day
20,867
Wed 3 Feb · 5 ships
Days with ships
87 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at St John's

Next 30 days · by cruise line

St John's 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 St John's 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 St John's 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.