Darwin cruise crowd calendar

Darwin, Australia

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

Tuesday 10 November 2026 · all times local (Australian Central Standard Time)

Today · Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29
Darwin port guide and schedule

In port on Tue 10 Nov

Busy

1,395

people in port · 930 guests + 465 crew

39% busier than a typical day in Darwin.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
See the crowd calendar

How busy Darwin is on Tue 10 Nov

Tuesday 10 November 2026 · 1 ship · 1,395 people · all times local (Australian Central Standard Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Viking Venus
    Viking Ocean
    departs overnight · 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 on Tue 10 Nov

Most people in port 00:00 – 00:00: 1,395 people on 1 ship.

Viking Venus
departs overnight · Port of call
People in port
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How busy is Darwin? Crowd calendar

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

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

  • Monday
    1.4K
  • Tuesday
    601
  • Wednesday
    107
  • Thursday
    343
  • Friday
    158
  • Saturday
    0
  • Sunday
    480

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 9 Nov
    1 ship · 1 turnaround
    364
    Quiet
  2. 1,007
    Typical
  3. 1,102
    Typical
  4. Mon 7 Dec
    1 ship
    1,296
    Busy
  5. Tue 8 Dec
    1 ship
    1,296
    Busy

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Mon 30 Nov
    2 ships
    5,247
    Peak
  2. 4,906
    Peak
  3. 4,290
    Peak
  4. Sun 29 Nov
    2 ships
    4,187
    Peak
  5. Tue 3 Nov
    1 ship
    4,114
    Peak

Darwin port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
15
Daily average
447
people in port
Busiest day
5,247
Mon 30 Nov · 2 ships
Days with ships
17 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Darwin

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Darwin 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 Darwin 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 Darwin 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.