Lyttelton-Christchurch cruise crowd calendar

Lyttelton-Christchurch, New Zealand

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

Tuesday 22 December 2026

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Lyttelton-Christchurch port guide and schedule

In port on Tue 22 Dec

Quiet

1,007

people in port · 596 guests + 411 crew

65% quieter than a typical day in Lyttelton-Christchurch.

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
09:00 – 18:00
See the crowd calendar

How busy Lyttelton-Christchurch is on Tue 22 Dec

Tuesday 22 December 2026 · 1 ship · 1,007 people

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Silver Moon
    Silversea
    09:00 – 18:00 · Port of call
    1,007 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 22 Dec

Most people in port 09:00 – 18:00: 1,007 people on 1 ship.

Silver Moon
09:00 – 18:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Lyttelton-Christchurch? Crowd calendar

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

Earlier monthsLater 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

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

  • Monday
    912
  • Tuesday
    933
  • Wednesday
    654
  • Thursday
    694
  • Friday
    751
  • Saturday
    0
  • Sunday
    1.2K

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. 1,007
    Quiet
  2. 1,102
    Quiet
  3. 1,102
    Quiet
  4. 1,296
    Quiet
  5. Tue 1 Dec
    1 ship
    1,395
    Quiet

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. Sun 13 Dec
    2 ships
    6,008
    Peak
  2. 5,680
    Peak
  3. Fri 1 Jan
    1 ship
    5,680
    Peak
  4. 4,906
    Peak
  5. Mon 2 Nov
    1 ship
    4,238
    Busy

Lyttelton-Christchurch port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
23
Daily average
739
people in port
Busiest day
6,008
Sun 13 Dec · 2 ships
Days with ships
21 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Lyttelton-Christchurch

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Lyttelton-Christchurch 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 Lyttelton-Christchurch 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 Lyttelton-Christchurch 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.