Porto (Leixões) cruise crowd calendar

Porto (Leixões), Portugal

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

Thursday 29 October 2026 · all times local (Western European Time)

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Porto (Leixões) port guide and schedule

In port on Thu 29 Oct

Busy

3,506

people in port · 2,506 guests + 1,000 crew

35% busier than a typical day in Porto (Leixões).

Ships
1
Turnarounds
0
Most ships at once
1
Ships alongside
08:00 – 18:00
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How busy Porto (Leixões) is on Thu 29 Oct

Thursday 29 October 2026 · 1 ship · 3,506 people · all times local (Western European Time)

Full ship schedule and terminals
  • Mein Schiff 3
    TUI Cruises
    08:00 – 18:00 · Port of call
    3,506 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 Thu 29 Oct

Most people in port 08:00 – 18:00: 3,506 people on 1 ship.

Mein Schiff 3
08:00 – 18:00 · Port of call
People in port
06:0009:0012:0015:0018:00

How busy is Porto (Leixões)? Crowd calendar

People in port each day, guests plus crew, compared with a typical Porto (Leixões) 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 Fridays the quietest over the next 90 days.

  • Monday
    943
  • Tuesday
    1.5K
  • Wednesday
    457
  • Thursday
    569
  • Friday
    0
  • Saturday
    576
  • Sunday
    578

Average people in port, next 90 days

Quietest and busiest days ahead

Quietest days with ships

Next 90 days · fewest people in port

  1. Thu 5 Nov
    1 ship
    1,295
    Quiet
  2. 1,539
    Light
  3. Tue 3 Nov
    1 ship
    1,818
    Light
  4. Mon 7 Dec
    1 ship
    1,860
    Light
  5. Sat 5 Dec
    1 ship
    2,024
    Light

Busiest days

Next 90 days · most people in port

  1. 4,332
    Peak
  2. 4,186
    Peak
  3. 4,186
    Peak
  4. Wed 2 Dec
    1 ship
    3,691
    Busy
  5. 3,506
    Busy

Porto (Leixões) port traffic, next 90 days

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

Ship calls
22
Daily average
655
people in port
Busiest day
4,332
Tue 27 Oct · 1 ships
Days with ships
21 of 90

Today is outlined. Hover a bar for the day.

Ships calling at Porto (Leixões)

Next 30 days · by cruise line

Porto (Leixões) 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 Porto (Leixões) 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 Porto (Leixões) 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.