SeasonMap

Cruise season, month by month around the world

The days the ships are in, the old town belongs to them until four.

53 destinations on SeasonMap, ranked within each month by the comfort score — because the point is not only where the season is on, but whether the weather is worth the trip while it is.

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When it is on

Number of destinations with cruise season on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Cruise season in January

  1. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptNile cruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two.94climate
  2. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.93climate
  3. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.92climate
  4. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.91climate
  5. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.89climate
  6. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptNile cruise season · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The boats run Luxor to Aswan through the cool half of the year, and the temples are busiest for the two hours after a fleet ties up.88climate
  7. 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, United StatesCruise turnaround days · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter.87climate
  8. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.86climate
  9. 🇧🇸 Nassau, BahamasCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Six ships at Prince George Wharf on a winter morning puts tens of thousands of people into a small downtown by ten.82climate
  10. Stanley, Falkland IslandsSummer visitor season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors.82climate
  11. 🇲🇽 Isla Mujeres, MexicoDay-tripper season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe island belongs to Cancun day boats between about ten and four in high season: Playa Norte fills in waves off the ferry, then empties by five and the centre goes back to the people who live there.80climate
  12. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The port logged 431 calls and over 800,000 passengers in 2025, the bulk of them in the northern winter, and up to five ships can be alongside at once.78climate
  13. 🇯🇲 Ocho Rios, JamaicaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two ships alongside at the Reynolds and Turtle Bay piers and Dunn's River is a chain of hands on the rock by ten.78climate
  14. 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto RicoCruise season in the old city · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter.77climate
  15. 🇲🇽 Cozumel, MexicoCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 AprCozumel is the busiest cruise port in the Caribbean and from November to April several ships a day dock at once.77climate
  16. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Five or six ships alongside at Havensight and Crown Bay on a winter weekday.77climate
  17. Adamstown, Pitcairn IslandsCruise ship days · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)A handful of ships a year anchor off for a few hours, mostly in the southern summer, and the whole island comes down to the square to sell carvings and honey.77climate
  18. 🇯🇲 Montego Bay, JamaicaWinter and cruise season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Ships call at the Freeport pier through the winter and the Hip Strip works to their schedule.76climate
  19. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four.76climate
  20. George Town, Cayman IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)There is no cruise berth, so passengers come ashore by tender and the shops along Harbour Drive live off them.76climate
  21. 🇧🇿 Belize City, BelizeCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships anchor offshore and tender passengers into the Fort Street terminal, which empties again by four.75climate
  22. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Zante takes several ships at once, and on a heavy day the few streets behind the Circus and the Brimstone Hill tours belong to them from nine until four.75climate
  23. 🇨🇴 Cartagena, ColombiaCruise season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The dry months are also the ship months, and on a two-ship morning the walled city and the Castillo San Felipe belong to guided groups until about four in the afternoon.74climate
  24. 🇬🇩 St. George's, GrenadaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships berth at the Esplanade, a few minutes from the Carenage and the market, so the whole old town takes the load at once.73climate
  25. Oranjestad, ArubaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal is in the middle of town, so passengers step straight onto Caya Betico Croes.73climate

…and 3 more in January.

What's on around the world in January →

Cruise season in February

  1. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptNile cruise season · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The boats run Luxor to Aswan through the cool half of the year, and the temples are busiest for the two hours after a fleet ties up.93climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.92climate
  3. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.91climate
  4. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.90climate
  5. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptNile cruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two.89climate
  6. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.88climate
  7. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.87climate
  8. 🇧🇸 Nassau, BahamasCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Six ships at Prince George Wharf on a winter morning puts tens of thousands of people into a small downtown by ten.84climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, United StatesCruise turnaround days · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter.84climate
  10. 🇲🇽 Isla Mujeres, MexicoDay-tripper season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe island belongs to Cancun day boats between about ten and four in high season: Playa Norte fills in waves off the ferry, then empties by five and the centre goes back to the people who live there.81climate
  11. Stanley, Falkland IslandsSummer visitor season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors.81climate
  12. 🇲🇽 Cozumel, MexicoCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 AprCozumel is the busiest cruise port in the Caribbean and from November to April several ships a day dock at once.79climate
  13. 🇯🇲 Ocho Rios, JamaicaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two ships alongside at the Reynolds and Turtle Bay piers and Dunn's River is a chain of hands on the rock by ten.79climate
  14. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The port logged 431 calls and over 800,000 passengers in 2025, the bulk of them in the northern winter, and up to five ships can be alongside at once.78climate
  15. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Five or six ships alongside at Havensight and Crown Bay on a winter weekday.78climate
  16. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four.77climate
  17. 🇧🇿 Belize City, BelizeCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships anchor offshore and tender passengers into the Fort Street terminal, which empties again by four.77climate
  18. George Town, Cayman IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)There is no cruise berth, so passengers come ashore by tender and the shops along Harbour Drive live off them.77climate
  19. 🇯🇲 Montego Bay, JamaicaWinter and cruise season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Ships call at the Freeport pier through the winter and the Hip Strip works to their schedule.76climate
  20. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Zante takes several ships at once, and on a heavy day the few streets behind the Circus and the Brimstone Hill tours belong to them from nine until four.76climate
  21. 🇨🇴 Cartagena, ColombiaCruise season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The dry months are also the ship months, and on a two-ship morning the walled city and the Castillo San Felipe belong to guided groups until about four in the afternoon.75climate
  22. 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto RicoCruise season in the old city · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter.75climate
  23. 🇬🇩 St. George's, GrenadaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships berth at the Esplanade, a few minutes from the Carenage and the market, so the whole old town takes the load at once.75climate
  24. 🇭🇳 Roatán, HondurasCruise season · 15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two terminals, at Coxen Hole and Mahogany Bay, and on a four-ship morning West Bay beach is a different place entirely.74climate
  25. Oranjestad, ArubaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal is in the middle of town, so passengers step straight onto Caya Betico Croes.74climate

…and 3 more in February.

What's on around the world in February →

Cruise season in March

  1. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.93climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.91climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.87climate
  4. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.85climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, United StatesCruise turnaround days · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter.85climate
  6. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptNile cruise season · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The boats run Luxor to Aswan through the cool half of the year, and the temples are busiest for the two hours after a fleet ties up.83climate
  7. 🇧🇸 Nassau, BahamasCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Six ships at Prince George Wharf on a winter morning puts tens of thousands of people into a small downtown by ten.83climate
  8. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.82climate
  9. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptNile cruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two.82climate
  10. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.81climate
  11. 🇲🇽 Isla Mujeres, MexicoDay-tripper season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe island belongs to Cancun day boats between about ten and four in high season: Playa Norte fills in waves off the ferry, then empties by five and the centre goes back to the people who live there.80climate
  12. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The port logged 431 calls and over 800,000 passengers in 2025, the bulk of them in the northern winter, and up to five ships can be alongside at once.79climate
  13. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four.78climate
  14. 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto RicoCruise season in the old city · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter.77climate
  15. 🇲🇽 Cozumel, MexicoCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 AprCozumel is the busiest cruise port in the Caribbean and from November to April several ships a day dock at once.77climate
  16. George Town, Cayman IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)There is no cruise berth, so passengers come ashore by tender and the shops along Harbour Drive live off them.77climate
  17. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Zante takes several ships at once, and on a heavy day the few streets behind the Circus and the Brimstone Hill tours belong to them from nine until four.77climate
  18. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Five or six ships alongside at Havensight and Crown Bay on a winter weekday.77climate
  19. 🇯🇲 Ocho Rios, JamaicaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two ships alongside at the Reynolds and Turtle Bay piers and Dunn's River is a chain of hands on the rock by ten.76climate
  20. 🇬🇩 St. George's, GrenadaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships berth at the Esplanade, a few minutes from the Carenage and the market, so the whole old town takes the load at once.75climate
  21. Stanley, Falkland IslandsSummer visitor season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors.75climate
  22. 🇧🇿 Belize City, BelizeCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships anchor offshore and tender passengers into the Fort Street terminal, which empties again by four.74climate
  23. Willemstad, CuraçaoCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Around 600,000 passengers a year come ashore at the Mega Pier or the Otrobanda wharves, most of them in the northern winter.74climate
  24. 🇨🇴 Cartagena, ColombiaCruise season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The dry months are also the ship months, and on a two-ship morning the walled city and the Castillo San Felipe belong to guided groups until about four in the afternoon.73climate
  25. 🇭🇳 Roatán, HondurasCruise season · 15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two terminals, at Coxen Hole and Mahogany Bay, and on a four-ship morning West Bay beach is a different place entirely.73climate

…and 4 more in March.

What's on around the world in March →

Cruise season in April

  1. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.94climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.94climate
  3. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.93climate
  4. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.93climate
  5. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.92climate
  6. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.90climate
  7. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.86climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.86climate
  9. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.83climate
  10. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.83climate
  11. 🇧🇸 Nassau, BahamasCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Six ships at Prince George Wharf on a winter morning puts tens of thousands of people into a small downtown by ten.78climate
  12. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.78climate
  13. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.77climate
  14. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The port logged 431 calls and over 800,000 passengers in 2025, the bulk of them in the northern winter, and up to five ships can be alongside at once.76climate
  15. 🇲🇽 Isla Mujeres, MexicoDay-tripper season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe island belongs to Cancun day boats between about ten and four in high season: Playa Norte fills in waves off the ferry, then empties by five and the centre goes back to the people who live there.76climate
  16. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four.75climate
  17. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Five or six ships alongside at Havensight and Crown Bay on a winter weekday.75climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, United StatesCruise turnaround days · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter.75climate
  19. 🇲🇽 Cozumel, MexicoCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 AprCozumel is the busiest cruise port in the Caribbean and from November to April several ships a day dock at once.74climate
  20. George Town, Cayman IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)There is no cruise berth, so passengers come ashore by tender and the shops along Harbour Drive live off them.74climate
  21. 🇬🇩 St. George's, GrenadaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships berth at the Esplanade, a few minutes from the Carenage and the market, so the whole old town takes the load at once.73climate
  22. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Zante takes several ships at once, and on a heavy day the few streets behind the Circus and the Brimstone Hill tours belong to them from nine until four.73climate
  23. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.72climate
  24. 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto RicoCruise season in the old city · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter.72climate
  25. Willemstad, CuraçaoCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Around 600,000 passengers a year come ashore at the Mega Pier or the Otrobanda wharves, most of them in the northern winter.72climate

…and 9 more in April.

What's on around the world in April →

Cruise season in May

  1. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.95climate
  2. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.94climate
  3. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.93climate
  4. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.93climate
  5. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.93climate
  6. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips berth a few hundred metres from Diocletian's palace, so the cellars and the Peristyle absorb the whole of a ship's day trip.92climate
  7. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceCruise days in the old town · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening.92climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Naples, ItalyShips in at the Marittima · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Cruise calls empty straight onto the Capri and Pompeii runs, so the bottleneck is the Beverello hydrofoil queue rather than the city itself.91climate
  9. 🇮🇹 Taormina, ItalyShips in at Giardini Naxos · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.90climate
  10. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyDay-tripper hours · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)Boats from Naples and Sorrento land thousands of people between ten and four, and the funicular queue in the port is the proof.89climate
  11. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.88climate
  12. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.86climate
  13. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips anchor a hundred metres from the town gate and unload into a walled town you can cross in six minutes.82climate
  14. 🇳🇴 Bergen, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Norway's busiest cruise port takes several ships a day through the summer.81climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Anchorage, United StatesSummer visitor season · 15 May – 15 SepCruise passengers, the railroad and every rental car in the state move through Anchorage between mid-May and mid-September.81climate
  16. 🇳🇴 Ålesund, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Alesund is the tender port for Geiranger and the ships tie up right below the town.79climate
  17. 🇳🇴 Geiranger, NorwayCruise ships in the fjord · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Eighty-odd ships a summer anchor off a village of a few hundred people, and the coaches to Dalsnibba leave as soon as the tenders land.76climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesCruise ship season · 1 May – 31 OctShips tender into the harbour from May, and the heaviest calls land in September and October with the leaf cruises.75climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Juneau, United StatesCruise season · 25 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)Ships dock nearly every day from late April to the end of September under a daily passenger cap agreed with the town.71climate
  20. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.65climate

What's on around the world in May →

Cruise season in June

  1. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.91climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Anchorage, United StatesSummer visitor season · 15 May – 15 SepCruise passengers, the railroad and every rental car in the state move through Anchorage between mid-May and mid-September.90climate
  3. 🇮🇹 Taormina, ItalyShips in at Giardini Naxos · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.90climate
  4. 🇪🇪 Tallinn, EstoniaDay-trippers from the sea · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Helsinki ferries land several thousand people a morning and the cruise ships add to it, so the old town between eleven and four is not the old town.89climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.88climate
  6. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyDay-tripper hours · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)Boats from Naples and Sorrento land thousands of people between ten and four, and the funicular queue in the port is the proof.87climate
  7. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.86climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Naples, ItalyShips in at the Marittima · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Cruise calls empty straight onto the Capri and Pompeii runs, so the bottleneck is the Beverello hydrofoil queue rather than the city itself.86climate
  9. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceCruise passenger levy · 1 Jun – 30 SepGreece charges cruise passengers landing at Santorini twenty euros a head in the summer months, twelve in October and four from November: the state's own crowding meter.85climate
  10. 🇳🇴 Bergen, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Norway's busiest cruise port takes several ships a day through the summer.85climate
  11. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.84climate
  12. 🇳🇴 Ålesund, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Alesund is the tender port for Geiranger and the ships tie up right below the town.84climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesCruise ship season · 1 May – 31 OctShips tender into the harbour from May, and the heaviest calls land in September and October with the leaf cruises.84climate
  14. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.83climate
  15. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.83climate
  16. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips berth a few hundred metres from Diocletian's palace, so the cellars and the Peristyle absorb the whole of a ship's day trip.83climate
  17. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips anchor a hundred metres from the town gate and unload into a walled town you can cross in six minutes.83climate
  18. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceCruise days in the old town · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening.83climate
  19. 🇳🇴 Geiranger, NorwayCruise ships in the fjord · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Eighty-odd ships a summer anchor off a village of a few hundred people, and the coaches to Dalsnibba leave as soon as the tenders land.83climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Juneau, United StatesCruise season · 25 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)Ships dock nearly every day from late April to the end of September under a daily passenger cap agreed with the town.83climate
  21. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.81climate
  22. 🇬🇱 Nuuk, GreenlandCruise season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Expedition ships and the larger liners call through the ice-free months and unload a few thousand people into a town of twenty thousand.73climate
  23. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.55climate

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Cruise season in July

  1. 🇺🇸 Anchorage, United StatesSummer visitor season · 15 May – 15 SepCruise passengers, the railroad and every rental car in the state move through Anchorage between mid-May and mid-September.93climate
  2. 🇪🇪 Tallinn, EstoniaDay-trippers from the sea · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Helsinki ferries land several thousand people a morning and the cruise ships add to it, so the old town between eleven and four is not the old town.92climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesCruise ship season · 1 May – 31 OctShips tender into the harbour from May, and the heaviest calls land in September and October with the leaf cruises.91climate
  4. 🇳🇴 Ålesund, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Alesund is the tender port for Geiranger and the ships tie up right below the town.87climate
  5. 🇳🇴 Geiranger, NorwayCruise ships in the fjord · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Eighty-odd ships a summer anchor off a village of a few hundred people, and the coaches to Dalsnibba leave as soon as the tenders land.85climate
  6. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.84climate
  7. 🇳🇴 Bergen, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Norway's busiest cruise port takes several ships a day through the summer.83climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Taormina, ItalyShips in at Giardini Naxos · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.83climate
  9. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.81climate
  10. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.80climate
  11. 🇬🇱 Nuuk, GreenlandCruise season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Expedition ships and the larger liners call through the ice-free months and unload a few thousand people into a town of twenty thousand.80climate
  12. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyDay-tripper hours · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)Boats from Naples and Sorrento land thousands of people between ten and four, and the funicular queue in the port is the proof.80climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Juneau, United StatesCruise season · 25 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)Ships dock nearly every day from late April to the end of September under a daily passenger cap agreed with the town.80climate
  14. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.79climate
  15. 🇮🇹 Naples, ItalyShips in at the Marittima · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Cruise calls empty straight onto the Capri and Pompeii runs, so the bottleneck is the Beverello hydrofoil queue rather than the city itself.79climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceCruise passenger levy · 1 Jun – 30 SepGreece charges cruise passengers landing at Santorini twenty euros a head in the summer months, twelve in October and four from November: the state's own crowding meter.79climate
  17. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.78climate
  18. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips berth a few hundred metres from Diocletian's palace, so the cellars and the Peristyle absorb the whole of a ship's day trip.78climate
  19. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceCruise days in the old town · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening.77climate
  20. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips anchor a hundred metres from the town gate and unload into a walled town you can cross in six minutes.76climate
  21. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.75climate
  22. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.72climate
  23. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.42climate

What's on around the world in July →

Cruise season in August

  1. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesCruise ship season · 1 May – 31 OctShips tender into the harbour from May, and the heaviest calls land in September and October with the leaf cruises.88climate
  2. 🇪🇪 Tallinn, EstoniaDay-trippers from the sea · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Helsinki ferries land several thousand people a morning and the cruise ships add to it, so the old town between eleven and four is not the old town.86climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Anchorage, United StatesSummer visitor season · 15 May – 15 SepCruise passengers, the railroad and every rental car in the state move through Anchorage between mid-May and mid-September.83climate
  4. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.82climate
  5. 🇮🇹 Taormina, ItalyShips in at Giardini Naxos · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.81climate
  6. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.79climate
  7. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.78climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Naples, ItalyShips in at the Marittima · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Cruise calls empty straight onto the Capri and Pompeii runs, so the bottleneck is the Beverello hydrofoil queue rather than the city itself.78climate
  9. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceCruise passenger levy · 1 Jun – 30 SepGreece charges cruise passengers landing at Santorini twenty euros a head in the summer months, twelve in October and four from November: the state's own crowding meter.78climate
  10. 🇳🇴 Geiranger, NorwayCruise ships in the fjord · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Eighty-odd ships a summer anchor off a village of a few hundred people, and the coaches to Dalsnibba leave as soon as the tenders land.78climate
  11. 🇬🇱 Nuuk, GreenlandCruise season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Expedition ships and the larger liners call through the ice-free months and unload a few thousand people into a town of twenty thousand.77climate
  12. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyDay-tripper hours · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)Boats from Naples and Sorrento land thousands of people between ten and four, and the funicular queue in the port is the proof.77climate
  13. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips berth a few hundred metres from Diocletian's palace, so the cellars and the Peristyle absorb the whole of a ship's day trip.76climate
  14. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.76climate
  15. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.76climate
  16. 🇳🇴 Ålesund, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Alesund is the tender port for Geiranger and the ships tie up right below the town.76climate
  17. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.75climate
  18. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceCruise days in the old town · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening.75climate
  19. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips anchor a hundred metres from the town gate and unload into a walled town you can cross in six minutes.74climate
  20. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.73climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Juneau, United StatesCruise season · 25 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)Ships dock nearly every day from late April to the end of September under a daily passenger cap agreed with the town.73climate
  22. 🇳🇴 Bergen, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Norway's busiest cruise port takes several ships a day through the summer.72climate
  23. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.44climate

What's on around the world in August →

Cruise season in September

  1. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.87climate
  2. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips berth a few hundred metres from Diocletian's palace, so the cellars and the Peristyle absorb the whole of a ship's day trip.85climate
  3. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceCruise passenger levy · 1 Jun – 30 SepGreece charges cruise passengers landing at Santorini twenty euros a head in the summer months, twelve in October and four from November: the state's own crowding meter.85climate
  4. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.85climate
  5. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.85climate
  6. 🇨🇦 Halifax, CanadaCruise season · 1 Sep – 31 OctShips call from spring, but the leaf-season sailings down from the St Lawrence stack up in September and October and several thousand passengers can land on one morning.85climate
  7. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.85climate
  8. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.84climate
  9. 🇮🇹 Taormina, ItalyShips in at Giardini Naxos · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.84climate
  10. 🇨🇦 Charlottetown, CanadaCruise ship calls · 1 Sep – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes most of its calls in September and October, when the Canada and New England itineraries come through — around three dozen ships in two months into a city of forty thousand.82climate
  11. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.81climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesCruise ship season · 1 May – 31 OctShips tender into the harbour from May, and the heaviest calls land in September and October with the leaf cruises.81climate
  13. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.80climate
  14. 🇮🇹 Naples, ItalyShips in at the Marittima · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Cruise calls empty straight onto the Capri and Pompeii runs, so the bottleneck is the Beverello hydrofoil queue rather than the city itself.80climate
  15. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceCruise days in the old town · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening.80climate
  16. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyDay-tripper hours · 15 May – 30 Sep (usually)Boats from Naples and Sorrento land thousands of people between ten and four, and the funicular queue in the port is the proof.80climate
  17. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips anchor a hundred metres from the town gate and unload into a walled town you can cross in six minutes.78climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Anchorage, United StatesSummer visitor season · 15 May – 15 SepCruise passengers, the railroad and every rental car in the state move through Anchorage between mid-May and mid-September.73climate
  19. 🇳🇴 Geiranger, NorwayCruise ships in the fjord · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Eighty-odd ships a summer anchor off a village of a few hundred people, and the coaches to Dalsnibba leave as soon as the tenders land.69climate
  20. 🇬🇱 Nuuk, GreenlandCruise season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Expedition ships and the larger liners call through the ice-free months and unload a few thousand people into a town of twenty thousand.67climate
  21. 🇳🇴 Bergen, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Norway's busiest cruise port takes several ships a day through the summer.66climate
  22. 🇳🇴 Ålesund, NorwayCruise ships in port · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Alesund is the tender port for Geiranger and the ships tie up right below the town.63climate
  23. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.60climate
  24. 🇺🇸 Juneau, United StatesCruise season · 25 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)Ships dock nearly every day from late April to the end of September under a daily passenger cap agreed with the town.59climate

What's on around the world in September →

Cruise season in October

  1. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceCoach and cruise season at Knossos · 15 Apr – 31 OctThe site takes the island's whole coach and cruise load between ten and two, on almost no shade.92climate
  2. 🇹🇷 Selçuk, TurkeyEphesus cruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctShips berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street.92climate
  3. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceCruise calls in the Old Town · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Ships tie up beside the medieval walls and the Street of the Knights belongs to their tours between about ten and four.89climate
  4. 🇪🇸 Málaga, SpainCruise calls at the port · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes several hundred calls a year and the passengers walk straight into the centre, so Calle Larios, the cathedral and the Alcazaba are thickest between ten and four on a two-ship day.89climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.88climate
  6. 🇭🇷 Split, CroatiaCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips berth a few hundred metres from Diocletian's palace, so the cellars and the Peristyle absorb the whole of a ship's day trip.87climate
  7. Gibraltar, GibraltarCruise calls · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Around two hundred and fifty ships a year berth on the western arm, and on a two-ship day Main Street and the cable car queue belong to them until the middle of the afternoon.87climate
  8. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes at most two ships a day under an agreement with the city, but on a two-ship morning the walls and the Stradun are a slow-moving queue until early afternoon.85climate
  9. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.85climate
  10. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.84climate
  11. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceCruise days in the old town · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Ships tie up a ten-minute walk from the Liston and the Spianada, so the old town runs on ship hours: heaving from ten to four, and the town's own again by early evening.84climate
  12. 🇲🇪 Kotor, MontenegroCruise season · 1 May – 15 OctShips anchor a hundred metres from the town gate and unload into a walled town you can cross in six minutes.81climate
  13. 🇮🇹 Taormina, ItalyShips in at Giardini Naxos · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Tenders land at Giardini Naxos and Messina and the coaches come up the hairpins together, so the Corso and the cable car are worst between eleven and four and quiet by six.81climate
  14. Adamstown, Pitcairn IslandsCruise ship days · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)A handful of ships a year anchor off for a few hours, mostly in the southern summer, and the whole island comes down to the square to sell carvings and honey.80climate
  15. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.77climate
  16. 🇮🇹 Genoa, ItalyCruise season · 1 Apr – 31 OctThis is a home port rather than a stop, so the ships turn round here on Saturdays and Sundays and the aquarium and the Porto Antico take the whole day's worth at once.76climate
  17. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.75climate
  18. Stanley, Falkland IslandsSummer visitor season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors.73climate
  19. 🇨🇦 Halifax, CanadaCruise season · 1 Sep – 31 OctShips call from spring, but the leaf-season sailings down from the St Lawrence stack up in September and October and several thousand passengers can land on one morning.69climate
  20. 🇨🇦 Charlottetown, CanadaCruise ship calls · 1 Sep – 31 Oct (usually)The port takes most of its calls in September and October, when the Canada and New England itineraries come through — around three dozen ships in two months into a city of forty thousand.68climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesCruise ship season · 1 May – 31 OctShips tender into the harbour from May, and the heaviest calls land in September and October with the leaf cruises.68climate
  22. 🇦🇷 Ushuaia, ArgentinaAntarctic sailing season · 20 Oct – 31 MarMost Antarctic expeditions on Earth leave from this pier between late October and March, and the town runs on their turnaround days.66climate
  23. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptNile cruise season · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The boats run Luxor to Aswan through the cool half of the year, and the temples are busiest for the two hours after a fleet ties up.65climate
  24. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.61climate
  25. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptNile cruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two.57climate

What's on around the world in October →

Cruise season in November

  1. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.92climate
  2. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.88climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.86climate
  4. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptNile cruise season · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The boats run Luxor to Aswan through the cool half of the year, and the temples are busiest for the two hours after a fleet ties up.85climate
  5. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.81climate
  6. Adamstown, Pitcairn IslandsCruise ship days · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)A handful of ships a year anchor off for a few hours, mostly in the southern summer, and the whole island comes down to the square to sell carvings and honey.80climate
  7. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptNile cruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two.79climate
  8. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaThree Gorges cruise season · 15 Mar – 15 Nov (usually)Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn.78climate
  9. Stanley, Falkland IslandsSummer visitor season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors.76climate
  10. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.75climate
  11. 🇧🇸 Nassau, BahamasCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Six ships at Prince George Wharf on a winter morning puts tens of thousands of people into a small downtown by ten.73climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, United StatesCruise turnaround days · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter.71climate
  13. 🇲🇽 Cozumel, MexicoCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 AprCozumel is the busiest cruise port in the Caribbean and from November to April several ships a day dock at once.68climate
  14. 🇦🇷 Ushuaia, ArgentinaAntarctic sailing season · 20 Oct – 31 MarMost Antarctic expeditions on Earth leave from this pier between late October and March, and the town runs on their turnaround days.67climate
  15. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The port logged 431 calls and over 800,000 passengers in 2025, the bulk of them in the northern winter, and up to five ships can be alongside at once.67climate
  16. 🇯🇲 Ocho Rios, JamaicaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two ships alongside at the Reynolds and Turtle Bay piers and Dunn's River is a chain of hands on the rock by ten.66climate
  17. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Zante takes several ships at once, and on a heavy day the few streets behind the Circus and the Brimstone Hill tours belong to them from nine until four.65climate
  18. 🇯🇲 Montego Bay, JamaicaWinter and cruise season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Ships call at the Freeport pier through the winter and the Hip Strip works to their schedule.64climate
  19. 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto RicoCruise season in the old city · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter.64climate
  20. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four.64climate
  21. Willemstad, CuraçaoCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Around 600,000 passengers a year come ashore at the Mega Pier or the Otrobanda wharves, most of them in the northern winter.62climate
  22. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Five or six ships alongside at Havensight and Crown Bay on a winter weekday.62climate
  23. Oranjestad, ArubaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal is in the middle of town, so passengers step straight onto Caya Betico Croes.61climate
  24. George Town, Cayman IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)There is no cruise berth, so passengers come ashore by tender and the shops along Harbour Drive live off them.61climate
  25. 🇬🇩 St. George's, GrenadaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships berth at the Esplanade, a few minutes from the Carenage and the market, so the whole old town takes the load at once.60climate

…and 3 more in November.

What's on around the world in November →

Cruise season in December

  1. 🇳🇿 Napier, New ZealandCruise season on Marine Parade · 1 Oct – 30 AprNapier is one of the busier cruise calls in the country and the ships berth a short walk from the Deco blocks.93climate
  2. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptNile cruise season · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The boats run Luxor to Aswan through the cool half of the year, and the temples are busiest for the two hours after a fleet ties up.91climate
  3. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainCruise and transatlantic season · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe port is the staging post for the winter cruise circuit and for the yachts crossing to the Caribbean in November.91climate
  4. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptNile cruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)The boats moor four and five abreast at the corniche and the temple sites run to their schedule: full at nine, empty by two.91climate
  5. 🇳🇿 Auckland, New ZealandCruise season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Ships tie up at Queens Wharf from October to April.90climate
  6. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesCruise season at Zayed Port · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal takes calls from October, with the heaviest weeks between December and March.86climate
  7. 🇳🇿 Dunedin, New ZealandCruise season at Port Chalmers · 1 Oct – 30 AprPort Chalmers is one of the busiest cruise calls in New Zealand and takes several ships a week through the summer.83climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, United StatesCruise turnaround days · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Everglades runs several ships turning round on the same weekend morning through the winter.80climate
  9. Stanley, Falkland IslandsSummer visitor season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Ships call at Stanley from October to March, and on a two-ship day a town of two thousand takes several thousand visitors.78climate
  10. 🇧🇸 Nassau, BahamasCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Six ships at Prince George Wharf on a winter morning puts tens of thousands of people into a small downtown by ten.77climate
  11. Adamstown, Pitcairn IslandsCruise ship days · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)A handful of ships a year anchor off for a few hours, mostly in the southern summer, and the whole island comes down to the square to sell carvings and honey.77climate
  12. 🇲🇽 Isla Mujeres, MexicoDay-tripper season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe island belongs to Cancun day boats between about ten and four in high season: Playa Norte fills in waves off the ferry, then empties by five and the centre goes back to the people who live there.76climate
  13. 🇦🇬 St. John's, Antigua and BarbudaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The port logged 431 calls and over 800,000 passengers in 2025, the bulk of them in the northern winter, and up to five ships can be alongside at once.75climate
  14. 🇯🇲 Ocho Rios, JamaicaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Two ships alongside at the Reynolds and Turtle Bay piers and Dunn's River is a chain of hands on the rock by ten.74climate
  15. 🇯🇲 Montego Bay, JamaicaWinter and cruise season · 15 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Ships call at the Freeport pier through the winter and the Hip Strip works to their schedule.73climate
  16. 🇵🇷 San Juan, Puerto RicoCruise season in the old city · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)San Juan is a homeport as well as a stop, so the old city takes both turnaround passengers and day callers through the winter.73climate
  17. 🇸🇽 Philipsburg, Sint MaartenCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The Wathey pier takes up to six ships at once and Front Street belongs to them from nine until four.73climate
  18. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Port Zante takes several ships at once, and on a heavy day the few streets behind the Circus and the Brimstone Hill tours belong to them from nine until four.73climate
  19. Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Five or six ships alongside at Havensight and Crown Bay on a winter weekday.73climate
  20. 🇲🇽 Cozumel, MexicoCruise ship season · 1 Nov – 30 AprCozumel is the busiest cruise port in the Caribbean and from November to April several ships a day dock at once.72climate
  21. George Town, Cayman IslandsCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)There is no cruise berth, so passengers come ashore by tender and the shops along Harbour Drive live off them.72climate
  22. 🇨🇴 Cartagena, ColombiaCruise season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The dry months are also the ship months, and on a two-ship morning the walled city and the Castillo San Felipe belong to guided groups until about four in the afternoon.71climate
  23. 🇧🇿 Belize City, BelizeCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Ships anchor offshore and tender passengers into the Fort Street terminal, which empties again by four.71climate
  24. Oranjestad, ArubaCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The terminal is in the middle of town, so passengers step straight onto Caya Betico Croes.69climate
  25. Willemstad, CuraçaoCruise season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)Around 600,000 passengers a year come ashore at the Mega Pier or the Otrobanda wharves, most of them in the northern winter.69climate

…and 3 more in December.

What's on around the world in December →