Cherbourg Cruise Port Schedule
Who's docked, when they arrive, when they sail — and how busy Cherbourg gets before you commit to a port day.
Cherbourg Cruise Port Traffic — Today
Cherbourg cruise ship schedule and port traffic, updated daily
This is a live Cherbourg cruise port schedule for Cherbourg, France — a real-time Cherbourg cruise terminal schedule. Pick any date to see which ships are docked, when each one arrives and sails, how many passengers and crew are aboard, and how the day's total compares with a typical day at the port.
Cruisers use it to pick quieter days to be in port. Anyone working around the port can see how many passengers and crew are due in before the day starts.
Everything below runs off the same schedule feed: a three-month heat map, traffic highlights, a 90-day chart, and a full roster of the cruise lines and ships calling at Cherbourg this season.
Cherbourg cruise port schedule, September–November 2026
Green days are quiet, pink days are packed. Hover for the day's numbers, click to load its ship list.
Cherbourg cruise port traffic, by the numbers
What the Cherbourg schedule actually tells you
Cherbourg cruise port traffic is anything but even across the week. Wednesday is the heaviest day on the schedule, averaging 1,438 passengers and crew. Saturday is the quiet end of the week, averaging 0.
The single heaviest date currently scheduled is Monday, September 28, when 1 ships bring roughly 8,038 passengers and crew into the port at once — the date to route around if you want space.
Across the schedule, Cherbourg is on track for about 0.2 million passengers and crew a year — roughly 550 people a day.
Use the heat map above to find a green day if you want a quieter port, or a pink day if you want the biggest ships in port at the same time.
Cherbourg, France is located on the Cotentin Peninsula in the Normandy region of northwestern France. It is situated on the English Channel, approximately 80 miles (130 km) west of the port of Le Havre and 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Paris. The port of Cherbourg is the largest in the region and is a major ferry port for passengers and freight. It is also a popular cruise port, with many cruise ships docking there each year.
Full Cherbourg port guide →Cruise lines and ships in the Cherbourg schedule
Daily Cherbourg cruise port traffic chart
Scheduled passengers and crew, day by day. Hover a bar for that day's totals, click to open it up top.
Cherbourg cruise ship schedule FAQ
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