Crowd forecasts · cities and cruise ports · updated nightly

Will it be crowded?

Pick a destination and a date. We tell you how busy it will be — and how to get around the worst of it: timing, smart planning and skip-the-line tickets.

Palma de MallorcaES · cruise portSat 22 Aug
Packed

The busiest day in this forecast.

Start before 09:30 or after 16:00 — the middle of the day is the worst of it. Your plan for Saturday →

Lines will be long at the busiest attractions. How to skip the line →

Flexible? Thu 27 Aug is the calmest of these seven days.

Where is it busy?

Every destination, on the day you pick

Choose a day and see how each city or port reads — each one scored against its own year, so Packed in Prague means Prague-packed.

Calm Lively Busy Packed Calmest day

The busiest few in each region right now. Open the full list below.

Europe

5 / 67
Palma de MallorcaES · portPackedbusiest · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 AugAlanyaTR · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugAmalfiIT · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugAntalyaTR · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugBudapestHUPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 Aug

Caribbean

5 / 9
St George'sGD · portPackedbusier than 95% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugFort-de-FranceMQ · portPackedbusier than 85% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSan JuanPR · portBusybusier than 68% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugNassauBS · portLivelybusier than 41% · Sa 22Calmest: Fri 28 AugKralendijkBQ · portLivelybusier than 40% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 Aug

North America

5 / 13
Los AngelesUS · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSan DiegoUS · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Tue 25 AugChicagoUSPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugNew York CityUS · portPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugWashington, D.C.USPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 Aug

Asia-Pacific

3 / 3
SingaporeSG · portBusybusier than 75% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugMelbourneAU · portBusybusier than 74% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSydneyAU · portBusybusier than 74% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 Aug
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Europe

67 destinations
OsloNO · portBusybusier than 68% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSouthamptonGB · portBusybusier than 68% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugDubrovnikHR · portBusybusier than 74% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugHelsinkiFI · portBusybusier than 77% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugLisbonPT · portBusybusier than 77% · Sa 22Calmest: Tue 25 AugHeraklionGR · portBusybusier than 78% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugLa SpeziaIT · portBusybusier than 80% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugPalermoIT · portBusybusier than 80% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugIbizaES · portBusybusier than 81% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugIstanbulTR · portBusybusier than 81% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugLiverpoolGB · portBusybusier than 81% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugKotorME · portBusybusier than 82% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugChaniaGR · portBusybusier than 84% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugMykonosGR · portPackedbusier than 86% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugVallettaMT · portPackedbusier than 86% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugEdinburghGB · portPackedbusier than 88% · Sa 22Calmest: Wed 26 AugMonacoMC · portPackedbusier than 88% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugPortoPT · portPackedbusier than 88% · Sa 22Calmest: Fri 28 AugSantoriniGR · portPackedbusier than 88% · Sa 22Calmest: Fri 28 AugBarcelonaES · portPackedbusier than 89% · Sa 22Calmest: Wed 26 AugNiceFR · portPackedbusier than 89% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugRhodesGR · portPackedbusier than 89% · Sa 22Calmest: Fri 28 AugCorfuGR · portPackedbusier than 90% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugManchesterGBPackedbusier than 90% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugZakynthosGR · portPackedbusier than 91% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugMalagaES · portPackedbusier than 92% · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 AugZadarHR · portPackedbusier than 92% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugBodrumTR · portPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugBrugesBEPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugBrusselsBEPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugGenevaCHPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 AugZurichCHPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 AugCannesFR · portPackedbusier than 94% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugKosGR · portPackedbusier than 94% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugLondonGBPackedbusier than 95% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugViennaATPackedbusier than 95% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugBerlinDEPackedbusier than 96% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugCologneDEPackedbusier than 96% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugDublinIE · portPackedbusier than 96% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugFrankfurtDEPackedbusier than 96% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugHamburgDE · portPackedbusier than 96% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugMunichDEPackedbusier than 96% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugAmsterdamNL · portPackedbusier than 97% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugBariIT · portPackedbusier than 97% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugCopenhagenDK · portPackedbusier than 97% · Sa 22Calmest: Fri 28 AugValenciaES · portPackedbusier than 97% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugAthensGR · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 AugNaplesIT · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugVeniceIT · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugAlanyaTR · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugAmalfiIT · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugAntalyaTR · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugBudapestHUPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugCapriIT · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugFlorenceITPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugMadridESPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugMarseilleFR · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Tue 25 AugMilanITPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugParisFRPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugPisaITPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugPragueCZPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugRomeITPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSalzburgATPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSevilleESPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSplitHR · portPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugZagrebHRPackedbusier than 99% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugPalma de MallorcaES · portPackedbusiest · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 Aug

Caribbean

9 destinations
George TownKY · portCalmbusier than 14% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugWillemstadCW · portCalmbusier than 25% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugCozumelMX · portCalmbusier than 36% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugArubaAW · portCalmbusier than 38% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugKralendijkBQ · portLivelybusier than 40% · Sa 22Calmest: Mon 24 AugNassauBS · portLivelybusier than 41% · Sa 22Calmest: Fri 28 AugSan JuanPR · portBusybusier than 68% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugFort-de-FranceMQ · portPackedbusier than 85% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSt George'sGD · portPackedbusier than 95% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 Aug

North America

13 destinations
New OrleansUS · portCalmbusier than 3% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugOrlandoUSCalmbusier than 11% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSavannahUS · portLivelybusier than 47% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugKey WestUS · portLivelybusier than 50% · Sa 22Calmest: Thu 27 AugCharlestonUSLivelybusier than 57% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugFort LauderdaleUS · portBusybusier than 69% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugMiamiUS · portBusybusier than 78% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugBostonUS · portPackedbusier than 91% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugChicagoUSPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugNew York CityUS · portPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sun 23 AugWashington, D.C.USPackedbusier than 93% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugLos AngelesUS · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSan DiegoUS · portPackedbusier than 98% · Sa 22Calmest: Tue 25 Aug

Asia-Pacific

3 destinations
MelbourneAU · portBusybusier than 74% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSydneyAU · portBusybusier than 74% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 AugSingaporeSG · portBusybusier than 75% · Sa 22Calmest: Sat 22 Aug

Going anyway? Good — so is everyone else

How to avoid the crowds when you cannot avoid the date

Go at the right hour

Most sights peak between 11:00 and 15:00 — cruise-call mornings peak earlier. Travel Smarter lays out the calm hours for the big sights.

Read the timing tips →

Skip the line

On Busy and Packed days, timed-entry and skip-the-line tickets are the difference between an hour queuing and walking straight in.

How to skip the line →

Trade one day

Crowds swing hard day to day. Shifting a museum visit or a day trip by a single day often means half the queue — the forecast shows you which one.

Compare the days above →

See all our beat-the-crowds tips →

Method

Where the forecast comes from

01 / SHIPS

Real port schedules

For cruise destinations: the published ship calls, per port, per day. Four megaships on a Tuesday is not a hunch — it is on the timetable.

02 / CALENDARS

Holidays and school breaks

Official public-holiday and school-vacation calendars for the countries that actually feed each destination its visitors — city or port.

03 / SEASON

The shape of the year

Every destination is scored against its own year, so the reading means something locally: calm-for-Vienna, packed-for-Dubrovnik.

Recomputed nightly — updated 22 Aug 2026. Read the full method →

In preparation

Not live yet. A destination goes live once its data passes our checks — until then we publish nothing for it.

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