Cruise Prices data report
US Cruise Cost Report: what a cruise really costs per night
We track thousands of upcoming US-departure sailings and convert every fare to pounds. This report benchmarks the cheapest current fare and the median cost per night for each US embarkation port, so you can see where a US cruise is genuinely good value before you book flights.
Generated from live tracked data on 5 October 2026.
US sailings benchmarked
9,201
Upcoming cruises departing US ports, not marked sold out, with a live fare.
US departure ports
15
Canonical embarkation ports meeting the minimum sample size.
Median cost per night
£100
Median value-per-night across every benchmarked US sailing.
Cheapest port per night
£76
Tampa has the lowest median nightly cost.
By departure port
Cost per night by US cruise port
Ranked by how many sailings we currently track from each port. Cheapest fare is the lowest total price on a single sailing; median per night is the middle value-per-night across all tracked sailings from that port, which is a fairer guide to typical cost than an average.
| US departure port | Tracked sailings | Cheapest fare | Median per night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | 1,439 | £138 | £95 |
| Port Canaveral | 1,211 | £191 | £102 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 974 | £223 | £101 |
| Galveston | 703 | £283 | £90 |
| Tampa | 539 | £163 | £76 |
| Baltra Island | 451 | £6,129 | £1,423 |
| Seward | 435 | £583 | £337 |
| Seattle | 432 | £489 | £125 |
| Long Beach | 402 | £157 | £78 |
| Los Angeles | 382 | £152 | £86 |
| New Orleans | 290 | £282 | £78 |
| San Juan | 259 | £335 | £88 |
| Vancouver | 208 | £299 | £106 |
| New York | 196 | £345 | £141 |
| Jacksonville | 179 | £215 | £77 |
By cruise line
Which US-departing lines are best value per night
| Cruise line | Tracked US sailings | Cheapest fare | Median per night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnival | 2,662 | £138 | £79 |
| Princess Cruises | 1,004 | £258 | £100 |
| Norwegian Cruise Line | 1,538 | £170 | £108 |
| Royal Caribbean | 2,564 | £152 | £110 |
| P&O | 125 | £699 | £132 |
| Celebrity Cruises | 1,215 | £238 | £308 |
| Cunard | 93 | £499 | £337 |
Methodology
How these numbers are built
Figures come from live Cruise Prices tracking, not a survey or a press release. We include upcoming sailings that depart a US port and are not marked sold out, collapse duplicate port spellings to one canonical port, and require a minimum sample before a port is listed.
Open the live US cruise price trackerFAQ
- How much does a US cruise cost per night?
- Across every tracked upcoming US-departing sailing, the median works out at about £100 per night. Cost per night varies by departure port, ship and how far ahead you book, which is why this report benchmarks each port separately rather than quoting one blended average.
- Which US cruise port is cheapest?
- Right now Tampa has the lowest median nightly cost of the tracked US ports. Cheapest headline fare and cheapest per night are different questions: a short sailing can have a low total fare but a high nightly cost, so the report shows both.
- Why are the fares shown in pounds?
- Cruise Prices is built for UK shoppers, so US-dollar fares are converted to pounds at a daily exchange rate. That lets you compare a US fly-cruise against a UK-departure sailing on the same scale, before adding flights.
- How current is this report?
- The tables are generated from live tracked data each time the page loads, using upcoming sailings that are not marked sold out. It reflects current fares, not a historical snapshot.