Description of the Business - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, R$ in Millions, $ in Millions, ft³ in Billions									3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Dec. 29, 2020 $ / shares shares	Nov. 09, 2020 shares	Nov. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 13, 2020 $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2020 CAD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 BRL (R$)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) warehouse $ / shares shares ft³	Dec. 31, 2021 BRL (R$) shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	May 10, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2021 $ / shares shares	Mar. 21, 2021 shares	Apr. 16, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warehouse volume | ft³										1.5
Common shares, par value (in USD per share) | $ / shares										$ 0.01		$ 0.01			$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares) | shares										500,000,000		325,000,000			500,000,000	325,000,000
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares) | shares										25,000,000
Preferred shares, par value (in USD per share) | $ / shares										$ 0.01							$ 0.01
Preferred shares, issued (in shares) | shares										0		0
Preferred shares, outstanding (in shares) | shares										0		0
Share price (in usd per share) | $ / shares		$ 36.15
Aggregate cash consideration										$ 53,641,000		$ 25,538,000	$ 85,216,000
Cash investments in joint venture										$ 7,570,000		$ 26,229,000	$ 0
Superfrio
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Equity interest									14.99%	14.99%
Cash investments in joint venture									R$ 117.8	$ 7,000,000	R$ 38.1
Caspers Cold Storage
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration						$ 25,600,000
Agro Merchants Group
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares issued for acquisition (in shares) | shares	14,166,667									46,100,000	46,100,000
Cash received	$ 46,800,000
Deferred consideration	49,700,000
Shares issued for acquisition	$ 512,100,000
Hall's Warehouse Corporation
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Cash received				$ 7,600,000
Cloverleaf
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares issued for acquisition (in shares) | shares										42,100,000	42,100,000
Nova Cold Logistics
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Cash received							$ 1,000,000	$ 1.3
Newport Cold
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Cash received							$ 1,000,000
2020 At the Market Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Authorized equity program																	$ 500,000,000
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares										2,332,846	2,332,846	7,440,532
Net proceeds from offering										$ 90,600,000		$ 272,600,000
Underwriting fees and other offering costs										$ 3,000,000
Number of shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares) | shares												4,346,101
Gross proceeds for shares subject to forward sale agreement												$ 162,200,000
2020 At the Market Offering, Forward Sale Agreement
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares										0	0	5,011,428
Net proceeds from offering												$ 183,000,000
Outstanding shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares) | shares										2,429,104
Outstanding shares subject to forward sale agreement										$ 86,600,000
Public Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares		31,900,000
Number of shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares) | shares					31,900,000
Outstanding shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares) | shares										4,785,000
Offering price (in USD per share) | $ / shares					$ 36.67
Underwriters' Option
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares) | shares			4,785,000		4,785,000
Other Equity Forward Activity
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares										6,000,000	6,000,000
Net proceeds from offering										$ 128,500,000
Twenty Twenty-One At the Market Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Authorized equity program														$ 900,000,000
North America
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse										201
Europe
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse										27
Asia-Pacific
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse										19
South America
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse										3
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.. | General Partner
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership										99.00%	99.00%
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.. | Limited Partner
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership										1.00%	1.00%
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.. | Other limited partners
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership										0.10%	0.10%