Det sker i Mecca, Saudi Arabia året igennem

Travlt — skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Regel

  Entry restricted to Muslims

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Lukninger

  The city is closed to non-Muslims year round, and the checkpoints on the approach roads enforce it. Everything below assumes you are travelling for Umrah or Hajj, which is the only reason anyone comes. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Ramadan Umrah season

  18. feb. – 19. mar.Ramadan & eidTætpakketBook tidligt

  The busiest month of the year at the Grand Mosque outside Hajj itself. Permits are issued through the official app and rooms within walking distance of the Haram are booked out months ahead at multiples of the usual rate. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: The quiet Umrah months (15. okt. – 10. feb. (normalt)), Winter flash floods (1. nov. – 31. jan. (normalt))

Travlt — Ramadan Umrah season, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  The last ten nights

  10.–19. mar.Ramadan & eidTætpakketBook tidligtRisiko

  The final third of Ramadan, when pilgrims come looking for Laylat al-Qadr and the mataf fills to capacity. Permit slots vanish within minutes of release and the authorities cap repeat Umrah to one per pilgrim. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Ramadan Umrah season (18. feb. – 19. mar.), The quiet Umrah months (15. okt. – 10. feb. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ramadan Umrah season, The last ten nights

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  20.–23. mar.Ramadan & eidTætpakket

  The Eid prayer at the Haram, then a sharp drop as the Ramadan crowd flies home over the following week. The days immediately after are among the quietest of the year in the mosque. Kilde ↗

• Regel

  Umrah season closes before Hajj

  15. mar. – 15. maj · normaltLukninger

  Umrah visas stop being issued some weeks before Hajj and holders must leave the kingdom by an announced date, so the mosque empties out ahead of the pilgrimage. The cut-off is published each year and moves with the lunar calendar. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Ramadan Umrah season (18. feb. – 19. mar.), The last ten nights (10.–19. mar.)

Travlt — Hajj, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Hajj

  20. apr. – 20. jun. · normaltPilgrimssæsonTætpakketLukningerBook tidligtRisiko

  Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return. Numbers are capped by country quota, the roads into Mecca close to everyone else, and the heat during a summer Hajj is the main risk. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Eid al-Fitr (20.–23. mar.), Umrah season closes before Hajj (15. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

Tætpakket — Hajj, Eid al-Adha

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Adha

  27.–30. majRamadan & eidTætpakketLukninger

  The pilgrimage ends at Eid and the kingdom takes several days off with it. Everything in Mecca is running at capacity, and the exit flights out of Jeddah are the tightest of the year. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Summer heat in the valley

  15. maj – 15. sep.Ekstrem varme

  The city sits in a bare rock valley with nothing to soften the afternoon. Marble courtyards are cooled and misted, but the walk between the mosque and the hotels is the part that catches people out.

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Umrah season closes before Hajj (15. mar. – 15. maj (normalt)), Hajj (20. apr. – 20. jun. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Hajj, Saudi summer holidays

• Helligdag

  Saudi summer holidays

  15. jun. – 31. aug. · normaltSkoleferieTætpakket

  The kingdom's schools break and domestic Umrah picks up sharply with them, so the mosque runs busy through the night and thin in the afternoon. It lands on the worst of the heat in the valley. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Hajj (20. apr. – 20. jun. (normalt)), Eid al-Adha (27.–30. maj), Summer heat in the valley (15. maj – 15. sep.)

Travlt — Saudi summer holidays, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Summer heat in the valley (15. maj – 15. sep.), Saudi summer holidays (15. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Saudi summer holidays, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Summer heat in the valley (15. maj – 15. sep.), Saudi summer holidays (15. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Saudi National Day, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Saudi National Day

  23.–24. sep.National helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  23 September is a public holiday, often joined to a weekend. Government offices close, streets and buildings are lit green, and evening events and fireworks draw families out, with domestic flights and hotels busier around it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Summer heat in the valley (15. maj – 15. sep.)

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Sæson

  The quiet Umrah months

  15. okt. – 10. feb. · normaltLukket uden for sæsonen

  Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable. Permits come easily, rooms near the Haram cost a fraction of the Ramadan rate, and the tawaf takes a fraction of the time. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.)

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Risiko

  Winter flash floods

  1. nov. – 31. jan. · normaltOversvømmelsessæson

  The valley takes most of its rain in a handful of storms and the runoff comes off bare rock into the streets, shutting underpasses and approach roads for a few hours. It has reached the mosque courtyards before now. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), The quiet Umrah months (15. okt. – 10. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Entry restricted to Muslims (1. jan. – 31. dec.), The quiet Umrah months (15. okt. – 10. feb. (normalt)), Winter flash floods (1. nov. – 31. jan. (normalt))