Cosa c'è in programma a La Mecca (Arabia Saudita) durante l'anno

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

• Regola

  Entry restricted to Muslims

  1 gen – 31 dicChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Ramadan Umrah season

  18 feb – 19 marRamadan ed EidAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: The quiet Umrah months (15 ott – 10 feb (di solito)), Winter flash floods (1 nov – 31 gen (di solito))

Affollato — Ramadan Umrah season, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  The last ten nights

  10–19 marRamadan ed EidAffollatoPrenota prestoRischio

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Ramadan Umrah season (18 feb – 19 mar), The quiet Umrah months (15 ott – 10 feb (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Ramadan Umrah season, The last ten nights

• Festività

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 marRamadan ed EidAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Regola

  Umrah season closes before Hajj

  15 mar – 15 mag · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Ramadan Umrah season (18 feb – 19 mar), The last ten nights (10–19 mar)

Affollato — Hajj, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Hajj

  20 apr – 20 giu · di solitoStagione dei pellegrinaggiAffollatoChiusurePrenota prestoRischio

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 mar), Umrah season closes before Hajj (15 mar – 15 mag (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Hajj, Eid al-Adha

• Festività

  Eid al-Adha

  27–30 magRamadan ed EidAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Summer heat in the valley

  15 mag – 15 setCaldo estremo

  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.

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Umrah season closes before Hajj (15 mar – 15 mag (di solito)), Hajj (20 apr – 20 giu (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Hajj, Saudi summer holidays

• Festività

  Saudi summer holidays

  15 giu – 31 ago · di solitoVacanze scolasticheAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Hajj (20 apr – 20 giu (di solito)), Eid al-Adha (27–30 mag), Summer heat in the valley (15 mag – 15 set)

Affollato — Saudi summer holidays, vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Summer heat in the valley (15 mag – 15 set), Saudi summer holidays (15 giu – 31 ago (di solito))

Affollato — Saudi summer holidays, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Summer heat in the valley (15 mag – 15 set), Saudi summer holidays (15 giu – 31 ago (di solito))

Affollato — Saudi National Day, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Saudi National Day

  23–24 setFesta nazionaleChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), Summer heat in the valley (15 mag – 15 set)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Stagione

  The quiet Umrah months

  15 ott – 10 feb · di solitoChiusura di bassa stagione

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic)

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Rischio

  Winter flash floods

  1 nov – 31 gen · di solitoStagione delle alluvioni

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), The quiet Umrah months (15 ott – 10 feb (di solito))

Affollato — vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima migliore

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 gen – 31 dic), The quiet Umrah months (15 ott – 10 feb (di solito)), Winter flash floods (1 nov – 31 gen (di solito))