SeasonMapMuharram & Ashura, month by month around the world
Ten days of mourning processions ending on Ashura, and the Arbaeen walk forty days later; the country closes, then moves.
9 destinations on SeasonMap, ranked within each month by the comfort score — because the point is not only where the season is on, but whether the weather is worth the trip while it is.
When it is on
Number of destinations with muharram & ashura on in that month. Windows move a little each year.
Muharram & Ashura in May
- 🇮🇷 Isfahan, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Black banners across the bazaar, street kitchens giving out food and processions after dark, ending on Ashura when almost everything closes.87climate
- 🇮🇷 Shiraz, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Black drapes over the bazaar, nightly processions and free food handed out in the street, ending on Ashura when almost everything shuts.87climate
- 🇮🇷 Kish Island, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Mourning processions and closed music venues; the shopping centres stay open but the holiday trade stops dead for the first ten days.57climate
- 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaMuharram and Ashura · 20 May – 5 Jul (usually)Hyderabad's old city keeps one of India's largest Muharram observances, with mourning processions past the Ashurkhanas around Charminar and roads closed for Ashura, a gazetted central holiday.40climate
Muharram & Ashura in June
- 🇮🇷 Tehran, IranMuharram and Ashura · 5 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)Ten days of black banners, street kitchens handing out food and processions after dark, ending on Ashura when the city closes entirely.71climate
- 🇹🇹 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoHosay in St James · 1 Jun – 15 Jul (usually)Tadjahs — model mosques built over weeks — are drummed through St James on the last nights of the ten, then carried to the sea.65climate
- 🇮🇷 Isfahan, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Black banners across the bazaar, street kitchens giving out food and processions after dark, ending on Ashura when almost everything closes.63climate
- 🇮🇷 Shiraz, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Black drapes over the bazaar, nightly processions and free food handed out in the street, ending on Ashura when almost everything shuts.60climate
- 🇵🇰 Karachi, PakistanMuharram and Ashura · 1 Jun – 15 Jul (usually)Ashura brings very large processions through the old city and the route is sealed for two days, with mobile networks routinely suspended along it.54climate
- 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaMuharram and Ashura · 20 May – 5 Jul (usually)Hyderabad's old city keeps one of India's largest Muharram observances, with mourning processions past the Ashurkhanas around Charminar and roads closed for Ashura, a gazetted central holiday.51climate
- 🇮🇷 Kish Island, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Mourning processions and closed music venues; the shopping centres stay open but the holiday trade stops dead for the first ten days.43climate
- 🇮🇷 Yazd, IranMuharram and the nakhl · 5 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)Yazd marks Ashura with the nakhl, a huge wooden bier carried around the square at Amir Chakhmaq.41climate
- 🇮🇶 Baghdad, IraqAshura · 10 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)Black banners across the city and processions at Kadhimiya.30climate
Muharram & Ashura in July
- 🇹🇹 Port of Spain, Trinidad and TobagoHosay in St James · 1 Jun – 15 Jul (usually)Tadjahs — model mosques built over weeks — are drummed through St James on the last nights of the ten, then carried to the sea.63climate
- 🇮🇷 Tehran, IranMuharram and Ashura · 5 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)Ten days of black banners, street kitchens handing out food and processions after dark, ending on Ashura when the city closes entirely.56climate
- 🇵🇰 Karachi, PakistanMuharram and Ashura · 1 Jun – 15 Jul (usually)Ashura brings very large processions through the old city and the route is sealed for two days, with mobile networks routinely suspended along it.56climate
- 🇮🇷 Isfahan, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Black banners across the bazaar, street kitchens giving out food and processions after dark, ending on Ashura when almost everything closes.50climate
- 🇮🇷 Shiraz, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Black drapes over the bazaar, nightly processions and free food handed out in the street, ending on Ashura when almost everything shuts.49climate
- 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaMuharram and Ashura · 20 May – 5 Jul (usually)Hyderabad's old city keeps one of India's largest Muharram observances, with mourning processions past the Ashurkhanas around Charminar and roads closed for Ashura, a gazetted central holiday.47climate
- 🇮🇷 Kish Island, IranMuharram and Ashura · 25 May – 10 Jul (usually)Mourning processions and closed music venues; the shopping centres stay open but the holiday trade stops dead for the first ten days.37climate
- 🇮🇷 Yazd, IranMuharram and the nakhl · 5 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)Yazd marks Ashura with the nakhl, a huge wooden bier carried around the square at Amir Chakhmaq.33climate
- 🇮🇶 Baghdad, IraqAshura · 10 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)Black banners across the city and processions at Kadhimiya.26climate