Pilgrimage season, month by month around the world

When it is on

• Jan3
• Feb2
• Mar3
• Apr8
• May7
• Jun6
• Jul3
• Aug3
• Sep3
• Oct1
• Nov1
• Dec3

Number of destinations with pilgrimage season on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Pilgrimage season in January

1. 🇻🇳 Ninh Binh, VietnamBai Dinh spring pilgrimage · 25 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)From the new year to the third lunar month, coach after coach of Vietnamese pilgrims works up the enormous Bai Dinh complex.80climate
2. 🇮🇳 Varkala, IndiaSivagiri pilgrimage · 30 Dec – 1 JanThousands of pilgrims in yellow walk up to the Sivagiri Mutt over three days at the turn of the year, for the guru who preached one caste and one religion.77climate
3. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 Dec – 10 May (usually)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.76climate

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Pilgrimage season in February

1. 🇻🇳 Ninh Binh, VietnamBai Dinh spring pilgrimage · 25 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)From the new year to the third lunar month, coach after coach of Vietnamese pilgrims works up the enormous Bai Dinh complex.84climate
2. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 Dec – 10 May (usually)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.83climate

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Pilgrimage season in March

1. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 Dec – 10 May (usually)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.82climate
2. 🇹🇼 Taichung, TaiwanDajia Mazu pilgrimage · 15 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)Nine days and several hundred kilometres on foot behind a palanquin, starting from the temple at Dajia on a date divined a month earlier.80climate
3. 🇻🇳 Ninh Binh, VietnamBai Dinh spring pilgrimage · 25 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)From the new year to the third lunar month, coach after coach of Vietnamese pilgrims works up the enormous Bai Dinh complex.77climate

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Pilgrimage season in April

1. 🇵🇪 Arequipa, PeruVirgen de Chapi pilgrimage · 29 Apr – 3 MayTens of thousands walk the desert road to the sanctuary at Chapi through the night of 30 April, many of them the whole 45 km from the city.88climate
2. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, LuxembourgOctave pilgrimage and Maertchen · 20 Apr – 25 May (usually)A fortnight of pilgrimage to the cathedral in spring, with a food and trinket market taking over Place Guillaume for the duration and a closing procession through the streets.76climate
3. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.73climate
4. 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaHajj season · 20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Millions arrive through the dedicated Hajj terminal in the weeks before Eid al-Adha and leave through it after.73climate
5. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 Dec – 10 May (usually)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.73climate
6. 🇹🇼 Taichung, TaiwanDajia Mazu pilgrimage · 15 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)Nine days and several hundred kilometres on foot behind a palanquin, starting from the temple at Dajia on a date divined a month earlier.70climate
7. 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi ArabiaHajj season · 25 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)Most pilgrims add Medina either side of the Hajj in Mecca, so the city takes two waves several weeks apart.68climate
8. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaHajj · 20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return.65climate

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Pilgrimage season in May

1. 🇵🇪 Arequipa, PeruVirgen de Chapi pilgrimage · 29 Apr – 3 MayTens of thousands walk the desert road to the sanctuary at Chapi through the night of 30 April, many of them the whole 45 km from the city.95climate
2. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, LuxembourgOctave pilgrimage and Maertchen · 20 Apr – 25 May (usually)A fortnight of pilgrimage to the cathedral in spring, with a food and trinket market taking over Place Guillaume for the duration and a closing procession through the streets.81climate
3. 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaHajj season · 20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Millions arrive through the dedicated Hajj terminal in the weeks before Eid al-Adha and leave through it after.65climate
4. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 Dec – 10 May (usually)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.63climate
5. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.61climate
6. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaHajj · 20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return.48climate
7. 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi ArabiaHajj season · 25 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)Most pilgrims add Medina either side of the Hajj in Mecca, so the city takes two waves several weeks apart.46climate

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Pilgrimage season in June

1. 🇮🇳 Srinagar, IndiaAmarnath Yatra · 25 Jun – 20 Aug (usually)Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks.82climate
2. 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaHajj season · 20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Millions arrive through the dedicated Hajj terminal in the weeks before Eid al-Adha and leave through it after.59climate
3. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.51climate
4. 🇮🇷 Yazd, IranChak Chak pilgrimage · 12–20 JunZoroastrians from Iran and abroad gather at the cliff shrine north of the city in the middle of June.41climate
5. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaHajj · 20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Five days that move the whole city: Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifah, then the return.35climate
6. 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi ArabiaHajj season · 25 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)Most pilgrims add Medina either side of the Hajj in Mecca, so the city takes two waves several weeks apart.26climate

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Pilgrimage season in July

1. 🇭🇹 Cap-Haïtien, HaitiSaint Jacques pilgrimage · 23–27 JulThousands walk out to Plaine-du-Nord, half an hour from town, to go into the mud basin for Ogou on Saint James's day, then on to the sea at Limonade.71climate
2. 🇮🇳 Srinagar, IndiaAmarnath Yatra · 25 Jun – 20 Aug (usually)Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks.55climate
3. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.37climate

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Pilgrimage season in August

1. 🇪🇸 Tenerife, SpainVirgin of Candelaria pilgrimage · 14–15 AugThousands walk overnight to the basilica at Candelaria for 15 August, the patron of the Canaries, arriving on foot from all over the island.82climate
2. 🇮🇳 Srinagar, IndiaAmarnath Yatra · 25 Jun – 20 Aug (usually)Several hundred thousand pilgrims move through the valley over about six weeks.59climate
3. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.39climate

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Pilgrimage season in September

1. 🇹🇷 Van, TurkeyAkdamar Island liturgy · 7–21 Sep (usually)The tenth-century Holy Cross Church on Akdamar Island holds its one Armenian liturgy of the year on the Sunday after the Feast of the Holy Cross, drawing pilgrims and press for a single afternoon before the building reverts to a museum for the rest of the year.95climate
2. 🇲🇺 Port Louis, MauritiusPère Laval pilgrimage · 5–11 Sep (usually)Tens of thousands walk to the shrine at Sainte-Croix on the northern edge of the city through the night of the 8th and into the 9th.86climate
3. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.54climate

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Pilgrimage season in October

1. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.75climate

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Pilgrimage season in November

1. 🇮🇳 Rishikesh, IndiaChar Dham yatra season · 19 Apr – 13 Nov (usually)The four Himalayan shrines open on dates fixed by the priests in late April and close in the second week of November, and Rishikesh is where the whole pilgrimage staged from.87climate

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Pilgrimage season in December

1. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoVirgin of Guadalupe pilgrimage · 11–12 DecAround ten million people reach the basilica in the north of the city over two days, many of them walking in from other states.92climate
2. 🇮🇳 Varkala, IndiaSivagiri pilgrimage · 30 Dec – 1 JanThousands of pilgrims in yellow walk up to the Sivagiri Mutt over three days at the turn of the year, for the guru who preached one caste and one religion.73climate
3. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaAdam's Peak pilgrimage season · 5 Dec – 10 May (usually)From the December poya to Vesak the steps up Sri Pada are lit and the tea stalls on them are open, and pilgrims climb through the night.72climate

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