SeasonMap

Ramadan & Eid, month by month around the world

Daytime closures during the fast; the Eid holidays after.

152 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.

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Number of destinations with ramadan & eid on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Ramadan & Eid in January

  1. 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The busiest month of the Medina year by a wide margin: Umrah pilgrims fill the city, the mosque courtyards are laid out for iftar every evening, and rooms near the Haram are booked far ahead.94climate
  2. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The hotel strip runs unchanged; the town behind it keeps the fast, so the shops in El Dahar work evening hours and the traffic peaks in the hour before sunset.94climate
  3. 🇶🇦 Doha, QatarRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Offices work half days, cafes and malls close until sunset and Souq Waqif does its whole trade between iftar and two in the morning.94climate
  4. 🇪🇬 Aswan, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Feluccas still sail and the temples stay open, but the souk shuts through the afternoon and boatmen are fasting in the sun all day.94climate
  5. 🇪🇬 Marsa Alam, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Resorts run to their own timetable, but boat crews and drivers are fasting and the town of Marsa Alam itself works evening hours.94climate
  6. 🇴🇲 Nizwa, OmanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The souq works mornings and then closes until well after dark, and the Friday livestock market is the one fixture that keeps its hours.94climate
  7. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating and drinking in public during daylight stops, malls and restaurants shift their hours, and live music and beach clubs go quiet.93climate
  8. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating and drinking in public during daylight stops, offices run short hours and live music goes quiet; the city shifts to the evening and the iftar tents run until two.93climate
  9. 🇴🇲 Muscat, OmanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating in public during the day is not done, offices work short hours and the souq trades after dark.93climate
  10. 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Naama Bay and the hotel strip run as usual; the town at Hadaba and the workers' quarters keep the fast and shift everything to the evening.93climate
  11. 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Beach hotels serve as normal behind screens, but live music stops, public eating during the day does not happen, and the mountain roads are quiet until sunset.93climate
  12. 🇵🇰 Karachi, PakistanRamadan nights · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Daytime eating places close and the city moves wholesale to after sunset: Burns Road working until three, traffic at two in the morning, offices on short hours.93climate
  13. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The resort side carries on much as usual, but the town and the workers' quarters keep the fast, kitchens run to different hours and the marina bars go quiet until sunset.92climate
  14. 🇴🇲 Sur, OmanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The corniche restaurants and the coffee places by the dhow yard shut in daylight, and the turtle reserve keeps its usual night tour anyway.92climate
  15. 🇦🇪 Fujairah, United Arab EmiratesRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating or drinking in public in daylight is not done, and most of the beach hotels screen off one restaurant for guests.92climate
  16. Laayoune, Western SaharaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)An administrative town with little to do after dark suddenly has a night life, and none of it before sunset.92climate
  17. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Bedouin camps and dive centres keep working, but restaurants off the beachfront strip close until sunset and the whole town drops a gear for the month.91climate
  18. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)A small town with few places to eat becomes a town with none until sunset.91climate
  19. 🇸🇦 Taif, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Nothing serves in daylight and the fruit stalls on the mountain road pack up early.91climate
  20. 🇮🇷 Kish Island, IranRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The malls that are the island's main draw keep going but their food courts close through daylight, and the beaches are empty in the afternoon.91climate
  21. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaRamadan Umrah season · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The busiest month of the year at the Grand Mosque outside Hajj itself.90climate
  22. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Bahrain is more relaxed about it than its neighbours and hotel restaurants serve behind screens, but the souk and the coffee houses shut through the day.90climate
  23. 🇯🇴 Aqaba, JordanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Dive centres run as normal, but restaurants in town shut until sunset and the beaches fill after dark instead.90climate
  24. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating in public is not on during daylight and the bazaars keep evening hours instead.90climate
  25. Dakhla, Western SaharaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The kite camps out on the lagoon keep running for guests, but the town on the peninsula shuts through daylight and local staff are fasting on the water all day.90climate

…and 58 more in January.

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Ramadan & Eid in February

  1. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The hotel strip runs unchanged; the town behind it keeps the fast, so the shops in El Dahar work evening hours and the traffic peaks in the hour before sunset.96climate
  2. 🇯🇴 Aqaba, JordanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Dive centres run as normal, but restaurants in town shut until sunset and the beaches fill after dark instead.96climate
  3. 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Naama Bay and the hotel strip run as usual; the town at Hadaba and the workers' quarters keep the fast and shift everything to the evening.96climate
  4. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The resort side carries on much as usual, but the town and the workers' quarters keep the fast, kitchens run to different hours and the marina bars go quiet until sunset.96climate
  5. 🇪🇬 Marsa Alam, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Resorts run to their own timetable, but boat crews and drivers are fasting and the town of Marsa Alam itself works evening hours.96climate
  6. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Bedouin camps and dive centres keep working, but restaurants off the beachfront strip close until sunset and the whole town drops a gear for the month.95climate
  7. 🇸🇦 Taif, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Nothing serves in daylight and the fruit stalls on the mountain road pack up early.94climate
  8. 🇸🇦 AlUla, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Sites and restaurants move to evening hours through the fast and the old town tours start after iftar.94climate
  9. 🇪🇬 Luxor, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Sites and cruise boats run normally, but drivers, guides and crew are fasting through the hottest part of the day and the town only eats after sunset.93climate
  10. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Bahrain is more relaxed about it than its neighbours and hotel restaurants serve behind screens, but the souk and the coffee houses shut through the day.93climate
  11. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)A small town with few places to eat becomes a town with none until sunset.93climate
  12. 🇮🇷 Kish Island, IranRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The malls that are the island's main draw keep going but their food courts close through daylight, and the beaches are empty in the afternoon.93climate
  13. 🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptRamadan · 1 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)Daytime cafés and many restaurants close, offices work short hours, and the city comes alive after the sunset cannon with iftar tables set up in the street.92climate
  14. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating in public is not on during daylight and the bazaars keep evening hours instead.92climate
  15. 🇪🇬 Nuweiba, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The camps along the Tarabin strip keep running for foreign guests, but the town side shuts in daylight and the ferry port timetable bends around the fast.92climate
  16. 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The busiest month of the Medina year by a wide margin: Umrah pilgrims fill the city, the mosque courtyards are laid out for iftar every evening, and rooms near the Haram are booked far ahead.91climate
  17. 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Government hours shrink, restaurants close until sunset and the city does its shopping between ten at night and three in the morning.91climate
  18. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Eating and drinking in public during daylight stops, offices run short hours and live music goes quiet; the city shifts to the evening and the iftar tents run until two.91climate
  19. 🇶🇦 Doha, QatarRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Offices work half days, cafes and malls close until sunset and Souq Waqif does its whole trade between iftar and two in the morning.91climate
  20. 🇰🇼 Kuwait City, KuwaitRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Working hours are cut by law and eating in public in daylight is an offence, so the city is genuinely shut until sunset.91climate
  21. 🇸🇩 Port Sudan, SudanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The town shuts through daylight and the dive boats that still operate feed guests on board.91climate
  22. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The corniche cafés and most beach restaurants stay shut through daylight and reopen after the call to prayer.91climate
  23. 🇸🇦 Abha, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Nothing serves in daylight outside the hotels, and the old souk only really trades after the evening prayer.91climate
  24. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The medina cafes close through the day and the fishing port lands its catch to a town that will not eat until sunset.90climate
  25. 🇦🇪 Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab EmiratesRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Beach hotels serve as normal behind screens, but live music stops, public eating during the day does not happen, and the mountain roads are quiet until sunset.90climate

…and 90 more in February.

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Ramadan & Eid in March

  1. 🇮🇷 Yazd, IranRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Restaurants close through the day and the old town is silent until sunset, when the alleys and the rooftop terraces fill.96climate
  2. 🇪🇬 Nuweiba, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The camps along the Tarabin strip keep running for foreign guests, but the town side shuts in daylight and the ferry port timetable bends around the fast.96climate
  3. 🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptRamadan · 1 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)Daytime cafés and many restaurants close, offices work short hours, and the city comes alive after the sunset cannon with iftar tables set up in the street.95climate
  4. 🇸🇦 Abha, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Nothing serves in daylight outside the hotels, and the old souk only really trades after the evening prayer.95climate
  5. 🇵🇸 Jericho, PalestineRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Nothing in town serves food in daylight and the cable car up to the Mount of Temptation runs to shorter hours.95climate
  6. 🇲🇦 Marrakesh, MoroccoRamadan · 5 Feb – 25 Mar (usually)Much of the medina closes during the day and the square only comes alive after the sunset call.94climate
  7. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The corniche cafés and most beach restaurants stay shut through daylight and reopen after the call to prayer.94climate
  8. 🇪🇬 Siwa, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)A conservative oasis takes the fast seriously: nothing open by day beyond the lodges, then the town wakes at sunset.94climate
  9. 🇲🇦 Ouarzazate, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Studios and kasbahs stay open but the town eats at sunset and works around it, and drivers on the long desert runs are fasting.94climate
  10. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Everything outside the resort compounds closes during daylight and the valley road is empty until sunset.94climate
  11. 🇹🇳 Tozeur, TunisiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The oasis towns keep this properly: nothing open in daylight, the palmeraie quiet, and then the cafes on Avenue Habib Bourguiba busy until two.94climate
  12. 🇪🇬 Alexandria, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 5 Apr (usually)Cafes and shops keep the fast until sunset, then the corniche fills until two in the morning.93climate
  13. 🇲🇦 Taghazout, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Surf camps run their own kitchens, but the village cafes close by day and the fish grills only fire up after sunset.93climate
  14. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Bedouin camps and dive centres keep working, but restaurants off the beachfront strip close until sunset and the whole town drops a gear for the month.93climate
  15. Laayoune, Western SaharaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)An administrative town with little to do after dark suddenly has a night life, and none of it before sunset.93climate
  16. 🇹🇳 Djerba, TunisiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The resort strip at Sidi Mahrez carries on as normal, but Houmt Souk and the villages inland are shut through the day and the island's roads empty around sunset.92climate
  17. 🇮🇶 Baghdad, IraqRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Offices barely open before noon and the city moves to the night: Karrada and the riverside on Abu Nuwas Street are busier after iftar than at any other time of year.92climate
  18. 🇱🇾 Tripoli, LibyaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The old city is shut through daylight and the working day is cut short.92climate
  19. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The medina cafes close through the day and the fishing port lands its catch to a town that will not eat until sunset.92climate
  20. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The hotel strip runs unchanged; the town behind it keeps the fast, so the shops in El Dahar work evening hours and the traffic peaks in the hour before sunset.90climate
  21. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The resort side carries on much as usual, but the town and the workers' quarters keep the fast, kitchens run to different hours and the marina bars go quiet until sunset.90climate
  22. 🇲🇦 El Jadida, MoroccoRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The promenade cafés stay empty until sunset and the medina wakes up late.90climate
  23. 🇸🇦 Taif, Saudi ArabiaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Nothing serves in daylight and the fruit stalls on the mountain road pack up early.90climate
  24. Dakhla, Western SaharaRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)The kite camps out on the lagoon keep running for guests, but the town on the peninsula shuts through daylight and local staff are fasting on the water all day.90climate
  25. 🇰🇼 Kuwait City, KuwaitRamadan · 25 Jan – 25 Mar (usually)Working hours are cut by law and eating in public in daylight is an offence, so the city is genuinely shut until sunset.89climate

…and 110 more in March.

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Ramadan & Eid in April

  1. 🇱🇾 Tripoli, LibyaEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Several days when the city shuts and families visit; the coast road east and west of town fills with people taking the holiday out of the city.96climate
  2. 🇪🇬 Alexandria, EgyptRamadan · 25 Jan – 5 Apr (usually)Cafes and shops keep the fast until sunset, then the corniche fills until two in the morning.96climate
  3. 🇲🇦 Essaouira, MoroccoEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Two days when the medina shuts and Marrakesh empties onto the beach.96climate
  4. 🇺🇿 Khiva, UzbekistanRamazon Hayit · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)A public holiday at the end of the fast: families visit graves in the morning and the town runs on holiday hours.96climate
  5. 🇯🇴 Amman, JordanEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Three or four days when Amman empties towards the Dead Sea and Aqaba and half the shops stay shut.95climate
  6. 🇺🇿 Bukhara, UzbekistanKurban Hayit · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is a public holiday of family visits and closed offices, and it moves about eleven days earlier each year.95climate
  7. 🇲🇦 Taghazout, MoroccoEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir empties up the coast road for the holiday and the beaches either side of the village are full.95climate
  8. 🇹🇳 Tunis, TunisiaEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Two or three days when the capital closes and moves to the coast at La Marsa and Gammarth.94climate
  9. 🇲🇦 Casablanca, MoroccoEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Two days when the city closes almost completely: no cafes, few taxis, and a corniche that belongs to families walking off a long lunch.94climate
  10. 🇹🇯 Khujand, TajikistanIdi Ramazon · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)A public holiday at the end of the fast, and the valley keeps it more visibly than the capital does.94climate
  11. 🇵🇸 Ramallah, PalestineEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Three days when the shops shut, families visit and the parks and the hill roads out towards Jericho fill with people taking the day out.94climate
  12. 🇺🇿 Andijan, UzbekistanRamazon Hayit · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Eid at the end of the fast is a public holiday and the valley is the most observant part of the country, so expect closed offices, full mosques and families visiting graves.92climate
  13. 🇸🇾 Damascus, SyriaEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Three days of family visits and new clothes.92climate
  14. 🇲🇦 Fes, MoroccoEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Two days when the souks close and the medina belongs to families in new clothes.92climate
  15. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Tunis empties towards the coast for the holiday and the beachfront is busy for the first time since autumn, even when the water is still too cold to be in for long.92climate
  16. 🇹🇷 Mardin, TurkeyRamazan Bayrami · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)The three days after the fast are a national holiday and the old city fills with families back from Istanbul and Europe.91climate
  17. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Jordanian and Gulf families take the Eid break down here and the shore hotels sell out.88climate
  18. 🇹🇯 Dushanbe, TajikistanIdi Ramazon · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)The end of the fast is a public holiday and offices and banks shut for it.87climate
  19. 🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptRamadan · 1 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)Daytime cafés and many restaurants close, offices work short hours, and the city comes alive after the sunset cannon with iftar tables set up in the street.86climate
  20. 🇮🇶 Baghdad, IraqEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Three or four days when government offices and most shops close and families take the river parks.84climate
  21. 🇪🇬 Hurghada, EgyptEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Egyptian families take the whole coast for four or five days and the day-boat trips sell out.83climate
  22. 🇪🇬 El Gouna, EgyptEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Cairo drives down for the holiday and the lagoons, the marina and every rental are taken.82climate
  23. 🇪🇬 Dahab, EgyptEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Egyptian families take the whole strip for the holiday and rooms sell out.82climate
  24. 🇪🇬 Marsa Alam, EgyptEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Egyptian families fill the resorts for the holiday week and the house-reef beaches get busy for the only time in the year.82climate
  25. 🇪🇬 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptEid al-Fitr · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)Egyptian families take the resorts for four or five days and the Ras Mohammed boats sell out.81climate

…and 49 more in April.

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Ramadan & Eid in May

  1. 🇹🇷 Istanbul, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The longer of the two religious holidays.94climate
  2. 🇲🇦 Casablanca, MoroccoEid al-Adha · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)The sheep festival empties Casablanca for two or three days while people travel home, and shops, restaurants and much of the transport stop with them.94climate
  3. 🇹🇷 Bodrum, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The peninsula opens properly for the four-day holiday and Istanbul arrives with it.92climate
  4. 🇹🇷 Antalya, TurkeyKurban Bayrami coast exodus · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The longer religious holiday empties the inland cities onto this coast.90climate
  5. 🇹🇷 Alanya, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)Konya and the central plateau come over the Taurus for the four days, and the coast road through town stops moving.90climate
  6. 🇹🇷 Kalkan, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)Four days off sends Turkish families to the coast and the villas above the harbour go early.90climate
  7. 🇹🇷 Mardin, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)Four days off and a great deal of visiting between households, so the old city is busy and the shops are not open.90climate
  8. 🇲🇦 Fes, MoroccoEid al-Adha · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)The city stops for two or three days: sheep on every roof terrace beforehand, then shut shops, no taxis and smoke over the medina.89climate
  9. 🇹🇷 Kaş, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)A small town on a long road gets a four-day holiday's worth of Turkish visitors at once.89climate
  10. 🇹🇷 Pamukkale, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The four-day religious holiday is when inland Turkey travels, and Pamukkale is the classic family stop between Denizli and the coast.88climate
  11. 🇹🇷 Safranbolu, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The four-day holiday sends Ankara and Istanbul families into the Ottoman quarter in numbers, filling the old konak guesthouses and the market lanes around the bazaar.86climate
  12. 🇺🇿 Bukhara, UzbekistanKurban Hayit · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is a public holiday of family visits and closed offices, and it moves about eleven days earlier each year.85climate
  13. 🇨🇳 Hotan, ChinaCorban, the Eid al-Adha holiday · 5 May – 10 Jun (usually)Three days off in Xinjiang and the biggest date of the Uyghur year here — sheep in the back of every van beforehand, and the bazaar swollen for a week around it.85climate
  14. 🇹🇷 Göreme, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The cave hotels sell out to Turkish families over the four-day holiday and balloon seats go at holiday prices.83climate
  15. 🇸🇳 Dakar, SenegalTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the year's biggest day here.83climate
  16. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.83climate
  17. 🇹🇷 Ürgüp, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)Cave hotels around town sell out to Turkish families over the four-day holiday, and a balloon seat costs more than usual if you can find one at all.83climate
  18. 🇲🇦 Ouarzazate, MoroccoEid al-Adha · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)Two or three days when the town shuts and everyone who works in it goes home to the villages.81climate
  19. 🇸🇳 Saint-Louis, SenegalTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha shuts the town for a couple of days and sends everyone home to family.79climate
  20. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanEid al-Adha · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Four days of public holiday when Amman comes down to the shore for the day and the resort day passes sell out.78climate
  21. 🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptEid al-Adha · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Four days of public holiday when the city half empties towards the coast and the North Coast road is solid.77climate
  22. 🇬🇲 Banjul, GambiaTobaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the year's biggest family day.77climate
  23. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaTobaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the Gambian year's biggest family day, and staff head home for it.76climate
  24. 🇬🇳 Conakry, GuineaTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the biggest day of the Guinean year.64climate
  25. 🇬🇼 Bissau, Guinea-BissauTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha closes government offices and much of the market for a day or two, and is the busiest travel window of the year for the Muslim north and east.64climate

…and 7 more in May.

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Ramadan & Eid in June

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.95climate
  2. 🇲🇦 Casablanca, MoroccoEid al-Adha · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)The sheep festival empties Casablanca for two or three days while people travel home, and shops, restaurants and much of the transport stop with them.92climate
  3. 🇹🇷 Safranbolu, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The four-day holiday sends Ankara and Istanbul families into the Ottoman quarter in numbers, filling the old konak guesthouses and the market lanes around the bazaar.90climate
  4. 🇹🇷 Istanbul, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The longer of the two religious holidays.87climate
  5. 🇹🇷 Göreme, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The cave hotels sell out to Turkish families over the four-day holiday and balloon seats go at holiday prices.86climate
  6. 🇹🇷 Ürgüp, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)Cave hotels around town sell out to Turkish families over the four-day holiday, and a balloon seat costs more than usual if you can find one at all.86climate
  7. 🇲🇦 Fes, MoroccoEid al-Adha · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)The city stops for two or three days: sheep on every roof terrace beforehand, then shut shops, no taxis and smoke over the medina.83climate
  8. 🇹🇷 Antalya, TurkeyKurban Bayrami coast exodus · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The longer religious holiday empties the inland cities onto this coast.82climate
  9. 🇹🇷 Bodrum, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The peninsula opens properly for the four-day holiday and Istanbul arrives with it.81climate
  10. 🇹🇷 Alanya, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)Konya and the central plateau come over the Taurus for the four days, and the coast road through town stops moving.80climate
  11. 🇨🇳 Hotan, ChinaCorban, the Eid al-Adha holiday · 5 May – 10 Jun (usually)Three days off in Xinjiang and the biggest date of the Uyghur year here — sheep in the back of every van beforehand, and the bazaar swollen for a week around it.79climate
  12. 🇹🇷 Kalkan, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)Four days off sends Turkish families to the coast and the villas above the harbour go early.79climate
  13. 🇹🇷 Pamukkale, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)The four-day religious holiday is when inland Turkey travels, and Pamukkale is the classic family stop between Denizli and the coast.78climate
  14. 🇹🇷 Kaş, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)A small town on a long road gets a four-day holiday's worth of Turkish visitors at once.78climate
  15. 🇸🇳 Dakar, SenegalTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the year's biggest day here.76climate
  16. 🇸🇳 Saint-Louis, SenegalTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha shuts the town for a couple of days and sends everyone home to family.75climate
  17. 🇬🇲 Banjul, GambiaTobaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the year's biggest family day.71climate
  18. 🇹🇷 Mardin, TurkeyKurban Bayrami · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)Four days off and a great deal of visiting between households, so the old city is busy and the shops are not open.69climate
  19. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaTobaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is the Gambian year's biggest family day, and staff head home for it.69climate
  20. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanEid al-Adha · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Four days of public holiday when Amman comes down to the shore for the day and the resort day passes sell out.68climate
  21. 🇬🇼 Bissau, Guinea-BissauTabaski · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha closes government offices and much of the market for a day or two, and is the busiest travel window of the year for the Muslim north and east.67climate
  22. 🇲🇻 Malé, MaldivesEid al-Adha · 1 May – 15 Jun (usually)Several days of public holiday when Maldivians travel home between islands, so ferry seats and seaplane slots go to residents first.66climate
  23. 🇪🇬 Cairo, EgyptEid al-Adha · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Four days of public holiday when the city half empties towards the coast and the North Coast road is solid.62climate
  24. 🇺🇿 Bukhara, UzbekistanKurban Hayit · 25 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)Eid al-Adha is a public holiday of family visits and closed offices, and it moves about eleven days earlier each year.61climate
  25. 🇲🇦 Ouarzazate, MoroccoEid al-Adha · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)Two or three days when the town shuts and everyone who works in it goes home to the villages.60climate

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Ramadan & Eid in July

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.88climate

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Ramadan & Eid in August

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.92climate

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Ramadan & Eid in September

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.79climate

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Ramadan & Eid in October

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.61climate

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Ramadan & Eid in November

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.39climate

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Ramadan & Eid in December

  1. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaRamadan and Eid · 1 Jan – 31 Dec (usually)Tatarstan keeps Eid al-Fitr as a public holiday, and the crowd at the Kul Sharif mosque inside the Kremlin spills onto the grounds.29climate

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