Mekke, Suudi Arabistan: yıl boyunca neler var

Kalabalık — burayı dolduran pazarların 6 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en iyi aylarından biri

• Kural

  Entry restricted to Muslims

  1 Oca – 31 AraKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Ramadan Umrah season

  18 Şub – 19 MarRamazan ve BayramKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: The quiet Umrah months (15 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde)), Winter flash floods (1 Kas – 31 Oca (genelde))

Kalabalık — Ramadan Umrah season, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  The last ten nights

  10–19 MarRamazan ve BayramKalabalıkErken rezervasyonRisk

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Ramadan Umrah season (18 Şub – 19 Mar), The quiet Umrah months (15 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Ramadan Umrah season, The last ten nights

• Tatil

  Eid al-Fitr

  20–23 MarRamazan ve BayramKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Kural

  Umrah season closes before Hajj

  15 Mar – 15 May · geneldeKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Ramadan Umrah season (18 Şub – 19 Mar), The last ten nights (10–19 Mar)

Kalabalık — Hajj, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  Hajj

  20 Nis – 20 Haz · geneldeHac sezonuKalabalıkKapanışlarErken rezervasyonRisk

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Eid al-Fitr (20–23 Mar), Umrah season closes before Hajj (15 Mar – 15 May (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Hajj, Eid al-Adha

• Tatil

  Eid al-Adha

  27–30 MayRamazan ve BayramKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  Summer heat in the valley

  15 May – 15 EylAşırı sıcak

  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.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Umrah season closes before Hajj (15 Mar – 15 May (genelde)), Hajj (20 Nis – 20 Haz (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Hajj, Saudi summer holidays

• Tatil

  Saudi summer holidays

  15 Haz – 31 Ağu · geneldeOkul tatilleriKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Hajj (20 Nis – 20 Haz (genelde)), Eid al-Adha (27–30 May), Summer heat in the valley (15 May – 15 Eyl)

Kalabalık — Saudi summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili

Temmuz ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Summer heat in the valley (15 May – 15 Eyl), Saudi summer holidays (15 Haz – 31 Ağu (genelde))

Kalabalık — Saudi summer holidays, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

Ağustos ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Summer heat in the valley (15 May – 15 Eyl), Saudi summer holidays (15 Haz – 31 Ağu (genelde))

Kalabalık — Saudi National Day, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Tatil

  Saudi National Day

  23–24 EylResmî tatilKapanışlarKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Summer heat in the valley (15 May – 15 Eyl)

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

• Sezon

  The quiet Umrah months

  15 Eki – 10 Şub · geneldeSezon dışı kapanış

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara)

Ara sezon — sıradan bir ay

• Risk

  Winter flash floods

  1 Kas – 31 Oca · geneldeSel sezonu

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), The quiet Umrah months (15 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde))

Kalabalık — burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en iyi aylarından biri

Aralık ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Entry restricted to Muslims (1 Oca – 31 Ara), The quiet Umrah months (15 Eki – 10 Şub (genelde)), Winter flash floods (1 Kas – 31 Oca (genelde))