Mecca
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About
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city located in the Hejazi region of western Saudi Arabia and is the capital of Mecca Province. Mecca is considered the birthplace of Islam, the holiest city in Islam and is the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mecca, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Mecca
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Clear
42° / 31°
UV Very high
Sat
Clear
40° / 28°
UV Very high
Sun
Clear
41° / 23°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
45° / 30°
UV Very high
Tue
Clear
46° / 31°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
42° / 31°
UV Very high
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
46° / 15°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.1h
05:42 – 18:51local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Mecca
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Taif International Airport (TIF) at 75 km.
Getting around Mecca
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.