Makkah
City in Saudi Arabia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Makkah Montage: MrJoker07, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Makkah is a city in Saudi Arabia, in Mecca Region. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Saudi Arabia in our atlas.
It lies at 21.43° N, 39.83° E, about 333 m (1,093 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Riyadh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Makkah. Green dots: other major cities of Saudi Arabia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Makkah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 42°C (108°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 15°C (58°F). Around 39 mm (2 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in Saudi ArabiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Ta’if · 63 km
- Jeddah · 66 km
- Madinah · 338 km
- Sulţānah · 341 km
- Najrān · 623 km
- Buraydah · 693 km
- Ha'il · 703 km
- Riyadh · 799 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 104515 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q5806 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Makkah Montage: MrJoker07, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Abraj-al-Bait-Towers: King Eliot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jabele thor - panoramio: Abdul Razzaq Phulpot…, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
