Makkah: facts

At a glance

• Country: Saudi Arabia
• Region: Mecca Region
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 1,578,722
• Coordinates: 21.4266° N, 39.8256° E
• Time zone: Asia/Riyadh (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Rial (SAR)
• Distance to the capital, Riyadh: 793 km (493 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Taif International Airport (TIF): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
• King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
• King Saud Bin Abdulaziz (Al Baha) Airport (ABT): 226 km (140 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Umm Hamla: 24 km (15 mi)
• Al Jumum: 25 km (16 mi)
• Umm as Salam: 45 km (28 mi)
• Ta'if: 64 km (39 mi)
• Ash Shafa: 64 km (40 mi)