Medina to Mecca runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €45.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 25m over 390 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €45.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€45.99
- 107%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Medina
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:07First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Saudi Arabia Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Medina to Mecca on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €88.34Tue15
- about €109.79Wed16
- about €93.84Thu17
- about €96.59Fri18
- about €97.69Sat19
- about €83.39Sun20
- about €52.59Mon21
- about €53.14Tue22
- about €71.84Wed23
- about €72.39Thu24
- about €66.34Fri25
- about €66.89Sat26
- about €79.54Sun27
- about €45.99Mon28
- about €45.99Tue29
- about €50.39Wed30
- about €54.79Thu1
- about €51.49Fri2
- about €59.19Sat3
- about €49.84Sun4
- about €54.24Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Mecca. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mecca for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Makkah Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Medina to Mecca
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €59.7490 days
- €47.0960 days
- €45.4445 days
- €47.0830 days
- €54.2421 days
- €45.9914 days
- €52.597 days
- €93.843 days
- €88.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 107 percent. The most expensive point is €93.84, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Medina to Mecca and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
390 km
339 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
1,300,000 → 1,578,722
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 390 km against 339 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Jeddah. The gap between arriving and leaving is 95 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Makkah Railway Station
Most of the points near Makkah Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Medina to Mecca
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Medina to Mecca?
The fastest journey from Medina to Mecca takes 3h 25m door to door, of which 2h 52m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Medina to Mecca?
The cheapest fare from Medina to Mecca is €45.99, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Medina to Mecca?
The cheapest way from Medina to Mecca is by train, at €45.99 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 3h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Medina to Mecca?
Fares from Medina to Mecca bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €45.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 107 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Medina to Mecca?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Medina to Mecca, at €52.59. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Medina to Mecca?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Medina to Mecca, at €38.84 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Medina to Mecca?
1 operators sell services from Medina to Mecca across 1 mode: Saudi Arabia Railways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Medina to Mecca?
50 percent of the services we sell from Medina to Mecca are direct. The rest connect at Jeddah, with about 95 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Medina to Mecca use?
Services from Medina to Mecca by train leave from Madinah Station and arrive at Makkah Railway Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Medina to Mecca?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Medina to Mecca allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Medina to Mecca on September 14, 2026: 390 km of route against 339 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.99, and 3h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Mecca is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Mecca and across Saudi Arabia
Day trips that leave Mecca in the morning and cover a good part of Saudi Arabia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Medina reaches 46 places in 26 countries on services we hold, over distances from 334 to 8,662 km. Mecca reaches 3 places in 1 countries, from 67 to 342 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Medina
- 46Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 36Operators
Arriving in Mecca
Leaving Mecca
- 3Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators