There are 7 ways to get from Essen to Mecca by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
best- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Jeddah (JED)plane CGN - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
11h 8mSAR 1,070–1,981Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED)plane DUS - MED
- Take the train from Madinah to Makkahtrain
13h 39mSAR 1,006–2,987Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Jeddah (JED)plane DUS - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
11h 49mSAR 1,082–2,738Train to Frankfurt, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Jeddah (JED)plane FRA - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
11h 25mSAR 1,033–1,617Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Taif Regional Airport (TIF)plane DUS - TIF
- Take the bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stnbus
15h 40mSAR 1,297–3,923Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Jeddah (JED)plane AMS - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 31mSAR 1,093–6,415Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Jeddah (JED)plane BRU - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
13h 35mSAR 1,034–6,682
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Jeddah (JED) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which costs 1000﷼ - 1700﷼ and takes 11h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 8m and costs 1000﷼ - 2000﷼.
The distance between Essen and Mecca is 4468 km.
It takes approximately 11h 8m to get from Essen to Mecca, including transfers.
Mecca is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 8:54 AM in Essen and 9:54 AM in Mecca.
There are 636+ hotels available in Mecca.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Mecca, Saudi Arabia?
There is no direct connection from Essen to Mecca. However, you can take the train to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen, walk to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Duesseldorf Flughafen, walk to D-Flughafen Bf, take the vehicle to D-Flughafen Terminal A/B, walk to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Frankfurt, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,000
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Jeddah via Luxor
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,800
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,800
Flights from Brussels Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,400
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Jeddah via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Jeddah via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,000
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,000
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,600
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–4,100
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,400
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 180–390
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 65–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 150–340
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 130
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 920000329
- customerservices@sar.com.sa
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Madinah to Makkah
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 100–315
- Schedules at
- sar.hhr.sa
- Economy
- SAR 100–150
- Business
- SAR 180–260
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 25–35
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 160–250
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- + 966 920020590
- care@nwbus.sa
- Website
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 35–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
- Book at
- booking.nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
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