There are 7 ways to get from Ireland to Mecca by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Cork Airport to Jeddah, bus
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Jeddah (JED)plane ORK - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 53mSAR 967–2,760Fly Dublin Airport to Jeddah, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Jeddah (JED)plane DUB - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
14h 2mSAR 627–1,188Fly Shannon Airport to Jeddah, bus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Jeddah (JED)plane SNN - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
14h 6mSAR 975–2,770Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Centraltrain
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Jeddah (JED)plane BHD - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
14h 36mSAR 869–2,326Fly Dublin Airport to Taif Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Taif Regional Airport (TIF)plane DUB - TIF
- Take the bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stnbus
15h 48mSAR 1,052–3,473Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Jeddah (JED)plane NOC - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
14h 39mSAR 1,070–2,930Fly Dublin Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED)plane DUB - MED
- Take the train from Madinah to Makkahtrain
15h 57mSAR 932–2,698
Cork Airport (ORK) to Jeddah (JED) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Mecca is to fly and bus which costs 600﷼ - 1200﷼ and takes 14h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Mecca is to fly and bus which takes 12h 53m and costs 950﷼ - 2800﷼.
The distance between Ireland and Mecca is 5378 km.
It takes approximately 12h 53m to get from Ireland to Mecca, including transfers.
Mecca is 3h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 5:43 AM in Ireland and 8:43 AM in Mecca.
There are 612+ hotels available in Mecca.
What companies run services between Ireland and Mecca, Saudi Arabia?
There is no direct connection from Ireland to Mecca. However, you can take the line 225 bus to Cork Airport, walk to Cork Airport (ORK) 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 vehicle to Red Cow, walk to Red Cow Luas, take the line 726 bus to Dublin Airport Zone 16, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Cork Airport to Jeddah via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Shannon Airport to Jeddah via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Shannon Airport to Jeddah via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Shannon Airport to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Shannon Airport to Jeddah via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Shannon Airport to Jeddah via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Jeddah via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Jeddah via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Jeddah via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Jeddah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,400
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Jeddah via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,500
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–2,400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Jeddah via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Jeddah via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,900
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Jeddah via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,000
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,600
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 35–55
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- SAR 35–55
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Grand Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 55–80
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 920000329
- customerservices@sar.com.sa
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Madinah to Makkah
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–315
- Schedules at
- sar.hhr.sa
- Economy
- SAR 120–150
- Business
- SAR 200–280
- Phone
- + 966 920020590
- care@nwbus.sa
- Website
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stn
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Galway Ceannt Station to Ireland West Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 70–95
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
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