Ramadan Umrah 2027: When to Book, the Last Ten Nights and What to Expect

When is Ramadan 2027?

For a Ramadan Umrah 2027, the Saudi dates are the ones that matter. Ramadan 1448 is expected to begin on or around Monday 8 February 2027 under the Umm al-Qura calendar, with Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday 9 or Wednesday 10 March. Both depend on the sighting of the moon, and Pakistan often starts Ramadan a day after Saudi Arabia, so your fasts at home and in Makkah may not line up.

If Ramadan begins on 8 February, the last ten nights begin at sunset on about 27 February. The odd nights people seek out for Laylat al-Qadr would then fall on the evenings of about 27 February and 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — the nights before the 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th and 29th fasts.

When to book Ramadan Umrah 2027 from Pakistan

Book in this order: hotel, flights, then the visa. Rooms within walking distance of the Haram sell first, and for the last ten nights they are often committed months ahead — for February and March 2027, booking in October or November 2026 is not early. The first twenty days are easier, and the first week is the easiest of all.

Flights from Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad to Jeddah and Madinah fill for the last ten days and for the return around Eid. Price the return as carefully as the outbound: many people want to be home for Eid or just after, and those seats go.

Leave the visa until near travel. Since November 2025 an Umrah visa must be used within 30 days of issue, and the Ministry’s 1448 season calendar stops issuing Umrah visas on 1 Shawwal, Eid day, about 9 March. To stay on after Eid, your visa must be issued before then; you must enter by 15 Shawwal (about 23 March) and leave by 30 Shawwal (about 7 April). Our Umrah visa guide covers the vaccinations, which need booking weeks ahead too.

Before paying, run the package through our Umrah package checklist. Ramadan is when “walking distance” most often turns out to be a shuttle ride, and when shuttles are slowest. If you have not settled on Ramadan yet, our guide to the best time for Umrah compares it with the quieter months.

How many Umrahs can you do in Ramadan?

Every Umrah needs a permit in the Nusuk app, booked for a time slot, and in Ramadan the slots run out. Saudi Arabia has also limited repeat Umrahs in the month: in 2023 Nusuk refused a second Ramadan permit outright, and in 2025 the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah asked pilgrims to perform Umrah only once during the last ten days. Expect a similar limit in 1448, and check what the app allows when you book.

Pick the time with care. In Ramadan 2026 the Ministry said the busiest hours were 4pm to 10pm and 5am to 8am, with moderate crowds from 11pm to 4am and the lightest from 8am to 3pm, when most people are fasting and resting. Late at night, after Taraweeh, is the usual compromise: you have eaten and drunk, and the crowd has thinned. If you want more than one Umrah on the trip, the days before Ramadan or after Eid are the realistic answer.

Rawdah permits in Ramadan

Praying in Al-Rawdah Al-Sharifah, the area of the Prophet’s Mosque between his house and his minbar, needs its own Nusuk permit, with separate times for men and women. How often you may book one has changed more than once: the authority that runs the two mosques announced in December 2025 that a person can have one permit every 365 days, while older Ministry guidance said 30 days. The app enforces whichever rule is current.

In Ramadan the slots go fastest. Book as soon as your visa is issued, and plan the Madinah part of the trip around the slot you get rather than the other way round. There is also a walk-up route for people already at the mosque, but in Ramadan it is not something to rely on.

Itikaf in Masjid al-Haram: how registration works

Itikaf — staying in the mosque for worship, traditionally in the last ten days — is a sunnah all the schools recognise. In Masjid al-Haram and the Prophet’s Mosque it has to be registered. For Ramadan 1447 the General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque opened online registration on 3 Ramadan, for itikaf from 20 Ramadan to the end of the month.

Places are limited and applications are approved against capacity, so applying is not the same as getting a place; successful applicants were told by text message. Read the conditions on the portal when it opens, since they set who may apply. Without registration you can still pray through the nights, but you cannot stay in the designated itikaf areas.

The schools differ on itikaf for women in a mosque — the Hanafi school holds that a woman’s itikaf is in her prayer place at home — so women should follow their own scholar.

What are the last 10 days of Ramadan Umrah like?

Crowded beyond anything most people have seen. Roads around the Haram close to private cars, prayer areas fill hours before Isha, and when a level is full the gates close and screens direct people elsewhere — other floors, the roof, the courtyards, the streets. The 27th night and the night the imams complete the Quran draw the biggest crowds.

The night has two parts: Taraweeh after Isha, a break, then Qiyam in the last part of the night, finishing near suhoor. Many people stay from Maghrib to Fajr, sleep in the morning and rest through the afternoon. There is nowhere official to sleep in the mosque unless you are registered for itikaf, so a hotel close enough to walk back to is worth more in these ten days than at any other time.

Food is simpler than people expect. Dates and Zamzam are handed out at Maghrib and iftar spreads are laid out in many areas, while the restaurants and shops around the Haram stay open through the night for suhoor. Carry a small bag with water and something to eat, because once you have a place, you won’t want to give it up.

Fasting and Umrah at the same time

Tawaf and sa’i while fasting means several kilometres of walking without water, in a crowd. Most people manage it by timing: arrive, sleep, and perform the Umrah after Taraweeh, when they have eaten and drunk. Avoid doing it straight off an overnight flight.

A traveller may choose not to fast, and all the schools agree on that. They differ on when someone staying in Makkah stops counting as a traveller — broadly, once they intend to stay four days or more for most schools, fifteen days or more for the Hanafis — so ask your own scholar if you plan not to fast.

Elderly pilgrims should use a wheelchair or an electric cart for tawaf and sa’i rather than prove a point, and should not attempt it in the afternoon. Anyone excused from fasting because of age or illness remains excused in Makkah. Children are not required to fast; keep them drinking water, keep them close, and put your phone number on their wrist. Our step-by-step guide on how to perform Umrah covers the rites themselves.

What to pack for Ramadan Umrah

Pack for long nights, cool evenings and very little sleep. Late February and early March are mild — around the low 30s by day in Makkah, cooler at night and cooler again in Madinah — so heat is less of a problem than it is in summer. The essentials: