Umrah from Toronto without a package: plan and budget
For 2 people with 5 nights in Makkah and 3 in Madinah, expect roughly C$4,700 to C$7,400 outside Ramadan. C$566 of that is published fees and fares. Flights and rooms change daily: check today's prices below and the total becomes your own.
2 travellers from Toronto, leaving Sun 10 Jan 2027 and flying home Tue 19 Jan 2027, into Jeddah. Tourist visa.
Makkah: 5 nights, Mon 11 Jan to Sat 16 Jan, 1 room, 0.5 to 1 km from the Kaaba.
Madinah: 3 nights, Sat 16 Jan to Tue 19 Jan, 1 room, 0.5 to 1 km from the Prophet’s Mosque.
This plan: https://soloumrah.com/umrah-cost/from-toronto
“Avoid non-essential travel” is the current advice for Saudi Arabia from the government of Canada. Read it before you book, and check that your travel insurance still covers the trip.
Updated 29 October 2026, checked 10 November 2026. Advice like this changes quickly.
Your trip
January 2027. Makkah averages 30.9°C by day and Madinah 24.4°C. It runs from about Rajab to Sha’ban 1448 in the Hijri calendar.
Season dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and can be a day out. Temperatures: WMO Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, Makkah station 41030 (filed by Saudi Arabia, archived by NOAA), checked 10 November 2026
Your journey, stop by stop
Toronto
Sun 10 Jan 2027 (2 Sha’ban 1448, approximate)Entry visa
Tourist visa for 2 travellersC$298Visit Saudi, visa regulations, checked 10 November 2026Flight to Jeddah and back
YYZ to JED, 10 Jan to 19 JanC$2,800 to C$3,900Check today’s fares, YYZ to JED, 10 Jan to 19 Jan
in totalUntil you enter it, the plan uses a rough guide: C$2,800 to C$3,900. 2 people × C$1,400 to C$1,950, what a round trip on this route has cost over the past 12 months. Kayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source)
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Miqat الميقات
Passed in the air, before landing. Nothing to pay.Where and when to enter ihram: Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Two Holy Mosques, Sifat al-Umrah (1446 AH), page 11; Islam Question & Answer, no. 4635. Read 10 November 2026. General guidance, not a fatwa.
Jeddah airport to Makkah
Train, 54 min, Mon 11 JanC$492 people × SAR 65, the Economy base fare before VAT and fees. Business is SAR 101.40. Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026
On Tue 24 Nov 2026 the railway listed 17 trains from Jeddah airport to Makkah, the first at 06:05 and the last at 22:35. Timetable: Haramain High Speed Railway, timetable, checked 10 November 2026
Makkah
5 nights from 11 Jan, 0.5 to 1 km from the KaabaC$840 to C$1,900Nights in MakkahMon 11 Jan to Sat 16 Jan 2027 (3 Sha’ban 1448 to 8 Sha’ban 1448, approximate)
How far from the Kaaba you stay
Each ring is a band of distance in a straight line from the Kaaba, in kilometres. Each dot is a hotel, placed by its distance and its compass direction, with north at the top. The prices are a rough guide to one room for two, per night, at this time of year. See the hotels by name.
Guide prices: Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) Distances: a straight line from the Kaaba, from Google Hotels map positions. Hotels in one building share one figure.
Check today’s prices in Makkah, 11 Jan to 16 Jan
in totalUntil you enter it, the plan uses a rough guide: C$840 to C$1,900. 1 room × 5 nights at roughly SAR 450 to SAR 1,000 a night. Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source)
Makkah in January: 30.9°C by day and 19.2°C at night on average. Averages for 1991 to 2020: WMO Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, Makkah station 41030 (filed by Saudi Arabia, archived by NOAA), checked 10 November 2026
Makkah to Madinah
Train, 2 h 15 min to 2 h 25 min, Sat 16 JanC$1222 people × SAR 162, the Economy base fare before VAT and fees. Business is SAR 455. Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026
On Tue 24 Nov 2026 the railway listed 31 trains from Makkah to Madinah, the first at 06:00 and the last at 21:20. Timetable: Haramain High Speed Railway, timetable, checked 10 November 2026
Madinah
3 nights from 16 Jan, 0.5 to 1 km from the mosqueC$500 to C$970Nights in MadinahSat 16 Jan to Tue 19 Jan 2027 (8 Sha’ban 1448 to 11 Sha’ban 1448, approximate)
How far from the Prophet’s Mosque you stay
Each ring is a band of distance in a straight line from the centre of the Prophet’s Mosque, in kilometres. Each dot is a hotel, placed by its distance and its compass direction, with north at the top. The prices are a rough guide to one room for two, per night, at this time of year. See the hotels by name.
Guide prices: Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) Distances: a straight line from the centre of the Prophet's Mosque, from Google Hotels map positions. Hotels in one building share one figure.
Check today’s prices in Madinah, 16 Jan to 19 Jan
in totalUntil you enter it, the plan uses a rough guide: C$500 to C$970. 1 room × 3 nights at roughly SAR 450 to SAR 850 a night. Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source)
Madinah in January: 24.4°C by day and 12.1°C at night on average. Averages for 1991 to 2020: WMO Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, Madinah station 40430 (filed by Saudi Arabia, archived by NOAA), checked 10 November 2026
Madinah to Jeddah airport
Train, 1 h 48 min to 1 h 54 min, Tue 19 JanC$982 people × SAR 130, the Economy base fare before VAT and fees. Business is SAR 365. Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026
On Tue 24 Nov 2026 the railway listed 10 trains from Madinah to Jeddah airport, the first at 06:00 and the last at 22:00. Timetable: Haramain High Speed Railway, timetable, checked 10 November 2026
Back in Toronto
Tue 19 Jan 2027 (11 Sha’ban 1448, approximate)
Before you leave
In the order to do them. These are government rules and operators' conditions, each with its source. They are separate from religious guidance.
- Government of Canada, travel advice for Saudi Arabia, checked 10 November 2026
- Visit Saudi, visa regulations, checked 10 November 2026
- Government of Canada, travel advice for Saudi Arabia, checked 10 November 2026
- Government of Ontario, booking a trip: your rights, checked 10 November 2026Office de la protection du consommateur, Quebec, travel compensation fund, checked 10 November 2026Consumer Protection BC, travel services, checked 10 November 2026
- Saudi Ministry of Health, health requirements for Umrah 1447H (2026), checked 10 November 2026GOV.UK, pilgrimage advice for Saudi Arabia, checked 10 November 2026
- Saudi Ministry of Health, health requirements for Umrah 1447H (2026), checked 10 November 2026Saudi Food and Drug Authority, permits for pilgrims' medicines, checked 10 November 2026
- Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, questions and answers, checked 10 November 2026
- Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Umrah permit application, checked 10 November 2026Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, questions and answers, checked 10 November 2026
- Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, Rawdah permit, checked 10 November 2026Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, questions and answers, checked 10 November 2026
- Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026Haramain High Speed Railway, baggage, checked 10 November 2026Haramain High Speed Railway, tickets, checked 10 November 2026
- Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, what to declare, checked 10 November 2026
Day by day
Hijri dates follow the Umm al-Qura calendar and are approximate: the month can begin a day earlier or later.
- Day 1Sun 10 Jan2 Sha’ban 1448
Leave Toronto
- Fly from Toronto Pearson to Jeddah.
Where and when to enter ihram: Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Two Holy Mosques, Sifat al-Umrah (1446 AH), page 11; Islam Question & Answer, no. 4635. Read 10 November 2026. General guidance, not a fatwa.
- Day 2Mon 11 Jan3 Sha’ban 1448
Land in Jeddah
- Most flights land the day after they leave: the direct flight takes 11 h 45 min and Jeddah is 8 hours ahead of Toronto. If your ticket lands on a different day, move the dates. Kayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source)
- Jeddah airport to Makkah by train, 54 min. Haramain High Speed Railway, timetable, checked 10 November 2026
- Check in for 5 nights.
- Perform Umrah at the time on your Nusuk permit. Tawaf الطواف, Sa'i السعي, Shaving the head الحلق, Cutting the hair التقصير.
How to perform Umrah: Islam Question & Answer, no. 154979. Read 10 November 2026. General guidance, not a fatwa.
- Day 3Tue 12 Jan4 Sha’ban 1448
Makkah
Night 2 of 5.
- Day 4Wed 13 Jan5 Sha’ban 1448
Makkah
Night 3 of 5.
- Day 5Thu 14 Jan6 Sha’ban 1448
Makkah
Night 4 of 5.
- Day 6Fri 15 Jan7 Sha’ban 1448
Makkah
Night 5 of 5.
- Day 7Sat 16 Jan8 Sha’ban 1448
Makkah to Madinah
- Makkah to Madinah by train, 2 h 15 min to 2 h 25 min. Haramain High Speed Railway, timetable, checked 10 November 2026
- Check in for 3 nights.
- Day 8Sun 17 Jan9 Sha’ban 1448
Madinah
Night 2 of 3.
- Day 9Mon 18 Jan10 Sha’ban 1448
Madinah
Night 3 of 3.
- Day 10Tue 19 Jan11 Sha’ban 1448
Fly home
- Madinah to Jeddah airport by train, 1 h 48 min to 1 h 54 min. Haramain High Speed Railway, timetable, checked 10 November 2026
- Fly from Jeddah to Toronto Pearson. The day you arrive home depends on your ticket.
Budget, line by line
For the whole group, in Canadian dollars. Fees and fares set by an authority are exact. Flights and rooms are a rough guide until you enter the price you find.
| What | Amount |
|---|---|
| Flights, Toronto to Jeddah and back | C$2,800 to C$3,900 |
| Rough guide. 2 people × C$1,400 to C$1,950, what a round trip on this route has cost over the past 12 months.Kayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) | |
| Tourist visa | C$298 |
| 2 people × SAR 395Visit Saudi, visa regulations, checked 10 November 2026 | |
| Jeddah airport to Makkah, train | C$49 |
| 2 people × SAR 65, the Economy base fare before VAT and fees. Business is SAR 101.40.Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026 | |
| Makkah to Madinah, train | C$122 |
| 2 people × SAR 162, the Economy base fare before VAT and fees. Business is SAR 455.Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026 | |
| Madinah to Jeddah airport, train | C$98 |
| 2 people × SAR 130, the Economy base fare before VAT and fees. Business is SAR 365.Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026 | |
| Makkah hotel, 5 nights | C$840 to C$1,900 |
| Rough guide. 1 room × 5 nights at roughly SAR 450 to SAR 1,000 a night.Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) | |
| Madinah hotel, 3 nights | C$500 to C$970 |
| Rough guide. 1 room × 3 nights at roughly SAR 450 to SAR 850 a night.Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) | |
| Food | to add |
| Not counted until you enter a daily amount. | |
| Rough total | C$4,700 to C$7,400 |
Riyal prices are converted at 0.3766 Canadian dollars to the riyal. Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), checked 10 November 2026Bank of Canada, daily exchange rates, checked 10 November 2026
Where this comes from
What is exact. Visa fees, train fares and timetables, travel advice, temperatures and Hijri dates come from the body that sets or records them. Each is named and dated beside the figure, and anything checked more than 90 days ago is marked in this colour: rust.
What is a guide. Flight fares and room prices change every day, so this page does not quote them. The flight range is what the route has cost over the past year. Room prices here follow the Hijri calendar, so they are given as rough ranges for four seasons: most of the year, Ramadan, its last ten nights, and the weeks around Hajj. Each range is the middle half of the prices Google Hotels showed for two-night stays on the dates sampled in that season, rounded outwards. It shows the level of prices. It is not a quote: check today's price for your own dates.
How far a hotel is. Distance is the straight line from the Kaaba to the hotel's position on Google Hotels' map. It is not a walking route and no walking time is given: around the mosques that depends on the gate, the crowd and the hour. Hotels in one building share one figure. Hotels are taken in order from the mosque outwards, and one whose map position is within 75 metres of the first hotel in a building is put in that building. Every hotel in a building gets the average of their distances, rounded to the nearest 100 metres. A hotel on its own is rounded the same way. The hotels of Abraj Al Bait (the Clock Towers) stand on one podium and are treated as one building, though their map positions are further apart than that. In Madinah the line is drawn from the centre of the Prophet's Mosque.
Sources behind this plan
- Kayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source)
- Visit Saudi, visa regulations, checked 10 November 2026
- Haramain High Speed Railway, fares, checked 10 November 2026
- Google Hotels, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source)
- Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), checked 10 November 2026
- Bank of Canada, daily exchange rates, checked 10 November 2026
From Toronto, at a glance
| Tourist visa | SAR 395 per person, about C$149Visit Saudi, visa regulations, checked 10 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Umrah visa | SAR 300 per person, about C$113Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, questions and answers, checked 10 November 2026 |
| Stopover visa | SAR 52.50 per person, about C$20Visit Saudi, visa regulations, checked 10 November 2026 |
| Flights to Jeddah, past 12 months | Roughly C$1,400 to C$1,950 per person, round tripKayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) |
| Flights to Madinah, past 12 months | Roughly C$1,450 to C$2,000 per person, round tripKayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) |
| Direct flight to Jeddah | 11 h 45 minKayak, checked 10 November 2026 (not an official source) |
| Time difference | Makkah is 8 hours ahead of Toronto in January 2027 |
| Government of Canada advice | Avoid non-essential travel, updated 29 October 2026Government of Canada, travel advice for Saudi Arabia, checked 10 November 2026 |
Questions about Umrah from Toronto
How much does Umrah cost from Toronto if you book it yourself?
For 2 people with 5 nights in Makkah and 3 in Madinah, outside Ramadan, expect roughly C$4,700 to C$7,400 before food. Of that, C$566 is fixed: the visa fee and the Haramain train fares, both published. The rest is flights and hotel rooms, whose prices change daily and rise sharply in Ramadan, so check today's prices for your own dates and put them into the planner on this page.
How much are flights from Toronto to Jeddah?
Over the past 12 months a round trip has cost roughly C$1,400 to C$1,950 per person, according to Kayak. That is a guide to the level of fares, not a quote; check today's fare for your dates.
Is there a direct flight from Toronto to Jeddah?
Yes. Kayak lists a direct flight taking 11 h 45 min.
Which visa do travellers from Canada need for Umrah?
Tourist visa: SAR 395 (about C$149) per person. Umrah visa: SAR 300 (about C$113) per person. Stopover visa: SAR 52.50 (about C$20) per person. Saudi Arabia's tourism site says any type of visa allows a traveller to perform Umrah. Hajj needs its own visa.
What does the government of Canada say about travelling to Saudi Arabia?
Canada advises avoiding non-essential travel to Saudi Arabia because of the volatile security situation in the region. That advice was last updated on 29 October 2026. Read the current advice before you book, and check that your travel insurance still applies.
More for Toronto
- Umrah visa for CanadiansThe ways to enter, their fees and rules.
- Hotels in Makkah, by distance from the Kaaba
- The Umrah calendarWhen Ramadan and Hajj fall, and the weather month by month.
- Haramain train fares and first and last trains