Browse / Saudi Arabia / Makkah / زعفران

زعفران

Makkahvillage

No image yet

Air quality index

73Moderate
Coordinates21.22°, 40.74°

Demographic figures from General Authority for Statistics (Saudi Arabia). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Loading additional data from public sources…0 / 11
CensusWikipediaWeatherPlacesPeopleEnvironmentHealth & SchoolsRelatedGeography & CultureLive MonitoringEvents & Gallery
0% complete

City facts

Overview

زعفران, a village in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Coordinates of 21.220°, 40.736° situate زعفران in the tropical zone of the northern hemisphere. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,311 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 90% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.

Summary composed automatically from structured open data on this page. See our Terms for details.

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
21.2199
Longitude
40.7362
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
73
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
30.2
PM10 (µg/m³)
93.8
Ozone (µg/m³)
50
NO₂ (µg/m³)
10.8

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
67
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    5
  • Brown-necked Raven
    Corvus ruficollis Lesson, 1831 · Aves
    4
  • White-spectacled Bulbul
    Pycnonotus xanthopygos (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) · Aves
    4
  • Black Scrub-Robin
    Cercotrichas podobe (Statius Muller, 1776) · Aves
    3
  • Rüppell's Weaver
    Ploceus galbula Rüppell, 1840 · Aves
    3
  • Namaqua Dove
    Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    3
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    3
  • European chameleon
    Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) · Squamata
    2

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Makkah

Browse all places in Makkah →

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
6.33
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,311

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org