Taif is a city in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia at an elevation of 1,879 m on the slopes of the Sarawat Mountains. It has a population of 1,200,000 people and is the unofficial summer capital.
Makkah is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia that is also capital of the Makkah Province. The city is located 70 km inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m above sea level.