Qibla direction
Choose a city or share your location to see which way to face, and how far away the Kaaba is.
London · United Kingdom · 51.51°, -0.13°
- Qibla direction
- 119° from true north
- Distance to the Kaaba
- 4,794 km
These tools calculate; they do not rule. Where your mosque, local authority or scholar says otherwise, follow them.
How it works
The qibla is the great-circle direction from your position to the Kaaba — the shortest path over the curved Earth, not a straight line on a flat map. That is why from North America it points north-east rather than east.
The bearing is measured from true north. A phone compass shows magnetic north, which can differ by several degrees; the live compass corrects for this where the device reports true heading.
Questions
How accurate does the direction need to be?
Most scholars hold that facing the general direction is sufficient when the exact bearing is not known. A prayer offered after a genuine effort to find the qibla is valid.
Why does my phone compass disagree?
Magnetic interference from metal, speakers or a case with magnets. Move away from them and calibrate by moving the phone in a figure of eight.
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