Qibla compass
Hold your phone flat and turn until the white line meets the gold marker.
LocationLondon
Makkah4,794 km
The line is the direct path to the Kaaba over the globe – on a flat map it looks curved. Diyanet and Google calculate the qibla the same way.
Qibla is 119° from north
Qibla119°from north
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Distance4,794km
Qibla direction from UK cities
| City | Qibla | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| London | 119° | 4,794 km |
| Birmingham | 117.9° | 4,952 km |
| Bolton | 118.3° | 5,041 km |
| Bradford | 119.3° | 5,013 km |
| Bristol | 116.3° | 4,943 km |
| Cardiff | 115.7° | 4,980 km |
| Coventry | 118.3° | 4,925 km |
| Edinburgh | 119.5° | 5,212 km |
| Glasgow | 118.3° | 5,265 km |
| Leeds | 119.5° | 5,002 km |
| Leicester | 118.9° | 4,915 km |
| Liverpool | 117.6° | 5,064 km |
| Luton | 119° | 4,831 km |
| Manchester | 118.5° | 5,025 km |
| Nottingham | 119.2° | 4,933 km |
| Sheffield | 119.2° | 4,974 km |
| Slough | 118.5° | 4,822 km |
| Aberdeen | 121.7° | 5,221 km |
Bearings are measured clockwise from true north along the shortest (great-circle) path to the Kaaba. The live compass corrects for the magnetic declination in the UK. On a laptop there is no compass sensor: face north, then turn by the bearing shown.