How to find the Qibla direction
- Choose your city from the search box, in English or Urdu, or press Use my location for your exact GPS position.
- Read the Qibla direction in degrees from north, and the distance to the Kaaba in kilometres.
- Face north, then turn clockwise by the number of degrees shown. The arrow on the dial shows the same direction.
- On a phone, press "Use phone compass", hold the phone flat and turn until it says you are facing the Qibla.
How the Qibla is worked out
The Qibla is the direction of the Kaaba in Makkah. For any place on Earth, the tool finds the great-circle bearing: the direction you would start walking to reach the Kaaba by the shortest route over the globe. This is the method used by most published Qibla directions today.
Because the Earth is a sphere, this direction can look surprising on a flat map. From London it is about 119°, roughly south-east. From Karachi it is about 268°, almost due west. From New York it is about 59°, north-east. The dial always shows the direction relative to north, so it works the same way wherever you are.
The distance shown is also measured along the great circle, as the crow flies.
Features
- Qibla bearing to a tenth of a degree, measured clockwise from true north.
- Distance to the Kaaba in kilometres.
- Compass dial with the Qibla arrow and degree ticks.
- Live phone compass that tells you which way to turn and how far.
- Green "facing the Qibla" signal when you're within 5°.
- More than 250 cities built in, many with Urdu names, plus GPS.
- No map or location service is contacted: the cities are built into the page.
Why use Fileora's Qibla finder
You're in a new city, a hotel room or an office and need to pray. This page gives you the direction in seconds, without installing an app, creating an account or sharing your location with anyone.
It's free and works in any phone browser. The calculation happens on your device, and your position is never uploaded.
Once you know the direction, check the prayer times for your city. For dhikr after salah, the tasbeeh counter keeps count for you, and the Hijri date converter shows today's Islamic date.
When you can't use a compass
Without a compass, the degrees still help. Find north with a map app you trust, the position of the sun at noon, or a building's known orientation, then turn clockwise by the angle shown. Inside a mosque or a Muslim home, the prayer direction is usually already marked, and local knowledge is always a good check.