Qibla direction in Brazil

At a glance

• Brasília, the capital: 69°, east-north-east, 10,417 km from the Kaaba.
• São Paulo, the largest city: 69°, east-north-east, 10,603 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 7° across the country, from 66° in Maceió to 73° in Santa Maria.
• Closest to Makkah: Natal, 8,710 km. Farthest: Rio Branco, 12,225 km.
• Around Brasília, a magnetic compass points about 22° west of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 91°.
• Prayer times in Brazil: our country guide explains which calculation method to choose in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in Brazil

The 250 largest cities, biggest first.

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Reading these numbers

Each bearing is measured clockwise from true north along the shortest path over the globe, a great circle, which is how the Qibla is worked out. A flat map can mislead, because the Earth is round.

Phone compasses work best after calibrating with a figure-8, away from metal and magnetic cases. Our guide to finding the Qibla also covers the sun, the local mosque and praying when unsure.

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City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Magnetic declination: the World Magnetic Model 2025 (NOAA and the British Geological Survey).