Qibla direction in China

At a glance

• Beijing, the capital: 279°, west, 7,385 km from the Kaaba.
• Shanghai, the largest city: 285°, west-north-west, 8,032 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 30° across the country, from 256° in Ürümqi to 286° in Sanya.
• Closest to Makkah: Ürümqi, 5,029 km. Farthest: Hegang, 8,309 km.
• Around Beijing, a magnetic compass points about 8° west of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 286°.
• Prayer times in China: our country guide explains which calculation method to choose in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in China

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.

Qibla in other countries

Bangladesh India Indonesia Iran Japan Myanmar (Burma) Pakistan Philippines South Korea Thailand Türkiye Vietnam

All countries

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