Qibla direction in Egypt

At a glance

• Cairo, the capital: 136°, south-east, 1,288 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 38° across the country, from 111° in Aswān to 150° in Arish.
• Closest to Makkah: Aswān, 770 km. Farthest: Marsá Maţrūḩ, 1,668 km.
• Around Cairo, a magnetic compass points about 5° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 131°.
• Prayer times in Egypt: our country guide recommends the Egyptian General Authority method in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in Egypt

Cities of 100,000 people or more, largest 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

Algeria Angola Congo - Kinshasa Ethiopia Kenya Morocco Mozambique Nigeria South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda

All countries

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