Qibla direction in Greece

At a glance

• Athens, the capital: 135°, south-east, 2,402 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 14° across the country, from 131° in Kalamata to 145° in Alexandroupoli.
• Closest to Makkah: Rhodes, 2,012 km. Farthest: Ioannina, 2,711 km.
• Around Athens, 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 130°.

Qibla from every city in Greece

Cities of 50,000 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.

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