At a glance
- New Delhi, the capital: 267°, west, 3,835 km from the Kaaba.
- Mumbai, the largest city: 280°, west, 3,452 km from the Kaaba.
- The Qibla turns by 37° across the country, from 257° in Srinagar to 294° in Nagercoil.
- Closest to Makkah: Jamnagar, 3,116 km. Farthest: Imphal, 5,512 km.
- Around New Delhi, a magnetic compass points about 1° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 265°.
- Prayer times in India: our country guide recommends the Univ. of Islamic Sciences (Karachi) method in the Awwab app.
Qibla from every city in India
The 250 largest cities, biggest first.
| City | Qibla | Direction | Distance to the Kaaba (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | 280° | west | 3,452 |
| Delhi | 267° | west | 3,837 |
| Bengaluru | 288° | west-north-west | 4,109 |
| Hyderabad | 283° | west-north-west | 4,066 |
| Ahmedabad | 273° | west | 3,370 |
| Chennai | 288° | west-north-west | 4,382 |
| Kolkata | 278° | west | 4,983 |
| Surat | 277° | west | 3,413 |
| Pune | 281° | west | 3,564 |
| Jaipur | 268° | west | 3,687 |
| Kanpur | 271° | west | 4,140 |
| Lucknow | 271° | west | 4,196 |
| Nagpur | 278° | west | 4,057 |
| Coimbatore | 291° | west-north-west | 4,119 |
| Indore | 275° | west | 3,704 |
| Thane | 280° | west | 3,458 |
| Vadodara | 275° | west | 3,439 |
| Bhopal | 274° | west | 3,860 |
| Rasapūdipalem | 283° | west-north-west | 4,561 |
| Pimpri-Chinchwad | 281° | west | 3,557 |
| Patna | 274° | west | 4,622 |
| Kallakurichi | 290° | west-north-west | 4,295 |
| Ludhiana | 262° | west | 3,729 |
| Nashik | 279° | west | 3,529 |
| Madurai | 292° | west-north-west | 4,281 |
| Tirunelveli | 294° | west-north-west | 4,288 |
| Agra | 269° | west | 3,908 |
| Faridabad | 267° | west | 3,843 |
| Rajkot | 274° | west | 3,192 |
| Najafgarh | 266° | west | 3,812 |
| Jamshedpur | 277° | west | 4,759 |
| Pimpri | 281° | west | 3,557 |
| Kalyān | 280° | west | 3,475 |
| Dombivali | 280° | west | 3,470 |
| Meerut | 266° | west | 3,885 |
| Virār | 279° | west | 3,438 |
| Nowrangapur | 281° | west | 4,448 |
| Srinagar | 257° | west-south-west | 3,696 |
| Ghaziabad | 267° | west | 3,857 |
| Dhanbad | 276° | west | 4,770 |
| Aurangabad | 279° | west | 3,692 |
| Varanasi | 274° | west | 4,411 |
| Amritsar | 261° | west | 3,649 |
| Vijayawada | 284° | west-north-west | 4,316 |
| Ranchi | 277° | west | 4,662 |
| Jabalpur | 275° | west | 4,120 |
| Prayagraj | 273° | west | 4,293 |
| Visakhapatnam | 283° | west-north-west | 4,550 |
| Jodhpur | 268° | west | 3,408 |
| Gwalior | 270° | west | 3,923 |
| Howrah | 278° | west | 4,979 |
| Raipur | 278° | west | 4,317 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 291° | west-north-west | 4,303 |
| Kota | 271° | west | 3,691 |
| Solapur | 282° | west-north-west | 3,796 |
| Chandigarh | 263° | west | 3,815 |
| Tirupur | 291° | west-north-west | 4,154 |
| Guwahati | 276° | west | 5,275 |
| Hubballi | 286° | west-north-west | 3,778 |
| Mysuru | 290° | west-north-west | 4,036 |
| Salem | 290° | west-north-west | 4,215 |
| Gurugram | 267° | west | 3,816 |
| Bhubaneswar | 280° | west | 4,765 |
| Bhiwandi | 280° | west | 3,466 |
| Jalandhar | 262° | west | 3,709 |
| Kanayannur | 293° | west-north-west | 4,091 |
| Bhayandar | 280° | west | 3,445 |
| Narela | 266° | west | 3,825 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 294° | west-north-west | 4,225 |
| Aligarh | 268° | west | 3,916 |
| Bareilly | 268° | west | 4,050 |
| Morādābād | 267° | west | 3,989 |
| Warangal | 282° | west-north-west | 4,168 |
| Gorakhpur | 272° | west | 4,439 |
| Guntur | 284° | west-north-west | 4,302 |
| Puducherry | 289° | west-north-west | 4,376 |
| Amravati | 278° | west | 3,923 |
| Bikaner | 265° | west | 3,450 |
| Kochi | 293° | west-north-west | 4,092 |
| Bhilai | 278° | west | 4,296 |
| Cuttack | 280° | west | 4,766 |
| Borivali | 280° | west | 3,447 |
| Bhavnagar | 275° | west | 3,336 |
| Sangli | 284° | west-north-west | 3,677 |
| Jamnagar | 274° | west | 3,116 |
| Jammu | 259° | west | 3,669 |
| Bokaro Steel City | 276° | west | 4,743 |
| Nanded | 280° | west | 3,909 |
| Kozhikode | 291° | west-north-west | 3,989 |
| Kolhāpur | 284° | west-north-west | 3,647 |
| Nellore | 286° | west-north-west | 4,307 |
| Kalaburagi | 283° | west-north-west | 3,900 |
| Ajmer | 269° | west | 3,571 |
| Dehradun | 265° | west | 3,929 |
| Erode | 290° | west-north-west | 4,183 |
| Durgapur | 277° | west | 4,862 |
| Ulhasnagar | 280° | west | 3,477 |
| Loni | 266° | west | 3,843 |
| Siliguri | 274° | west | 4,941 |
| Ujjain | 274° | west | 3,694 |
| Bilimora | 277° | west | 3,432 |
| Asansol | 277° | west | 4,827 |
| Mangaluru | 289° | west-north-west | 3,830 |
| Belagavi | 285° | west-north-west | 3,698 |
| Sahāranpur | 265° | west | 3,878 |
| Vellore | 288° | west-north-west | 4,269 |
| Bhātpāra | 278° | west | 4,983 |
| Malegaon | 278° | west | 3,597 |
| Modīnagar | 266° | west | 3,871 |
| Gaya | 275° | west | 4,615 |
| Ambattur | 288° | west-north-west | 4,369 |
| Jalgaon | 277° | west | 3,697 |
| Kurnool | 285° | west-north-west | 4,064 |
| Rāmgundam | 281° | west | 4,137 |
| Udaipur | 271° | west | 3,478 |
| Maheshtala | 278° | west | 4,973 |
| Patiāla | 264° | west | 3,772 |
| Shyamnagar | 278° | west | 4,980 |
| Davangere | 287° | west-north-west | 3,887 |
| Akola | 278° | west | 3,849 |
| Rajpur | 278° | west | 4,993 |
| Korba | 277° | west | 4,410 |
| Jhānsi | 272° | west | 3,965 |
| Thoothukudi | 293° | west-north-west | 4,332 |
| Ballari | 286° | west-north-west | 3,969 |
| Bhagalpur | 275° | west | 4,808 |
| Agartala | 278° | west | 5,259 |
| Gauriganj | 272° | west | 4,274 |
| Kākināda | 283° | west-north-west | 4,468 |
| Latur | 281° | west-north-west | 3,847 |
| Pānihāti | 278° | west | 4,983 |
| Rajahmundry | 283° | west-north-west | 4,420 |
| Dhule | 277° | west | 3,617 |
| Rohtak | 266° | west | 3,776 |
| Ahilyanagar | 280° | west | 3,644 |
| Kollam | 294° | west-north-west | 4,171 |
| Bilāspur | 277° | west | 4,358 |
| Bhilwara | 270° | west | 3,570 |
| Brahmapur | 281° | west | 4,678 |
| Muzaffarpur | 274° | west | 4,643 |
| Punāsa | 276° | west | 3,766 |
| Muzaffarnagar | 266° | west | 3,889 |
| Avadi | 288° | west-north-west | 4,363 |
| Kadapa | 286° | west-north-west | 4,186 |
| Kukatpally | 283° | west-north-west | 4,060 |
| Kāmārhāti | 278° | west | 4,983 |
| Mathura | 268° | west | 3,875 |
| Chandrapur | 279° | west | 4,098 |
| Bijapur | 284° | west-north-west | 3,797 |
| Shivamogga | 288° | west-north-west | 3,868 |
| Alwar | 268° | west | 3,772 |
| Shahjahanpur | 269° | west | 4,096 |
| Jūnāgadh | 276° | west | 3,165 |
| New Delhi | 267° | west | 3,835 |
| Thrissur | 292° | west-north-west | 4,063 |
| Nizāmābād | 281° | west | 4,000 |
| Tumakuru | 288° | west-north-west | 4,046 |
| Parbhani | 280° | west | 3,851 |
| Hisar | 265° | west | 3,695 |
| Firozabad | 269° | west | 3,946 |
| Kulti | 277° | west | 4,813 |
| Karnāl | 265° | west | 3,822 |
| Bardhaman | 277° | west | 4,922 |
| Gundupālaiyam | 289° | west-north-west | 4,373 |
| Bārāsat | 278° | west | 4,993 |
| Mulugu | 282° | west-north-west | 4,201 |
| Bihār Sharīf | 275° | west | 4,664 |
| Bāli | 278° | west | 4,980 |
| Rāmpur | 267° | west | 4,013 |
| Darbhanga | 274° | west | 4,693 |
| Panipat | 265° | west | 3,817 |
| Tirupati | 287° | west-north-west | 4,275 |
| Greater Noida | 267° | west | 3,866 |
| Noida | 267° | west | 3,846 |
| Aizawl | 278° | west | 5,406 |
| Gandhinagar | 273° | west | 3,379 |
| Dindigul | 292° | west-north-west | 4,248 |
| Thanjavur | 291° | west-north-west | 4,350 |
| Karīmnagar | 281° | west-north-west | 4,111 |
| Dewas | 274° | west | 3,725 |
| Sonīpat | 266° | west | 3,819 |
| Ichalkaranji | 284° | west-north-west | 3,670 |
| Bathinda | 263° | west | 3,632 |
| Jālna | 279° | west | 3,749 |
| Kirāri Sulemānnagar | 266° | west | 3,821 |
| Satna | 274° | west | 4,196 |
| Purnia | 275° | west | 4,854 |
| Imphal | 278° | west | 5,512 |
| Saugor | 274° | west | 3,991 |
| Kushinagar | 272° | west | 4,490 |
| Rourkela | 278° | west | 4,632 |
| Durg | 278° | west | 4,281 |
| Anantapur | 286° | west-north-west | 4,054 |
| Ratlām | 274° | west | 3,618 |
| Ranipet | 288° | west-north-west | 4,290 |
| Lal Bahadur Nagar | 283° | west-north-west | 4,078 |
| Arrah | 274° | west | 4,575 |
| Gajuwaka | 283° | west-north-west | 4,551 |
| Etāwah | 270° | west | 4,007 |
| Ambarnath | 280° | west | 3,479 |
| Naihāti | 278° | west | 4,984 |
| Bharatpur | 269° | west | 3,856 |
| Begusarai | 275° | west | 4,723 |
| Tiruvottiyūr | 288° | west-north-west | 4,382 |
| Gāndhīdhām | 273° | west | 3,119 |
| Mau | 273° | west | 4,462 |
| Sīkar | 267° | west | 3,626 |
| Ramagundam | 281° | west | 4,140 |
| Hāpur | 267° | west | 3,891 |
| Farrukhābād | 270° | west | 4,063 |
| Alappuzha | 293° | west-north-west | 4,118 |
| Katihar | 275° | west | 4,866 |
| Sri Ganganagar | 263° | west | 3,526 |
| Rewa | 274° | west | 4,244 |
| Uluberiya | 278° | west | 4,958 |
| Sivakasi | 293° | west-north-west | 4,268 |
| Karur | 291° | west-north-west | 4,235 |
| Rāichūr | 284° | west-north-west | 3,983 |
| Pallāvaram | 288° | west-north-west | 4,373 |
| Udhagamandalam | 291° | west-north-west | 4,075 |
| Pāli | 269° | west | 3,438 |
| Hosūr | 289° | west-north-west | 4,142 |
| Vizianagaram | 282° | west-north-west | 4,562 |
| Serampore | 278° | west | 4,978 |
| Quthbullapur | 283° | west-north-west | 4,064 |
| Nadiād | 274° | west | 3,400 |
| Nagercoil | 294° | west-north-west | 4,288 |
| Mango | 277° | west | 4,761 |
| Murwāra | 275° | west | 4,158 |
| Kanchipuram | 288° | west-north-west | 4,331 |
| Singrauli | 275° | west | 4,386 |
| Mirzāpur | 274° | west | 4,367 |
| Kharagpur | 278° | west | 4,881 |
| Eluru | 284° | west-north-west | 4,358 |
| Yamunanagar | 264° | west | 3,855 |
| Raurkela Industrial Township | 278° | west | 4,633 |
| Bidar | 282° | west-north-west | 3,957 |
| Munger | 275° | west | 4,757 |
| Nandyāl | 285° | west-north-west | 4,120 |
| Panchkula | 263° | west | 3,820 |
| Burhānpur | 277° | west | 3,761 |
| Morvi | 273° | west | 3,193 |
| Anand | 274° | west | 3,411 |
| Ongole | 285° | west-north-west | 4,281 |
| Hosapete | 286° | west-north-west | 3,910 |
| Nāngloi Jāt | 266° | west | 3,821 |
| Secunderabad | 283° | west-north-west | 4,072 |
| Deoghar | 276° | west | 4,789 |
| Chāpra | 274° | west | 4,581 |
| Khandwa | 276° | west | 3,767 |
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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
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City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Magnetic declination: the World Magnetic Model 2025 (NOAA and the British Geological Survey).