Qibla direction in Iran

At a glance

• Tehran, the capital: 218°, south-west, 1,946 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 62° across the country, from 196° in Khoy to 258° in Iranshahr.
• Closest to Makkah: Ābādān, 1,304 km. Farthest: Mashhad, 2,529 km.
• Around Tehran, 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 214°.

Qibla from every city in Iran

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

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