Qibla direction in Kenya

At a glance

• Nairobi, the capital: 7°, north, 2,546 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 19° across the country, from 354° in Mandera to 13° in Khwisero.
• Closest to Makkah: Mandera, 1,957 km. Farthest: Matuga, 2,846 km.
• Around Nairobi, magnetic north and true north are less than a degree apart, so a needle compass can be read as it is.

Qibla from every city in Kenya

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).