Qibla direction in Mexico

At a glance

• Mexico City, the capital: 47°, north-east, 13,646 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 29° across the country, from 25° in Rosarito to 54° in Chetumal.
• Closest to Makkah: Cancún, 12,536 km. Farthest: Cabo San Lucas, 14,097 km.
• Around Mexico City, a magnetic compass points about 4° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 43°.
• Prayer times in Mexico: our country guide explains which calculation method to choose in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in Mexico

Cities of 100,000 people or more, largest first.

Not on the list? Search any town or use your location on the live compass.

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).