Qibla direction in New Zealand

At a glance

• Wellington, the capital: 256°, west-south-west, 15,270 km from the Kaaba.
• Auckland, the largest city: 261°, west, 15,365 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 7° across the country, from 256° in Dunedin to 263° in Whangarei.
• Closest to Makkah: Invercargill, 14,637 km. Farthest: Napier City, 15,492 km.
• Around Wellington, a magnetic compass points about 23° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 233°.

Qibla from every city in New Zealand

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.

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).