Qibla direction in Nigeria

At a glance

• Abuja, the capital: 65°, east-north-east, 3,720 km from the Kaaba.
• Lagos, the largest city: 63°, east-north-east, 4,253 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 12° across the country, from 59° in Esuk Oron to 71° in Sokoto.
• Closest to Makkah: Bama, 2,991 km. Farthest: Irewe, 4,280 km.
• Around Abuja, magnetic north and true north are less than a degree apart, so a needle compass can be read as it is.
• Prayer times in Nigeria: our country guide explains which calculation method to choose in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in Nigeria

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

Algeria Angola Congo - Kinshasa Egypt Ethiopia Kenya Morocco Mozambique South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda

All countries

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