Qibla direction in Papua New Guinea

At a glance

• Port Moresby, the capital: 289°, west-north-west, 12,174 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 2° across the country, from 289° in Port Moresby to 291° in Kokopo.
• Closest to Makkah: Mendi, 11,686 km. Farthest: Arawa, 12,921 km.
• Around Port Moresby, a magnetic compass points about 6° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 284°.

Qibla from every city in Papua New Guinea

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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.

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