At a glance
- Moscow, the capital: 176°, south, 3,822 km from the Kaaba.
- The Qibla turns by 157° across the country, from 149° in Kaliningrad to 305° in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.
- Closest to Makkah: Derbent, 2,428 km. Farthest: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 9,865 km.
- Around Moscow, a magnetic compass points about 12° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 164°.
Qibla from every city in Russia
Cities of 100,000 people or more, largest first.
| City | Qibla | Direction | Distance to the Kaaba (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 176° | south | 3,822 |
| Saint Petersburg | 166° | south-south-east | 4,348 |
| Novosibirsk | 241° | west-south-west | 5,166 |
| Yekaterinburg | 212° | south-south-west | 4,291 |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 187° | south | 3,897 |
| Kazan | 195° | south-south-west | 3,898 |
| Chelyabinsk | 214° | south-west | 4,161 |
| Omsk | 230° | south-west | 4,659 |
| Samara | 198° | south-south-west | 3,642 |
| Rostov-on-Don | 180° | south | 2,869 |
| Ufa | 206° | south-south-west | 3,944 |
| Krasnoyarsk | 251° | west-south-west | 5,786 |
| Voronezh | 179° | south | 3,364 |
| Volgograd | 189° | south | 3,063 |
| Perm | 205° | south-south-west | 4,279 |
| Krasnodar | 178° | south | 2,628 |
| Saratov | 191° | south-south-west | 3,391 |
| Tyumen | 219° | south-west | 4,489 |
| Tolyatti | 196° | south-south-west | 3,661 |
| Izhevsk | 201° | south-south-west | 4,089 |
| Barnaul | 244° | west-south-west | 5,127 |
| Ulyanovsk | 195° | south-south-west | 3,729 |
| Irkutsk | 264° | west | 6,416 |
| Khabarovsk | 288° | west-north-west | 8,616 |
| Yaroslavl | 180° | south | 4,026 |
| Vladivostok | 287° | west-north-west | 8,560 |
| Makhachkala | 199° | south-south-west | 2,500 |
| Tomsk | 242° | west-south-west | 5,357 |
| Orenburg | 207° | south-south-west | 3,623 |
| Kemerovo | 244° | west-south-west | 5,362 |
| Novokuznetsk | 247° | west-south-west | 5,349 |
| Ryazan | 180° | south | 3,692 |
| Astrakhan | 198° | south-south-west | 2,870 |
| Penza | 189° | south | 3,561 |
| Naberezhnye Chelny | 200° | south-south-west | 3,956 |
| Lipetsk | 180° | south | 3,465 |
| Kirov | 195° | south-south-west | 4,208 |
| Cheboksary | 192° | south-south-west | 3,908 |
| Tula | 176° | south | 3,649 |
| Kaliningrad | 149° | south-south-east | 4,039 |
| Kursk | 173° | south | 3,384 |
| Stavropol | 185° | south | 2,633 |
| Bryansk | 170° | south | 3,572 |
| Tver | 174° | south | 3,953 |
| Magnitogorsk | 212° | south-south-west | 3,911 |
| Ivanovo | 182° | south | 3,957 |
| Nizhny Tagil | 210° | south-south-west | 4,372 |
| Ulan-Ude | 267° | west | 6,637 |
| Vladimir | 181° | south | 3,861 |
| Arkhangelsk | 181° | south | 4,795 |
| Chita | 271° | west | 7,041 |
| Belgorod | 174° | south | 3,257 |
| Kaluga | 174° | south | 3,694 |
| Smolensk | 167° | south-south-east | 3,766 |
| Sochi | 180° | south | 2,466 |
| Volzhsky | 190° | south | 3,074 |
| Saransk | 189° | south | 3,671 |
| Cherepovets | 177° | south | 4,196 |
| Vologda | 180° | south | 4,203 |
| Kurgan | 220° | south-west | 4,335 |
| Vladikavkaz | 192° | south-south-west | 2,446 |
| Oryol | 173° | south | 3,522 |
| Surgut | 226° | south-west | 5,128 |
| Grozny | 194° | south-south-west | 2,494 |
| Murmansk | 172° | south | 5,307 |
| Tambov | 183° | south | 3,485 |
| Petrozavodsk | 172° | south | 4,508 |
| Taganrog | 178° | south | 2,872 |
| Kostroma | 182° | south | 4,042 |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 289° | west-north-west | 8,672 |
| Yoshkar-Ola | 193° | south-south-west | 3,971 |
| Sterlitamak | 207° | south-south-west | 3,834 |
| Bratsk | 259° | west | 6,309 |
| Orsk | 213° | south-south-west | 3,689 |
| Syktyvkar | 196° | south-south-west | 4,554 |
| Nizhnevartovsk | 230° | south-west | 5,229 |
| Angarsk | 263° | west | 6,394 |
| Novorossiysk | 175° | south | 2,599 |
| Khimki | 176° | south | 3,839 |
| Nalchik | 189° | south | 2,480 |
| Yakutsk | 280° | west | 7,910 |
| Nizhnekamsk | 200° | south-south-west | 3,933 |
| Dzerzhinsk | 186° | south | 3,884 |
| Stary Oskol | 176° | south | 3,327 |
| Blagoveshchensk | 282° | west-north-west | 8,034 |
| Veliky Novgorod | 167° | south-south-east | 4,182 |
| Shakhty | 181° | south | 2,924 |
| Prokopyevsk | 246° | west-south-west | 5,331 |
| Rybinsk | 178° | south | 4,073 |
| Zelenograd | 176° | south | 3,849 |
| Biysk | 246° | west-south-west | 5,176 |
| Pskov | 162° | south-south-east | 4,153 |
| Balakovo | 194° | south-south-west | 3,472 |
| Armavir | 183° | south | 2,624 |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 294° | west-north-west | 9,209 |
| Engels | 192° | south-south-west | 3,387 |
| Severodvinsk | 180° | south | 4,796 |
| Zlatoust | 212° | south-south-west | 4,100 |
| Syzran | 195° | south-south-west | 3,605 |
| Abakan | 251° | west-south-west | 5,611 |
| Kamensk-Uralsky | 214° | south-west | 4,293 |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | 305° | north-west | 9,865 |
| Podolsk | 176° | south | 3,786 |
| Berezniki | 205° | south-south-west | 4,434 |
| Volgodonsk | 185° | south | 2,908 |
| Miass | 213° | south-south-west | 4,104 |
| Novocherkassk | 181° | south | 2,891 |
| Nazran | 192° | south-south-west | 2,467 |
| Rubtsovsk | 243° | west-south-west | 4,881 |
| Mytishchi | 177° | south | 3,839 |
| Salavat | 207° | south-south-west | 3,807 |
| Ussuriysk | 287° | west-north-west | 8,543 |
| Lyubertsy | 177° | south | 3,812 |
| Kovrov | 182° | south | 3,887 |
| Balashikha | 177° | south | 3,825 |
| Kolomna | 178° | south | 3,743 |
| Nakhodka | 288° | west-north-west | 8,650 |
| Elektrostal | 178° | south | 3,823 |
| Pyatigorsk | 188° | south | 2,534 |
| Maykop | 181° | south | 2,578 |
| Zheleznodorozhnyy | 177° | south | 3,819 |
| Norilsk | 237° | west-south-west | 6,222 |
| Almetyevsk | 201° | south-south-west | 3,867 |
| Korolyov | 177° | south | 3,839 |
| Kolpino | 166° | south-south-east | 4,324 |
| Odintsovo | 176° | south | 3,814 |
| Nevinnomyssk | 185° | south | 2,588 |
| Pervouralsk | 211° | south-south-west | 4,274 |
| Kislovodsk | 187° | south | 2,515 |
| Dimitrovgrad | 197° | south-south-west | 3,739 |
| Novomoskovsk | 177° | south | 3,626 |
| Kamyshin | 191° | south | 3,225 |
| Novocheboksarsk | 192° | south-south-west | 3,909 |
| Serpukhov | 176° | south | 3,730 |
| Murom | 184° | south | 3,801 |
| Khasavyurt | 197° | south-south-west | 2,506 |
| Neftekamsk | 203° | south-south-west | 4,035 |
| Cherkessk | 185° | south | 2,544 |
| Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 179° | south | 3,825 |
| Achinsk | 248° | west-south-west | 5,654 |
| Kyzyl | 255° | west-south-west | 5,741 |
| Noginsk | 178° | south | 3,832 |
| Yelets | 178° | south | 3,470 |
| Novo-Peredelkino | 176° | south | 3,811 |
| Tobolsk | 221° | south-west | 4,683 |
| Shchyolkovo | 177° | south | 3,840 |
| Nefteyugansk | 225° | south-west | 5,085 |
| Novokuybyshevsk | 198° | south-south-west | 3,626 |
| Noyabrsk | 227° | south-west | 5,353 |
| Bataysk | 180° | south | 2,859 |
| Seversk | 242° | west-south-west | 5,357 |
| Arzamas | 187° | south | 3,792 |
| Sergiyev Posad | 177° | south | 3,882 |
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky | 245° | west-south-west | 5,333 |
| Oktyabrsky | 203° | south-south-west | 3,851 |
| Obninsk | 175° | south | 3,755 |
| Elista | 190° | south | 2,796 |
| Cherëmushki | 176° | south | 3,812 |
| Novotroitsk | 213° | south-south-west | 3,679 |
| Derbent | 202° | south-south-west | 2,428 |
| Kiselyovsk | 246° | west-south-west | 5,331 |
| Velikiye Luki | 165° | south-south-east | 3,957 |
| Pushkino | 177° | south | 3,848 |
| Artyom | 287° | west-north-west | 8,576 |
| Ukhta | 199° | south-south-west | 4,800 |
| Kansk | 253° | west-south-west | 5,956 |
| Khanty-Mansiysk | 220° | south-west | 4,947 |
| Mezhdurechensk | 248° | west-south-west | 5,403 |
| Solikamsk | 205° | south-south-west | 4,458 |
| Glazov | 200° | south-south-west | 4,212 |
| Ust-Ilimsk | 259° | west-south-west | 6,411 |
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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).