Qibla direction in Saudi Arabia

At a glance

• Riyadh, the capital: 244°, west-south-west, 793 km from the Kaaba.
• Jeddah, the largest city: 96°, east, 67 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 234° across the country, from 96° in Jeddah to 331° in Jizan.
• Closest to Makkah: Mecca, 0 km. Farthest: Khobar, 1,185 km.
• Around Riyadh, a magnetic compass points about 3° east of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 241°.
• Prayer times in Saudi Arabia: our country guide recommends the Umm al-Qura University (Makkah) method in the Awwab app.

Qibla from every city in Saudi Arabia

Cities of 100,000 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.

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