Qibla direction in United States

At a glance

• Washington D.C., the capital: 57°, east-north-east, 10,633 km from the Kaaba.
• New York, the largest city: 58°, east-north-east, 10,306 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 84° across the country, from 337° in Honolulu to 60° in Boston.
• Closest to Makkah: Boston, 10,002 km. Farthest: Honolulu, 14,891 km.
• Around Washington D.C., a magnetic compass points about 11° west of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 67°.

Qibla from every city in United States

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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).