Qibla direction in Vietnam

At a glance

• Hanoi, the capital: 284°, west-north-west, 6,787 km from the Kaaba.
• Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city: 289°, west-north-west, 7,185 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 7° across the country, from 282° in Lao Cai to 289° in Ca Mau.
• Closest to Makkah: Thị Trấn Thuận Châu, 6,559 km. Farthest: Cam Ranh, 7,407 km.
• Around Hanoi, a magnetic compass points about 2° west of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 285°.

Qibla from every city in Vietnam

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.

Qibla in other countries

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