Alto Santo Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Alto Santo, Ceará, Brazil
Qibla Details for Alto Santo
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Alto Santo?
The Qibla direction from Alto Santo, Ceará, Brazil is 67.2° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Alto Santo should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Alto Santo from Mecca?
The distance from Alto Santo to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,014 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Alto Santo?
Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.
How accurate is this Qibla direction?
Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Alto Santo, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Alto Santo?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Alto Santo is 67.2° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 70.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.2°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Alto Santo
The Qibla direction from Alto Santo, Ceará, Brazil is 67.2° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,014 km (5,601 miles) away. Geographically, Alto Santo sits to the west of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.
The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Alto Santo, this means facing east-northeast (67.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Alto Santo
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.2°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 70.6° from Alto Santo. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.2°.
Using a compass in Alto Santo
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Alto Santo. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.2° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.