Mombaça Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from Mombaça, Ceará, Brazil

Qibla: 67.4° ENE
Distance: 9,186 km
Coords: -5.79°, -39.78°
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Mombaça
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9,186 km

Qibla Details for Mombaça

Qibla Angle67.4° from North
Cardinal DirectionENE
Compass Bearing70.8°
Distance to Kaaba9,186 km / 5,708 mi
RegionCeará
Latitude-5.7922°
Longitude-39.7799°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Mombaça?

The Qibla direction from Mombaça, Ceará, Brazil is 67.4° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Mombaça should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is Mombaça from Mecca?

The distance from Mombaça to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,186 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in Mombaça?

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 Mombaça, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Mombaça?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from Mombaça is 67.4° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 70.8°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.4°.

Finding Qibla Direction in Mombaça

The Qibla direction from Mombaça, Ceará, Brazil is 67.4° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,186 km (5,708 miles) away. Geographically, Mombaça 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 Mombaça, this means facing east-northeast (67.4°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in Mombaça

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.4°), 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 70.8° from Mombaça. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.4°.

Using a compass in Mombaça

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Mombaça. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.4° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.