Rosário Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Rosário, Maranhão, Brazil
Qibla Details for Rosário
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Rosário?
The Qibla direction from Rosário, Maranhão, Brazil is 68.2° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Rosário should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Rosário from Mecca?
The distance from Rosário to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 9,519 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Rosário?
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 Rosário, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Rosário?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Rosário is 68.2° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 73.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 68.2°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Rosário
The Qibla direction from Rosário, Maranhão, Brazil is 68.2° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 9,519 km (5,915 miles) away. Geographically, Rosário 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 Rosário, this means facing east-northeast (68.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Rosário
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (68.2°), 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 73.5° from Rosário. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 68.2°.
Using a compass in Rosário
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Rosário. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 68.2° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.