Ouro Preto Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Qibla Details for Ouro Preto
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Ouro Preto?
The Qibla direction from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil is 67.7° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Ouro Preto should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Ouro Preto from Mecca?
The distance from Ouro Preto to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 10,197 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Ouro Preto?
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 Ouro Preto, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Ouro Preto?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Ouro Preto is 67.7° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 62.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Ouro Preto
The Qibla direction from Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil is 67.7° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 10,197 km (6,336 miles) away. Geographically, Ouro Preto sits to the west-southwest 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 Ouro Preto, this means facing east-northeast (67.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Ouro Preto
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (67.7°), 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 62.9° from Ouro Preto. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 67.7°.
Using a compass in Ouro Preto
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Ouro Preto. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 67.7° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.