Rio Fortuna Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Rio Fortuna, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Qibla Details for Rio Fortuna
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Rio Fortuna?
The Qibla direction from Rio Fortuna, Santa Catarina, Brazil is 70.5° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Rio Fortuna should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Rio Fortuna from Mecca?
The distance from Rio Fortuna to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,031 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Rio Fortuna?
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 Rio Fortuna, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Rio Fortuna?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Rio Fortuna is 70.5° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 60.1°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.5°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Rio Fortuna
The Qibla direction from Rio Fortuna, Santa Catarina, Brazil is 70.5° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,031 km (6,854 miles) away. Geographically, Rio Fortuna 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 Rio Fortuna, this means facing east-northeast (70.5°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Rio Fortuna
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (70.5°), 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 60.1° from Rio Fortuna. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.5°.
Using a compass in Rio Fortuna
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Rio Fortuna. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 70.5° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.