Ribeirão dos Índios Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Ribeirão dos Índios, São Paulo, Brazil
Qibla Details for Ribeirão dos Índios
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Ribeirão dos Índios?
The Qibla direction from Ribeirão dos Índios, São Paulo, Brazil is 70.4° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Ribeirão dos Índios should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Ribeirão dos Índios from Mecca?
The distance from Ribeirão dos Índios to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,023 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Ribeirão dos Índios?
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 Ribeirão dos Índios, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Ribeirão dos Índios?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Ribeirão dos Índios is 70.4° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 64.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.4°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Ribeirão dos Índios
The Qibla direction from Ribeirão dos Índios, São Paulo, Brazil is 70.4° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,023 km (6,849 miles) away. Geographically, Ribeirão dos Índios 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 Ribeirão dos Índios, this means facing east-northeast (70.4°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Ribeirão dos Índios
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (70.4°), 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 64.2° from Ribeirão dos Índios. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 70.4°.
Using a compass in Ribeirão dos Índios
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Ribeirão dos Índios. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 70.4° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.