San Pablo Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from San Pablo, Nariño, Colombia
Qibla Details for San Pablo
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in San Pablo?
The Qibla direction from San Pablo, Nariño, Colombia is 65.6° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Pablo should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is San Pablo from Mecca?
The distance from San Pablo to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,710 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in San Pablo?
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 San Pablo, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Pablo?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Pablo is 65.6° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 80.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.6°.
Finding Qibla Direction in San Pablo
The Qibla direction from San Pablo, Nariño, Colombia is 65.6° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,710 km (7,898 miles) away. Geographically, San Pablo sits to the west-northwest 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 San Pablo, this means facing east-northeast (65.6°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Pablo
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (65.6°), 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 80.2° from San Pablo. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.6°.
Using a compass in San Pablo
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in San Pablo. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 65.6° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.