El Guarco Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica
Qibla Details for El Guarco
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Guarco?
The Qibla direction from El Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica is 60° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Guarco should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Guarco from Mecca?
The distance from El Guarco to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 12,980 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Guarco?
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 El Guarco, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Guarco?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Guarco is 60° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 84.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 60°.
Finding Qibla Direction in El Guarco
The Qibla direction from El Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica is 60° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 12,980 km (8,065 miles) away. Geographically, El Guarco 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 El Guarco, this means facing east-northeast (60°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Guarco
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (60°), 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 84.4° from El Guarco. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 60°.
Using a compass in El Guarco
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in El Guarco. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 60° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.