Sant Pere de Ribes Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain
Qibla Details for Sant Pere de Ribes
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The Qibla direction from Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain is 110° (ESE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Sant Pere de Ribes should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Sant Pere de Ribes from Mecca?
The distance from Sant Pere de Ribes to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 4,190 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Sant Pere de Ribes?
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 Sant Pere de Ribes, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Sant Pere de Ribes?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Sant Pere de Ribes is 110° (ESE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 121.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 110°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Sant Pere de Ribes
The Qibla direction from Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona, Spain is 110° from true north, pointing towards the east-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 4,190 km (2,604 miles) away. Geographically, Sant Pere de Ribes sits to the northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-southeast.
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 Sant Pere de Ribes, this means facing east-southeast (110°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Sant Pere de Ribes
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (110°), 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 121.6° from Sant Pere de Ribes. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 110°.
Using a compass in Sant Pere de Ribes
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Sant Pere de Ribes. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 110° (east-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.