Cañavate El Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Cañavate El, Cuenca, Spain
Qibla Details for Cañavate El
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Cañavate El?
The Qibla direction from Cañavate El, Cuenca, Spain is 104.2° (ESE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Cañavate El should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Cañavate El from Mecca?
The distance from Cañavate El to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 4,464 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Cañavate El?
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 Cañavate El, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Cañavate El?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Cañavate El is 104.2° (ESE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 116.7°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 104.2°.
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Finding Qibla Direction in Cañavate El
The Qibla direction from Cañavate El, Cuenca, Spain is 104.2° from true north, pointing towards the east-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 4,464 km (2,774 miles) away. Geographically, Cañavate El 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 Cañavate El, this means facing east-southeast (104.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Cañavate El
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (104.2°), 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 116.7° from Cañavate El. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 104.2°.
Using a compass in Cañavate El
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Cañavate El. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 104.2° (east-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.