La Pola de Gordón Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from La Pola de Gordón, León, Spain
Qibla Details for La Pola de Gordón
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in La Pola de Gordón?
The Qibla direction from La Pola de Gordón, León, Spain is 104.9° (ESE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in La Pola de Gordón should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is La Pola de Gordón from Mecca?
The distance from La Pola de Gordón to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 4,829 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in La Pola de Gordón?
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 La Pola de Gordón, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in La Pola de Gordón?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from La Pola de Gordón is 104.9° (ESE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 119.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 104.9°.
Finding Qibla Direction in La Pola de Gordón
The Qibla direction from La Pola de Gordón, León, Spain is 104.9° from true north, pointing towards the east-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 4,829 km (3,001 miles) away. Geographically, La Pola de Gordón 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 La Pola de Gordón, this means facing east-southeast (104.9°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in La Pola de Gordón
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (104.9°), 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 119.4° from La Pola de Gordón. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 104.9°.
Using a compass in La Pola de Gordón
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in La Pola de Gordón. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 104.9° (east-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.