El Plan Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Plan, Cortés, Honduras
Qibla Details for El Plan
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Plan?
The Qibla direction from El Plan, Cortés, Honduras is 55.7° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Plan should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Plan from Mecca?
The distance from El Plan to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,025 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Plan?
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 Plan, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Plan?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Plan is 55.7° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 87.1°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 55.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in El Plan
The Qibla direction from El Plan, Cortés, Honduras is 55.7° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,025 km (8,093 miles) away. Geographically, El Plan sits to the west-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your 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 Plan, this means facing northeast (55.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Plan
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (55.7°), 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 87.1° from El Plan. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 55.7°.
Using a compass in El Plan
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 Plan. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 55.7° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.