Pietra Ligure Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Pietra Ligure, Liguria, Italy
Qibla Details for Pietra Ligure
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Pietra Ligure?
The Qibla direction from Pietra Ligure, Liguria, Italy is 120.8° (ESE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Pietra Ligure should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Pietra Ligure from Mecca?
The distance from Pietra Ligure to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 3,846 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Pietra Ligure?
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 Pietra Ligure, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Pietra Ligure?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Pietra Ligure is 120.8° (ESE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 130.9°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 120.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Pietra Ligure
The Qibla direction from Pietra Ligure, Liguria, Italy is 120.8° from true north, pointing towards the east-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 3,846 km (2,390 miles) away. Geographically, Pietra Ligure 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 Pietra Ligure, this means facing east-southeast (120.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Pietra Ligure
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (120.8°), 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 130.9° from Pietra Ligure. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 120.8°.
Using a compass in Pietra Ligure
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Pietra Ligure. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 120.8° (east-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.