Pieve di Teco Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Pieve di Teco, Liguria, Italy
Qibla Details for Pieve di Teco
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Pieve di Teco?
The Qibla direction from Pieve di Teco, Liguria, Italy is 120.2° (ESE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Pieve di Teco should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Pieve di Teco from Mecca?
The distance from Pieve di Teco to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 3,865 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Pieve di Teco?
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 Pieve di Teco, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Pieve di Teco?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Pieve di Teco is 120.2° (ESE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 130.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 120.2°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Pieve di Teco
The Qibla direction from Pieve di Teco, Liguria, Italy is 120.2° from true north, pointing towards the east-southeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 3,865 km (2,402 miles) away. Geographically, Pieve di Teco 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 Pieve di Teco, this means facing east-southeast (120.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Pieve di Teco
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (120.2°), 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 130.5° from Pieve di Teco. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 120.2°.
Using a compass in Pieve di Teco
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Pieve di Teco. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 120.2° (east-southeast) and shows ALIGNED.