Los Achotes Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Los Achotes, Guerrero, Mexico
Qibla Details for Los Achotes
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Los Achotes?
The Qibla direction from Los Achotes, Guerrero, Mexico is 45.8° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Los Achotes should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Los Achotes from Mecca?
The distance from Los Achotes to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,977 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Los Achotes?
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 Los Achotes, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Los Achotes?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Los Achotes is 45.8° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 88.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Los Achotes
The Qibla direction from Los Achotes, Guerrero, Mexico is 45.8° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,977 km (8,685 miles) away. Geographically, Los Achotes sits to the 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 Los Achotes, this means facing northeast (45.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Los Achotes
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (45.8°), 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 88.4° from Los Achotes. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 45.8°.
Using a compass in Los Achotes
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Los Achotes. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 45.8° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.