El Refugio de los Altos Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from El Refugio de los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico

Qibla: 43.3° NE
Distance: 13,822 km
Coords: 20.63°, -102.58°
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El Refugio de los Altos
43.3°
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13,822 km

Qibla Details for El Refugio de los Altos

Qibla Angle43.3° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing89.7°
Distance to Kaaba13,822 km / 8,589 mi
RegionJalisco
Latitude20.6308°
Longitude-102.5794°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in El Refugio de los Altos?

The Qibla direction from El Refugio de los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico is 43.3° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Refugio de los Altos should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is El Refugio de los Altos from Mecca?

The distance from El Refugio de los Altos to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,822 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in El Refugio de los Altos?

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 Refugio de los Altos, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Refugio de los Altos?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Refugio de los Altos is 43.3° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 89.7°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 43.3°.

Finding Qibla Direction in El Refugio de los Altos

The Qibla direction from El Refugio de los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico is 43.3° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,822 km (8,589 miles) away. Geographically, El Refugio de los Altos 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 El Refugio de los Altos, this means facing northeast (43.3°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Refugio de los Altos

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (43.3°), 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 89.7° from El Refugio de los Altos. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 43.3°.

Using a compass in El Refugio de los Altos

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 Refugio de los Altos. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 43.3° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.