San Pedro Comitancillo Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from San Pedro Comitancillo, Oaxaca, Mexico

Qibla: 50.8° NE
Distance: 13,561 km
Coords: 16.49°, -95.16°
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San Pedro Comitancillo
50.8°
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13,561 km

Qibla Details for San Pedro Comitancillo

Qibla Angle50.8° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing87.8°
Distance to Kaaba13,561 km / 8,426 mi
RegionOaxaca
Latitude16.4913°
Longitude-95.1565°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in San Pedro Comitancillo?

The Qibla direction from San Pedro Comitancillo, Oaxaca, Mexico is 50.8° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Pedro Comitancillo should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is San Pedro Comitancillo from Mecca?

The distance from San Pedro Comitancillo to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,561 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in San Pedro Comitancillo?

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 San Pedro Comitancillo, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Pedro Comitancillo?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Pedro Comitancillo is 50.8° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 87.8°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 50.8°.

Finding Qibla Direction in San Pedro Comitancillo

The Qibla direction from San Pedro Comitancillo, Oaxaca, Mexico is 50.8° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,561 km (8,426 miles) away. Geographically, San Pedro Comitancillo 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 San Pedro Comitancillo, this means facing northeast (50.8°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Pedro Comitancillo

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (50.8°), 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 87.8° from San Pedro Comitancillo. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 50.8°.

Using a compass in San Pedro Comitancillo

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in San Pedro Comitancillo. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 50.8° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.