San Luis Río Colorado Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
Qibla Details for San Luis Río Colorado
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in San Luis Río Colorado?
The Qibla direction from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico is 27.7° (NNE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Luis Río Colorado should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is San Luis Río Colorado from Mecca?
The distance from San Luis Río Colorado to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,459 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in San Luis Río Colorado?
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 Luis Río Colorado, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Luis Río Colorado?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Luis Río Colorado is 27.7° (NNE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 94.6°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 27.7°.
Finding Qibla Direction in San Luis Río Colorado
The Qibla direction from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico is 27.7° from true north, pointing towards the north-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,459 km (8,363 miles) away. Geographically, San Luis Río Colorado sits to the north-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your north-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 Luis Río Colorado, this means facing north-northeast (27.7°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Luis Río Colorado
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (27.7°), 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 94.6° from San Luis Río Colorado. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 27.7°.
Using a compass in San Luis Río Colorado
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 Luis Río Colorado. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 27.7° (north-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.