El Blanco Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from El Blanco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico

Qibla: 50° NE
Distance: 13,459 km
Coords: 18.07°, -95.28°
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El Blanco
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Qibla Details for El Blanco

Qibla Angle50° from North
Cardinal DirectionNE
Compass Bearing88.5°
Distance to Kaaba13,459 km / 8,363 mi
RegionVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
Latitude18.0742°
Longitude-95.2805°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in El Blanco?

The Qibla direction from El Blanco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico is 50° (NE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Blanco should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is El Blanco from Mecca?

The distance from El Blanco 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 El Blanco?

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 Blanco, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Blanco?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Blanco is 50° (NE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 88.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 50°.

Finding Qibla Direction in El Blanco

The Qibla direction from El Blanco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Mexico is 50° from true north, pointing towards the northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,459 km (8,363 miles) away. Geographically, El Blanco 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 Blanco, this means facing northeast (50°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Blanco

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (50°), 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 88.5° from El Blanco. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 50°.

Using a compass in El Blanco

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 Blanco. 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° (northeast) and shows ALIGNED.