Caneças Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Caneças, Guarda, Portugal
Qibla Details for Caneças
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Caneças?
The Qibla direction from Caneças, Guarda, Portugal is 97.9° (E) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Caneças should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Caneças from Mecca?
The distance from Caneças to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 5,035 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Caneças?
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 Caneças, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Caneças?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Caneças is 97.9° (E). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 112.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 97.9°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Caneças
The Qibla direction from Caneças, Guarda, Portugal is 97.9° from true north, pointing towards the east. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 5,035 km (3,129 miles) away. Geographically, Caneças sits to the northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east.
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 Caneças, this means facing east (97.9°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Caneças
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (97.9°), 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 112.4° from Caneças. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 97.9°.
Using a compass in Caneças
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Caneças. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 97.9° (east) and shows ALIGNED.