El Rio Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from El Rio, California, United States
Qibla Details for El Rio
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in El Rio?
The Qibla direction from El Rio, California, United States is 22.9° (NNE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in El Rio should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is El Rio from Mecca?
The distance from El Rio to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,454 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in El Rio?
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 Rio, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in El Rio?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from El Rio is 22.9° (NNE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 95.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 22.9°.
Finding Qibla Direction in El Rio
The Qibla direction from El Rio, California, United States is 22.9° from true north, pointing towards the north-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,454 km (8,360 miles) away. Geographically, El Rio 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 El Rio, this means facing north-northeast (22.9°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in El Rio
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (22.9°), 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 95.2° from El Rio. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 22.9°.
Using a compass in El Rio
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 Rio. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 22.9° (north-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.