Los Altos Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Los Altos, California, United States
Qibla Details for Los Altos
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Los Altos?
The Qibla direction from Los Altos, California, United States is 19.2° (NNE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Los Altos should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Los Altos from Mecca?
The distance from Los Altos to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,223 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Los Altos?
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 Los Altos, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Los Altos?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Los Altos is 19.2° (NNE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 96.5°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 19.2°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Los Altos
The Qibla direction from Los Altos, California, United States is 19.2° from true north, pointing towards the north-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,223 km (8,216 miles) away. Geographically, Los Altos 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 Los Altos, this means facing north-northeast (19.2°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Los Altos
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (19.2°), 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 96.5° from Los Altos. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 19.2°.
Using a compass in Los Altos
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Los Altos. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 19.2° (north-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.