Palos Verdes Estates Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Palos Verdes Estates, California, United States
Qibla Details for Palos Verdes Estates
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Palos Verdes Estates?
The Qibla direction from Palos Verdes Estates, California, United States is 23.8° (NNE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Palos Verdes Estates should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Palos Verdes Estates from Mecca?
The distance from Palos Verdes Estates to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 13,470 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Palos Verdes Estates?
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 Palos Verdes Estates, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Palos Verdes Estates?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Palos Verdes Estates is 23.8° (NNE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 95.1°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 23.8°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Palos Verdes Estates
The Qibla direction from Palos Verdes Estates, California, United States is 23.8° from true north, pointing towards the north-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 13,470 km (8,370 miles) away. Geographically, Palos Verdes Estates 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 Palos Verdes Estates, this means facing north-northeast (23.8°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Palos Verdes Estates
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (23.8°), 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 95.1° from Palos Verdes Estates. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 23.8°.
Using a compass in Palos Verdes Estates
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Palos Verdes Estates. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 23.8° (north-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.