San Mateo Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from San Mateo, Aragua, Venezuela
Qibla Details for San Mateo
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in San Mateo?
The Qibla direction from San Mateo, Aragua, Venezuela is 65.3° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in San Mateo should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is San Mateo from Mecca?
The distance from San Mateo to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,348 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in San Mateo?
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 San Mateo, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in San Mateo?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from San Mateo is 65.3° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 83.8°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.3°.
Finding Qibla Direction in San Mateo
The Qibla direction from San Mateo, Aragua, Venezuela is 65.3° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,348 km (7,051 miles) away. Geographically, San Mateo sits to the west-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-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 San Mateo, this means facing east-northeast (65.3°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in San Mateo
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (65.3°), 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 83.8° from San Mateo. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 65.3°.
Using a compass in San Mateo
A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in San Mateo. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 65.3° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.