Qibla direction › Australia
Adelaide, Australia · 12,120 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (1:03 PM in Adelaide) the sun is due north, so every shadow points due south. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 103° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Adelaide | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 654 km | 279° | 12,741 km |
| Sydney | 1,162 km | 277° | 13,236 km |
| Brisbane | 1,601 km | 280° | 13,298 km |
| Perth | 2,131 km | 295° | 10,025 km |
| Surabaya | 4,055 km | 294° | 8,561 km |
| Bandung | 4,441 km | 295° | 8,030 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 283° (west-northwest). With a phone, the Yaad-e-Namaz app's Qibla compass does this for you and corrects for the difference between magnetic and true north. Hold the phone flat and away from metal and magnets.
From Adelaide, the Qibla is 283° from true north (West-northwest). Makkah is about 12,120 km away.
From true north. A magnetic compass can be off by a few degrees depending on where you are; the Yaad-e-Namaz app corrects for this automatically.
