Qibla direction › Iraq
اتجاه القبلة في بغداد
Baghdad, Iraq · 1,396 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:50 AM in Baghdad) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 160° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Baghdad | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karbala | 84 km | 199° | 1,312 km |
| Kirkuk | 239 km | 197° | 1,624 km |
| Erbil | 321 km | 195° | 1,692 km |
| Mosul | 355 km | 192° | 1,689 km |
| Basrah | 449 km | 220° | 1,285 km |
| Kuwait City | 556 km | 225° | 1,204 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 200° (south-southwest). 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 Baghdad, the Qibla is 200° from true north (South-southwest). Makkah is about 1,396 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.
