Qibla direction › Germany
Berlin, Germany · 4,130 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:53 PM in Berlin) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 137° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Berlin | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg | 255 km | 133° | 4,373 km |
| Koeln | 478 km | 127° | 4,345 km |
| Munich | 504 km | 130° | 3,891 km |
| Amsterdam | 576 km | 126° | 4,553 km |
| Brussels | 651 km | 123° | 4,489 km |
| Southend-on-Sea | 874 km | 120° | 4,745 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 137° (southeast). 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 Berlin, the Qibla is 137° from true north (Southeast). Makkah is about 4,130 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.
