Qibla direction › South Africa
Durban, South Africa · 5,779 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:43 AM in Durban) the sun is due north, so every shadow points due south. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 170° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Durban | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg | 501 km | 15° | 5,446 km |
| Soweto | 506 km | 15° | 5,458 km |
| Pretoria | 536 km | 15° | 5,393 km |
| Cape Town | 1,272 km | 23° | 6,558 km |
| Mombasa | 3,010 km | 0° | 2,833 km |
| Nairobi | 3,235 km | 7° | 2,547 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 10° (north). 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 Durban, the Qibla is 10° from true north (North). Makkah is about 5,779 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.
