Qibla direction › Turkey
Kayseri, Turkey · 1,969 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:25 PM in Kayseri) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 167° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Kayseri | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adana | 195 km | 165° | 1,784 km |
| Gaziantep | 250 km | 172° | 1,755 km |
| Ankara | 262 km | 160° | 2,162 km |
| Konya | 279 km | 157° | 1,960 km |
| Diyarbakir | 423 km | 181° | 1,834 km |
| Antalya | 467 km | 150° | 1,934 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 167° (south-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 Kayseri, the Qibla is 167° from true north (South-southeast). Makkah is about 1,969 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.
