Qibla direction › France
Lyon, France · 4,164 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (1:28 PM in Lyon) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 119° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Lyon | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marseille | 276 km | 116° | 4,001 km |
| Toulouse | 360 km | 112° | 4,304 km |
| Paris | 393 km | 119° | 4,496 km |
| Brussels | 568 km | 123° | 4,489 km |
| Munich | 575 km | 130° | 3,891 km |
| Koeln | 597 km | 127° | 4,345 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 119° (east-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 Lyon, the Qibla is 119° from true north (East-southeast). Makkah is about 4,164 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.
