Qibla direction › France
Marseille, France · 4,001 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (1:26 PM in Marseille) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 116° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Marseille | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon | 276 km | 119° | 4,164 km |
| Toulouse | 320 km | 112° | 4,304 km |
| Paris | 661 km | 119° | 4,496 km |
| Munich | 721 km | 130° | 3,891 km |
| Algiers | 754 km | 105° | 3,926 km |
| Tunis | 829 km | 113° | 3,328 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 116° (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 Marseille, the Qibla is 116° from true north (East-southeast). Makkah is about 4,001 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.
