Qibla direction › Australia
Melbourne, Australia · 12,741 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (1:07 PM in Melbourne) the sun is due north, so every shadow points due south. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 99° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Melbourne | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 654 km | 283° | 12,120 km |
| Sydney | 713 km | 277° | 13,236 km |
| Brisbane | 1,375 km | 280° | 13,298 km |
| Perth | 2,721 km | 295° | 10,025 km |
| Surabaya | 4,696 km | 294° | 8,561 km |
| Bandung | 5,092 km | 295° | 8,030 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 279° (west). 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 Melbourne, the Qibla is 279° from true north (West). Makkah is about 12,741 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.
