Qibla direction › Iraq
Mosul, Iraq · 1,689 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:55 AM in Mosul) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 168° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Mosul | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erbil | 81 km | 195° | 1,692 km |
| Kirkuk | 150 km | 197° | 1,624 km |
| Diyarbakir | 311 km | 181° | 1,834 km |
| Baghdad | 355 km | 200° | 1,396 km |
| Karbala | 422 km | 199° | 1,312 km |
| Gaziantep | 518 km | 172° | 1,755 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 192° (south-southwest). 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 Mosul, the Qibla is 192° from true north (South-southwest). Makkah is about 1,689 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.
