Qibla direction › United States
San Diego, United States · 13,518 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:36 PM in San Diego) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 25° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From San Diego | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 179 km | 24° | 13,424 km |
| Phoenix | 481 km | 30° | 13,225 km |
| San Jose | 670 km | 19° | 13,206 km |
| San Francisco | 737 km | 19° | 13,176 km |
| Denver | 1,341 km | 35° | 12,296 km |
| Seattle | 1,712 km | 18° | 12,135 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 25° (north-northeast). 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 San Diego, the Qibla is 25° from true north (North-northeast). Makkah is about 13,518 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.
