Qibla direction › Tunisia
Sfax, Tunisia · 3,196 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:04 PM in Sfax) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 110° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Sfax | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunis | 236 km | 113° | 3,328 km |
| Algiers | 730 km | 105° | 3,926 km |
| Oran | 1,040 km | 101° | 4,222 km |
| Marseille | 1,058 km | 116° | 4,001 km |
| Toulouse | 1,270 km | 112° | 4,304 km |
| Lyon | 1,322 km | 119° | 4,164 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 110° (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 Sfax, the Qibla is 110° from true north (East-southeast). Makkah is about 3,196 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.
