Qibla direction › South Africa
Soweto, South Africa · 5,458 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (11:56 AM in Soweto) the sun is due north, so every shadow points due south. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 165° to your left: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Soweto | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg | 20 km | 15° | 5,446 km |
| Pretoria | 67 km | 15° | 5,393 km |
| Durban | 506 km | 10° | 5,779 km |
| Cape Town | 1,243 km | 23° | 6,558 km |
| Mombasa | 2,771 km | 0° | 2,833 km |
| Nairobi | 2,938 km | 7° | 2,547 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 15° (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 Soweto, the Qibla is 15° from true north (North-northeast). Makkah is about 5,458 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.
