Qibla direction › United Kingdom
Swindon, United Kingdom · 4,897 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:54 PM in Swindon) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 117° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Swindon | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 57 km | 118° | 4,842 km |
| Bristol | 58 km | 116° | 4,943 km |
| Southampton | 77 km | 117° | 4,841 km |
| Slough | 82 km | 118° | 4,822 km |
| Milton Keynes | 89 km | 119° | 4,860 km |
| Coventry | 96 km | 118° | 4,925 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 117° (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 Swindon, the Qibla is 117° from true north (East-southeast). Makkah is about 4,897 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.
