Qibla direction › Saudi Arabia
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia · 842 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:21 PM in Tabuk) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 156° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Tabuk | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem (Al-Quds) | 397 km | 157° | 1,238 km |
| Amman | 399 km | 161° | 1,232 km |
| Zarqa | 411 km | 162° | 1,241 km |
| Irbid | 467 km | 161° | 1,299 km |
| Ha'il | 512 km | 196° | 704 km |
| Madinah | 531 km | 176° | 340 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 156° (south-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 Tabuk, the Qibla is 156° from true north (South-southeast). Makkah is about 842 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.
