Qibla direction › Morocco
Tangier, Morocco · 4,684 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (12:10 PM in Tangier) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 97° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Tangier | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fes | 206 km | 96° | 4,589 km |
| Rabat | 217 km | 95° | 4,757 km |
| Casablanca | 294 km | 94° | 4,824 km |
| Oran | 466 km | 101° | 4,222 km |
| Marrakesh | 503 km | 91° | 4,852 km |
| Algiers | 802 km | 105° | 3,926 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 97° (east). 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 Tangier, the Qibla is 97° from true north (East). Makkah is about 4,684 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.
