Qibla direction › France
Toulouse, France · 4,304 km to the Kaaba
At Zawal today (1:41 PM in Toulouse) the sun is due south, so every shadow points due north. Stand facing along your shadow, then turn 112° to your right: you are facing the Qibla. The shadow method works any day; only the time of Zawal changes.
| City | From Toulouse | Qibla | To Makkah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marseille | 320 km | 116° | 4,001 km |
| Lyon | 360 km | 119° | 4,164 km |
| Paris | 588 km | 119° | 4,496 km |
| Algiers | 774 km | 105° | 3,926 km |
| Brighton | 812 km | 118° | 4,758 km |
| Portsmouth | 822 km | 117° | 4,816 km |
Stand facing true north, then turn clockwise by 112° (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 Toulouse, the Qibla is 112° from true north (East-southeast). Makkah is about 4,304 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.
