Qibla Direction in Halifax, Nova Scotia

How to face the Qibla in Halifax

1. With your phone: tap Open the live Qibla compass, allow location (and, on iPhone, motion access), then turn slowly until the Kaaba on the dial reaches the mark at the top.
2. With a regular compass: hold it flat, turn it until the needle sits on N, then face 81.6° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 65.6° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 16.1° off.
3. With the map: open the live compass, switch to Map and follow the gold line from your position to the Kaaba. It does not use the compass at all.

If a phone compass looks wrong, move the phone in a figure-eight a few times, away from laptops, speakers, car dashboards and magnetic cases, and hold it flat while you turn.

Why the Qibla from Halifax points east-northeast

Halifax is at 44.6° N, well north of Makkah (21.4° N), yet a straight line on a Mercator map still points 105°, east-southeast, and that is the direction many people picture. The shortest path over the globe starts out at 65.6° instead and rises to about 50° N before it curves down toward Arabia, so from Halifax the Qibla is east-northeast.

Nearby cities

• Quebec City, QC60.4° ENE · 397 mi away
• Boston, MA60.4° ENE · 407 mi away
• Providence, RI60.2° ENE · 440 mi away
• Worcester, MA59.9° ENE · 444 mi away
• Montreal, QC58.7° ENE · 491 mi away

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