Qibla Direction in Montreal, Quebec

How to face the Qibla in Montreal

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 72.3° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 58.7° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 13.6° 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 Montreal points east-northeast

Montreal is at 45.5° N, well north of Makkah (21.4° N), yet a straight line on a Mercator map still points 104°, east-southeast, and that is the direction many people picture. The shortest path over the globe starts out at 58.7° instead and rises to about 53° N before it curves down toward Arabia, so from Montreal the Qibla is east-northeast.

Nearby cities

• Ottawa, ON57.2° ENE · 103 mi away
• Boston, MA60.4° ENE · 250 mi away
• Markham, ON54.6° NE · 305 mi away
• Toronto, ON54.6° NE · 313 mi away
• Paterson, NJ58.4° ENE · 318 mi away

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