Qibla Direction in Richmond Hill, Ontario

How to face the Qibla in Richmond Hill

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 64.7° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 54.5° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 10.1° 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 Richmond Hill points northeast

Richmond Hill is at 43.9° N, well north of Makkah (21.4° N), yet a straight line on a Mercator map still points 103°, east-southeast, and that is the direction many people picture. The shortest path over the globe starts out at 54.5° instead and rises to about 54° N before it curves down toward Arabia, so from Richmond Hill the Qibla is northeast.

Nearby cities

• Vaughan, ON54.5° NE · 4 mi away
• Markham, ON54.6° NE · 5 mi away
• North York, ON54.6° NE · 9 mi away
• Scarborough, ON54.7° NE · 13 mi away
• Toronto, ON54.6° NE · 16 mi away

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