Qibla Direction in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

How to face the Qibla in St. John's

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 89.8° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 73.4° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 16.3° 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 St. John's points east-northeast

St. John's is at 47.6° N, well north of Makkah (21.4° N), yet a straight line on a Mercator map still points 109°, east-southeast, and that is the direction many people picture. The shortest path over the globe starts out at 73.4° instead and rises to about 50° N before it curves down toward Arabia, so from St. John's the Qibla is east-northeast.

Nearby cities

• Halifax, NS65.6° ENE · 557 mi away
• Quebec City, QC60.4° ENE · 868 mi away
• Boston, MA60.4° ENE · 963 mi away
• Providence, RI60.2° ENE · 997 mi away
• Montreal, QC58.7° ENE · 998 mi away

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