Qibla Direction in Surrey, British Columbia

How to face the Qibla in Surrey

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 1.6° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 16.9° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 15.3° 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 Surrey points north-northeast

Surrey is at 49.2° N, well north of Makkah (21.4° N), yet a straight line on a Mercator map still points 102°, east-southeast, and that is the direction many people picture. The shortest path over the globe starts out at 16.9° instead and rises to about 79° N before it curves down toward Arabia, so from Surrey the Qibla is north-northeast.

Nearby cities

• Vancouver, BC16.7° NNE · 14 mi away
• Seattle, WA17.6° NNE · 112 mi away
• Portland, OR17.5° NNE · 254 mi away
• Calgary, AB25.0° NNE · 409 mi away
• Edmonton, AB25.3° NNE · 503 mi away

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