Qibla Direction in Winnipeg, Manitoba

How to face the Qibla in Winnipeg

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 37.4° on the dial. That is the magnetic bearing; reading 40.1° off a magnetic compass would leave you about 2.7° 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 Winnipeg points northeast

Winnipeg is at 49.9° 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 40.1° instead and rises to about 66° N before it curves down toward Arabia, so from Winnipeg the Qibla is northeast.

Nearby cities

• Minneapolis, MN43.8° NE · 385 mi away
• Milwaukee, WI48.3° NE · 645 mi away
• Chicago, IL48.7° NE · 717 mi away
• Bridgeview, IL48.6° NE · 719 mi away
• Edmonton, AB25.3° NNE · 742 mi away

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