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Qibla direction in China

The bearing from true north and the distance to the Kaaba from 395 cities of China.

The Qibla in the cities of China

CityBearingDirectionDistance to the Kaaba
Shanghai284.7°West8,032 km
Chongqing279.1°West6,671 km
Chengdu277.3°West6,416 km
Beijing278.9°West7,385 km
Guangzhou284.6°West7,471 km
Shenzhen285°West7,569 km
Tianjin279.7°West7,464 km
Wuhan281.8°West7,380 km
Xi’an277.5°West6,818 km
Hangzhou284.5°West7,938 km
Harbin283.2°West8,082 km
Dongguan284.7°West7,523 km
Hefei282.6°West7,630 km
Weifang281.7°West7,680 km
Nanjing283.2°West7,763 km
Shenyang282.4°West7,928 km
Foshan284.6°West7,462 km
Jinan280.6°West7,497 km
Dalian282.3°West7,844 km
Wuzhong273.9°West6,532 km
Qingdao282.6°West7,807 km
Yantai282.7°West7,865 km
Suzhou284.3°West7,950 km
Puxi284.7°West8,032 km
Zhengzhou279.7°West7,237 km
Nanning283.3°West6,989 km
Kunming280.4°West6,382 km
Shijiazhuang278.6°West7,252 km
Changchun282.9°West8,027 km
Pudong284.7°West8,035 km
Taiyuan277.6°West7,088 km
Zibo281.1°West7,588 km
Xiamen285.6°West7,907 km
Yangzhou283.4°West7,815 km
Huai'an282.8°West7,747 km
Guiyang280.8°West6,744 km
Bao'an285°West7,550 km
Wuxi284.1°West7,915 km
Lanzhou273.8°West6,337 km
Fuzhou285.5°West7,978 km

More cities in China

City data from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0. geonames.org

Questions, answered.

Is the Qibla the same everywhere in China?

No. It depends on where you stand: each city has its own bearing from true north, listed above.

How is the Qibla bearing worked out?

It is the direction of the shortest path on the globe from your city to the Kaaba in Makkah, measured clockwise from true north.

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