Qibla direction in Iran
The bearing from true north and the distance to the Kaaba from 106 cities of Iran.
The Qibla in the cities of Iran
| City | Bearing | Direction | Distance to the Kaaba |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tehran | 218.5° | Southwest | 1,946 km |
| Mashhad | 234.6° | Southwest | 2,529 km |
| Isfahan | 226.1° | Southwest | 1,711 km |
| Karaj | 217.1° | Southwest | 1,934 km |
| Tabriz | 200.3° | South | 1,953 km |
| Shiraz | 237.4° | Southwest | 1,565 km |
| Qom | 219.2° | Southwest | 1,824 km |
| Ahvaz | 220.8° | Southwest | 1,409 km |
| Kermanshah | 208.2° | Southwest | 1,599 km |
| Rasht | 210.8° | Southwest | 1,998 km |
| Kerman | 244.3° | Southwest | 1,984 km |
| Orūmīyeh | 197.2° | South | 1,863 km |
| Zahedan | 251.8° | West | 2,290 km |
| Hamadān | 212° | Southwest | 1,712 km |
| Arāk | 217° | Southwest | 1,709 km |
| Yazd | 234.6° | Southwest | 1,853 km |
| Eslamshahr | 218.3° | Southwest | 1,923 km |
| Ardabīl | 205.8° | Southwest | 2,039 km |
| Zanjan | 208.7° | Southwest | 1,892 km |
| Bandar Abbas | 252.5° | West | 1,784 km |
| Sanandaj | 206.2° | Southwest | 1,695 km |
| Qazvin | 213.6° | Southwest | 1,923 km |
| Khorramshahr | 221.7° | Southwest | 1,304 km |
| Khorramabad | 214.2° | Southwest | 1,582 km |
| Shahrīār | 217.6° | Southwest | 1,923 km |
| Qods | 217.6° | Southwest | 1,931 km |
| Kashan | 222.1° | Southwest | 1,801 km |
| Kāshān | 222.1° | Southwest | 1,804 km |
| Khomeynī Shahr | 225.6° | Southwest | 1,704 km |
| Dezful | 217° | Southwest | 1,485 km |
| Marāgheh | 200.9° | South | 1,880 km |
| Marāgheh | 235.5° | Southwest | 2,502 km |
| Sari | 220.8° | Southwest | 2,114 km |
| Borūjerd | 214.6° | Southwest | 1,640 km |
| Qarchak | 219.4° | Southwest | 1,932 km |
| Gorgān | 223.5° | Southwest | 2,220 km |
| Sabzevar | 231.3° | Southwest | 2,386 km |
| Golestān | 218.2° | Southwest | 1,917 km |
| Āmol | 219.3° | Southwest | 2,066 km |
| Pākdasht | 219.6° | Southwest | 1,942 km |
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- Qā’em Shahr
- Bābol
- Nasīm Shahr
- Nasimshahr
- Sirjan
- Khūy
- Bīrjand
- Būkān
- Bojnūrd
- Fardīs
- Shāhīn Shahr
- Malāyer
- Piranshahr
- Mahābād
- Bushehr
- Saqqez
- Shahrud
- Bandar-e Māhshahr
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs
- Marvdasht
- Rafsanjān
- Kamālshahr
- Jahrom
- Īlām
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh
- Marīvān
- Andīmeshk
- Shahreẕā
- Mīāndoāb
- Kāshmar
- Iranshahr
- Jīroft
- Shahr-e Kord
- Semnan
- Marand
- Behbahān
- Shahr-e Ṣadrā
- Zābol
- Dorūd
- Moḩammad Shahr
- Īẕeh
- Bandar-e Anzalī
- Shahre Jadide Andisheh
- Andīsheh
- Pardīs
- Kāzerūn
- Qūchān
- Borāzjān
- Bāneh
- Chālūs
- Bahārestān
- Mīāneh
- Robāţ Karīm
- Pārsābād
- Shūshtar
- Lāhījān
- Ahar
- Masjed Soleymān
- Torbat-e Jām
- Shahrak-e Pardīsān
City data from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0. geonames.org
Questions, answered.
Is the Qibla the same everywhere in Iran?
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.