Qibla direction in Russia
The bearing from true north and the distance to the Kaaba from 65 cities of Russia.
The Qibla in the cities of Russia
| City | Bearing | Direction | Distance to the Kaaba |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | 176.4° | South | 3,822 km |
| Saint Petersburg | 165.9° | South | 4,348 km |
| Novosibirsk | 241.4° | Southwest | 5,166 km |
| Yekaterinburg | 212° | Southwest | 4,291 km |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | 186.8° | South | 3,897 km |
| Kazan | 195.2° | South | 3,898 km |
| Chelyabinsk | 214.3° | Southwest | 4,161 km |
| Omsk | 230.4° | Southwest | 4,659 km |
| Samara | 197.9° | South | 3,642 km |
| Rostov-on-Don | 179.7° | South | 2,869 km |
| Ufa | 206.5° | Southwest | 3,944 km |
| Krasnoyarsk | 250.8° | West | 5,786 km |
| Voronezh | 178.8° | South | 3,364 km |
| Volgograd | 189.4° | South | 3,063 km |
| Perm | 205° | Southwest | 4,279 km |
| Krasnodar | 178° | South | 2,628 km |
| Saratov | 191.4° | South | 3,391 km |
| Tyumen | 218.6° | Southwest | 4,489 km |
| Tolyatti | 196.5° | South | 3,661 km |
| Izhevsk | 201.1° | South | 4,089 km |
| Barnaul | 243.6° | Southwest | 5,127 km |
| Ulyanovsk | 194.5° | South | 3,729 km |
| Irkutsk | 263.6° | West | 6,416 km |
| Khabarovsk | 288.3° | West | 8,616 km |
| Yaroslavl | 180.1° | South | 4,026 km |
| Vladivostok | 287.3° | West | 8,560 km |
| Makhachkala | 199° | South | 2,500 km |
| Tomsk | 242.3° | Southwest | 5,357 km |
| Orenburg | 207.1° | Southwest | 3,623 km |
| Kemerovo | 244.4° | Southwest | 5,362 km |
| Novokuznetsk | 246.8° | Southwest | 5,349 km |
| Ryazan’ | 179.8° | South | 3,692 km |
| Astrakhan | 197.8° | South | 2,870 km |
| Penza | 189.1° | South | 3,561 km |
| Naberezhnyye Chelny | 200.4° | South | 3,956 km |
| Lipetsk | 179.5° | South | 3,465 km |
| Kirov | 195° | South | 4,208 km |
| Kalininskiy | 166° | South | 4,353 km |
| Cheboksary | 192.1° | South | 3,908 km |
| Tula | 176.2° | South | 3,649 km |
More cities in Russia
- Kaliningrad
- Kursk
- Stavropol
- Bryansk
- Tver
- Magnitogorsk
- Ivanovo
- Nizhny Tagil
- Ulan-Ude
- Vladimir
- Arkhangel’sk
- Chita
- Belgorod
- Kaluga
- Krasnogvargeisky
- Smolensk
- Sochi
- Volzhsky
- Saransk
- Cherepovets
- Vologda
- Kurgan
- Vladikavkaz
- Orël
- Surgut
City data from GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0. geonames.org
Questions, answered.
Is the Qibla the same everywhere in Russia?
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.