Qibla · direction of prayer
Which way is the Kaaba?
From Iceland the Kaaba is almost due east, not southeast as a map suggests.
For Reykjavík
106° from true north
6,520 km to Makkah
With an ordinary compass
Set the compass to 117°. Here magnetic north is about 11° west of true north, and the compass on this page corrects for it.
For the right direction
- Hold the phone flat, away from metal, magnets and electronics.
- If the arrow wanders, move the phone in a figure of eight to calibrate the compass.
- In mosques the qibla is already marked. Follow it.
The direction follows the great circle, the shortest path over the Earth. Magnetic declination from the World Magnetic Model 2025, worked out on 6 November 2026.