Qibla direction in Ajman.
Live great-circle bearing from Ajman city centre to the Kaaba in Makkah. Bearing: 260.3 degrees, West-South-West.
From Ajman (25.4111 N, 55.4350 E), the Qibla bearing to the Kaaba in Makkah is approximately 260.3 degrees from true north, falling in the West-South-West sector. Face this bearing for salah. Local reference: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Ajman is aligned to the same Qibla.
Ajman sits at 260.3° while Sharjah, just a few kilometres, reads 259.9°. The 0.4° gap comes purely from the Ajman centroid sitting north-east of Sharjah: the further north-east you are in the UAE, the higher the bearing climbs toward due west. Both still fall in the West-South-West sector.
Bearing from Ajman
Bearing computed using the great-circle initial-azimuth formula (same method as Awqaf UAE and Google Qibla Finder). Variation within the Ajman city area is under 0.5 degrees.
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From Ajman city (Al Nuaimiya, Al Rashidiya, Garden City) the bearing is approximately 260°.
Most older mosques in Ajman, including Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Ajman, were oriented to this Qibla long before GPS, using astronomical methods (sun and moon shadow at solar noon). Modern mosques use the same 260.3-degree bearing within engineering tolerance. If you are praying outdoors or at home, align yourself with the bearing above using a magnetic compass corrected for magnetic declination, or use a GPS-based Qibla app.
Qibla direction FAQ
The Qibla is the direction Muslims face during prayer (salah). It points to the Kaaba inside Al-Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
From Ajman the Qibla is west-south-west: roughly 260 degrees on a true-north compass, slightly south of due west.
To within 1 degree. The bearing is computed from the Ajman city centroid; movement within the city changes the bearing by under 0.5 degrees.
UAE magnetic declination is approximately 2 degrees east (positive) in Ajman, so on a magnetic compass the Qibla reads about 258.3 degrees. Use a true-north or GPS compass to skip this correction.
Qibla in nearby cities
- Dubai · 258.6°
- Abu Dhabi · 256.2°
- Sharjah · 259.9°
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