Qibla direction in Dubai.
Live great-circle bearing from Dubai city centre to the Kaaba in Makkah. Bearing: 258.6 degrees, West-South-West.
From Dubai (25.2048 N, 55.2708 E), the Qibla bearing to the Kaaba in Makkah is approximately 258.6 degrees from true north, falling in the West-South-West sector. Face this bearing for salah. Local reference: Jumeirah Mosque is aligned to the same Qibla.
Jumeirah Mosque in Dubai was oriented to this same 259° Qibla, so it is the easiest public reference to sight against. Stand parallel to its qibla wall (the wall the mihrab niche sits in) and you are within a degree of the Kaaba bearing without any compass at all.
Bearing from Dubai
Bearing computed using the great-circle initial-azimuth formula (same method as Awqaf UAE and Google Qibla Finder). Variation within the Dubai city area is under 0.5 degrees.
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From Dubai (Bur Dubai, Downtown, Jumeirah, Deira, Marina, JLT, Business Bay) the Qibla bearing to the Kaaba is approximately 259° from true north, roughly West-South-West. The exact value varies by <0.5° across the emirate.
Most older mosques in Dubai, including Jumeirah Mosque, were oriented to this Qibla long before GPS, using astronomical methods (sun and moon shadow at solar noon). Modern mosques use the same 258.6-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 Dubai the Qibla is west-south-west: roughly 259 degrees on a true-north compass, slightly south of due west.
To within 1 degree. The bearing is computed from the Dubai city centroid; movement within the city changes the bearing by under 0.5 degrees.
UAE magnetic declination is approximately 2 degrees east (positive) in Dubai, so on a magnetic compass the Qibla reads about 256.6 degrees. Use a true-north or GPS compass to skip this correction.
Qibla in nearby cities
- Abu Dhabi · 256.2°
- Sharjah · 259.9°
- Ajman · 260.3°
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