Qibla direction in Sharjah.
Live great-circle bearing from Sharjah city centre to the Kaaba in Makkah. Bearing: 259.9 degrees, West-South-West.
From Sharjah (25.3463 N, 55.4209 E), the Qibla bearing to the Kaaba in Makkah is approximately 259.9 degrees from true north, falling in the West-South-West sector. Face this bearing for salah. Local reference: King Faisal Mosque is aligned to the same Qibla.
King Faisal Mosque in Sharjah was oriented to this same 260° 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 Sharjah
Bearing computed using the great-circle initial-azimuth formula (same method as Awqaf UAE and Google Qibla Finder). Variation within the Sharjah city area is under 0.5 degrees.
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From Sharjah city (Al Majaz, Al Nahda, Al Khan, Muwaileh) the bearing is approximately 260°. East-coast Sharjah (Khor Fakkan, Kalba) sits closer to 265°.
Most older mosques in Sharjah, including King Faisal Mosque, were oriented to this Qibla long before GPS, using astronomical methods (sun and moon shadow at solar noon). Modern mosques use the same 259.9-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 Sharjah 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 Sharjah city centroid; movement within the city changes the bearing by under 0.5 degrees.
UAE magnetic declination is approximately 2 degrees east (positive) in Sharjah, so on a magnetic compass the Qibla reads about 257.9 degrees. Use a true-north or GPS compass to skip this correction.
Qibla in nearby cities
- Dubai · 258.6°
- Abu Dhabi · 256.2°
- Ajman · 260.3°
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