Egypt Qibla Direction & Prayer Times

The qibla direction in Egypt changes from city to city. The table below lists the qibla angle (degrees from true north) and the great-circle distance to the Kaaba for 169 cities. In Cairo, for example, the qibla is 136° (southeast). Tap a city for the live compass and its prayer times.

Calculation details

These values are applied the same way on every city page in this country.

Calculation method: Egyptian GAS · Fajr 19.5° / Isha 17.5°
Asr: shadow ×1 (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali)
Qibla angle: 105° – 152° · southeast
Distance to the Kaaba: 340 – 1,785 km · Hala'ib … Sidi Barrani
Time zones: Africa/Cairo
Cities covered: 169 cities · 128 with prayer times

Regions

Cities in Egypt — qibla angle and prayer times

City	Qibla angle	To the Kaaba	Prayer times
Cairo	136.1° southeast	1,287 km	Prayer Times
Alexandria	135.4° southeast	1,467 km	Prayer Times
Giza	135.9° southeast	1,286 km	Prayer Times
Shubrā al Khaymah	136.5° southeast	1,293 km	Prayer Times
Port Said	143.8° southeast	1,326 km	Prayer Times
Suez	140.8° southeast	1,199 km	Prayer Times
Madīnat an Naşr	136.4° southeast	1,285 km	Prayer Times
Al Mansurah	139.8° southeast	1,360 km	Prayer Times
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	138.9° southeast	1,368 km	Prayer Times
Tanta	137.7° southeast	1,363 km	Prayer Times
Assiut	124.3° southeast	1,084 km	Prayer Times
Al Fayyum	132.2° southeast	1,258 km	Prayer Times
Al Khuşūş	136.8° southeast	1,291 km	Prayer Times
Esna	118.6° southeast	858 km	Prayer Times
Zagazig	138.9° southeast	1,314 km	Prayer Times
Ismailia	141.8° southeast	1,269 km	Prayer Times
Luxor	121.5° southeast	873 km	Prayer Times
Kom Ombo	114.4° southeast	782 km	Prayer Times
Aswān	111.3° east	770 km	Prayer Times
6th of October City	134.7° southeast	1,282 km	Prayer Times
Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah	136.5° southeast	1,288 km	Prayer Times
Damanhur	136.7° southeast	1,418 km	Prayer Times
New Cairo	136.9° southeast	1,271 km	Prayer Times
Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah	136.9° southeast	1,273 km	Prayer Times
Damietta	142.4° southeast	1,367 km	Prayer Times
Rosetta	137.6° southeast	1,451 km	Prayer Times
Minya	127° southeast	1,178 km	Prayer Times
Banī Suwayf	132.2° southeast	1,222 km	Prayer Times
Shibīn al Kawm	137° southeast	1,343 km	Prayer Times
Sohag	122.9° southeast	1,004 km	Prayer Times
Az-Zuhūr	143.7° southeast	1,328 km	Prayer Times
Qina	124.6° southeast	894 km	Prayer Times
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān	138.8° southeast	1,275 km	Prayer Times
Ḩalwān	135.7° southeast	1,267 km	Prayer Times
Mallawī	125.7° southeast	1,147 km	Prayer Times
Hurghada	135.5° southeast	890 km	Prayer Times
Arīsh	149.5° southeast	1,235 km	Prayer Times
Kafr ash Shaykh	138.5° southeast	1,394 km	Prayer Times
Bilbeis	138.5° southeast	1,297 km	Prayer Times
Banhā	137.3° southeast	1,324 km	Prayer Times
Idkū	137° southeast	1,451 km	Prayer Times
Marsá Maţrūḩ	128.4° southeast	1,668 km	Prayer Times
Al Maţarīyah	142.6° southeast	1,334 km	Prayer Times
Qalyub	136.5° southeast	1,300 km	Prayer Times
Al Ḩawāmidīyah	135.7° southeast	1,275 km	Prayer Times
Abū Kabīr	139.9° southeast	1,316 km	Prayer Times
Akhmim	123.1° southeast	1,000 km	Prayer Times
Girga	122.5° southeast	974 km	Prayer Times
Disūq	137.6° southeast	1,414 km	Prayer Times
Samālūţ	127.8° southeast	1,196 km	Prayer Times
Al-'Ubūr	137.6° southeast	1,286 km	Prayer Times
Kirdāsah	135.7° southeast	1,294 km	Prayer Times
Bilqās	140.2° southeast	1,376 km	Prayer Times
Būsh	132.5° southeast	1,225 km	Prayer Times
Ţahţā	123.4° southeast	1,033 km	Prayer Times
Sinnūris	132.6° southeast	1,264 km	Prayer Times
Kafr ad Dawwār	135.9° southeast	1,448 km	Prayer Times
Al Manzalah	142.2° southeast	1,337 km	Prayer Times
Munūf	136.5° southeast	1,341 km	Prayer Times
Ashmūn	136.1° southeast	1,325 km	Prayer Times
As Sinbillāwayn	139.6° southeast	1,342 km	Prayer Times
Maghāghah	129.6° southeast	1,209 km	Prayer Times
Manfalūţ	124.2° southeast	1,110 km	Prayer Times
Fāqūs	140.4° southeast	1,308 km	Prayer Times
Banī Mazār	128.9° southeast	1,201 km	Prayer Times
Al Fashn	130.5° southeast	1,218 km	Prayer Times
Abnūb	124.6° southeast	1,092 km	Prayer Times
Zefta	138.3° southeast	1,341 km	Prayer Times
Abū Tīj	124.1° southeast	1,065 km	Prayer Times
Dayrūţ	124.8° southeast	1,138 km	Prayer Times
Ţimā	123.8° southeast	1,047 km	Prayer Times
Dikirnis	140.7° southeast	1,351 km	Prayer Times
Al Jamālīyah	142° southeast	1,343 km	Prayer Times
Cusae	124.3° southeast	1,131 km	Prayer Times
Minyā al Qamḩ	138.1° southeast	1,318 km	Prayer Times
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid	135.2° southeast	1,301 km	Prayer Times
Biba, Egypt	131.2° southeast	1,219 km	Prayer Times
El Qurein	139.8° southeast	1,302 km	Prayer Times
Fuwwah	137.5° southeast	1,426 km	Prayer Times
El Shorouk	137.8° southeast	1,270 km	Prayer Times
Ptolemais Hermiou	122.9° southeast	990 km	Prayer Times
Abū Qurqāş	126.6° southeast	1,160 km	Prayer Times
Biyala	139.7° southeast	1,381 km	Prayer Times
Ibsheway	131.8° southeast	1,273 km	Prayer Times
Qus	123.3° southeast	876 km	Prayer Times
El Qanater El Khayreya	136.3° southeast	1,306 km	Prayer Times
Kafr az Zayyāt	137.2° southeast	1,378 km	Prayer Times
Al Kharijah	113.4° southeast	1,047 km	Prayer Times
Al-Khārijah	112.3° east	1,038 km	Prayer Times
Hosh Essa	135.7° southeast	1,420 km	Prayer Times
Minyat an Naşr	141° southeast	1,352 km	Prayer Times
Matai, Egypt	128.5° southeast	1,198 km	Prayer Times
Diyarb Najm	139.2° southeast	1,332 km	Prayer Times
Edfu	117.7° southeast	813 km	Prayer Times
Hermonthis	120.7° southeast	877 km	Prayer Times
Ītāy al Bārūd	136.9° southeast	1,393 km	Prayer Times
Juhaynah	122.9° southeast	1,027 km	Prayer Times
Sherbin	140.8° southeast	1,365 km	Prayer Times
Mashtūl as Sūq	137.7° southeast	1,304 km	Prayer Times
Basyoun	137.6° southeast	1,388 km	Prayer Times
Hihya	139.4° southeast	1,316 km	Prayer Times
Shibîn el-Qanâṭir	137.3° southeast	1,303 km	Prayer Times
Tamiya, Egypt	133.2° southeast	1,262 km	Prayer Times
Tala	137.2° southeast	1,358 km	Prayer Times
Sadat	134.7° southeast	1,362 km	Prayer Times
Farshut	121.8° southeast	934 km	Prayer Times
Al Ghanāyim	123.3° southeast	1,053 km	Prayer Times
Heracleopolis Magna	131.7° southeast	1,234 km	Prayer Times
El Delengat	136.3° southeast	1,397 km	Prayer Times
El Balyana	122.3° southeast	959 km	Prayer Times
Abu El Matamir	135.4° southeast	1,427 km	Prayer Times
Sumusţā al Waqf	130.7° southeast	1,228 km	Prayer Times
Dishna, Egypt	123.4° southeast	913 km	Prayer Times
El Bagour	136.7° southeast	1,331 km	Prayer Times
El Saff	134.6° southeast	1,246 km	Prayer Times
Abu Hummus	136.4° southeast	1,432 km	Prayer Times
Al Burj	140° southeast	1,431 km	Prayer Times
Nag Hammâdi	122.1° southeast	927 km	Prayer Times
Aş Şāliḩīyah al Jadīdah	140.6° southeast	1,291 km	Prayer Times
El Hamool	139.8° southeast	1,398 km	Prayer Times
Al Wāsiţah	133.5° southeast	1,234 km	Prayer Times
Badari culture	124.2° southeast	1,054 km	Prayer Times
Kom Hamada	136.6° southeast	1,380 km	Prayer Times
Dumyāţ al Jadīdah	142° southeast	1,377 km	Prayer Times
El Maragha	123.4° southeast	1,020 km	Prayer Times
Safaga	133.5° southeast	841 km	Prayer Times
Baltim	140.3° southeast	1,422 km	Prayer Times
El Husseiniya	141.2° southeast	1,312 km	Prayer Times
Mīt Salsīl	141.7° southeast	1,346 km	—
Aga	139.2° southeast	1,357 km	—
Zaafarana	138.3° southeast	1,117 km	—
Tell El Kebir	139.8° southeast	1,293 km	—
Banī ‘Ubayd	126.5° southeast	1,166 km	—
Burj al ‘Arab al Jadīdah	133.4° southeast	1,466 km	—
As Sanţah	138° southeast	1,351 km	—
El Ayyat	134.7° southeast	1,252 km	—
Aş Şalāḩāt	140.6° southeast	1,342 km	—
Ain Sokhna	138.7° southeast	1,178 km	—
Ras Gharib	137.1° southeast	1,028 km	—
Sidi Salem	138.5° southeast	1,417 km	—
Rafah, Egypt	151.8° southeast	1,229 km	—
Metoubes	137.6° southeast	1,435 km	—
Faraskur	141.9° southeast	1,365 km	—
Abū Ḩammād	139.3° southeast	1,299 km	—
Shubra Khit	137.5° southeast	1,401 km	—
Madīnat Wādī an Naţrūn	134.2° southeast	1,373 km	—
Sharm el Sheikh	141.2° southeast	911 km	—
El-Tor	139.1° southeast	983 km	—
Sidi Barrani	126° southeast	1,785 km	—
Dār as Salām	122.7° southeast	957 km	—
Abu Qir	136.2° southeast	1,467 km	—
Fayed, Egypt	141° southeast	1,241 km	—
Al Waqf	123° southeast	914 km	—
Al Başalīyah Baḩrī	118.3° southeast	836 km	—
Awlād Şaqr	140.6° southeast	1,331 km	—
Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta	141.1° southeast	1,275 km	—
Quţūr	138.1° southeast	1,381 km	—
El Qantara, Egypt	142.7° southeast	1,289 km	—
Tanis	141.4° southeast	1,325 km	—
As Sarw	141.4° southeast	1,361 km	—
Sīdī Ghāzī	139.2° southeast	1,395 km	—
Badr	136.1° southeast	1,365 km	—
El Dabaa	130.6° southeast	1,557 km	—
Hala'ib	104.6° east	340 km	—
Atfih	134° southeast	1,236 km	—
Mut, Egypt	110° east	1,195 km	—
Sheikh Zuweid	151.1° southeast	1,228 km	—
Bir al-Abed	145.9° southeast	1,265 km	—
Sīwah	117.8° southeast	1,676 km	—

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the qibla direction in Egypt?

There is no single angle for a whole country — the qibla depends on your coordinates. In Cairo, for instance, the qibla is 136° from true north. Pick your own city in the table above.

Why does my phone compass show a different number?

A phone compass points to magnetic north, while the table uses true (geographic) north. The gap between them is the magnetic declination, and every city page shows it separately.

Which method are the prayer times based on?

Each country uses its official or most widely accepted method — Umm al-Qura, Karachi, Egyptian GAS, MWL, ISNA and so on. The method in use is stated on every prayer-times page.