Iran Qibla Direction & Prayer Times

The qibla direction in Iran 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 102 cities. In Tehran, for example, the qibla is 218° (southwest). Tap a city for the live compass and its prayer times.

Cities in Iran — qibla angle and prayer times

City	Qibla angle	To the Kaaba	Prayer times
Tehran	218.4° southwest	1,944 km	Prayer Times
Mashhad	234.6° southwest	2,530 km	Prayer Times
Isfahan	226.1° southwest	1,711 km	Prayer Times
Karaj	217.1° southwest	1,934 km	Prayer Times
Tabriz	200.3° south	1,953 km	Prayer Times
Shiraz	237.4° southwest	1,565 km	Prayer Times
Qom	219.2° southwest	1,824 km	Prayer Times
Ahvaz	220.8° southwest	1,409 km	Prayer Times
Kermanshah	208.2° southwest	1,599 km	Prayer Times
Rasht	210.8° southwest	1,998 km	Prayer Times
Kerman	244.3° southwest	1,984 km	Prayer Times
Orūmīyeh	197.2° south	1,863 km	Prayer Times
Zahedan	251.8° west	2,290 km	Prayer Times
Hamadān	212° southwest	1,712 km	Prayer Times
Arāk	217° southwest	1,709 km	Prayer Times
Yazd	234.6° southwest	1,853 km	Prayer Times
Eslamshahr	218.3° southwest	1,923 km	Prayer Times
Ardabīl	205.8° southwest	2,039 km	Prayer Times
Zanjan	208.7° southwest	1,892 km	Prayer Times
Bandar Abbas	252.5° west	1,784 km	Prayer Times
Sanandaj	206.2° southwest	1,695 km	Prayer Times
Qazvin	213.6° southwest	1,923 km	Prayer Times
Khorramshahr	221.7° southwest	1,304 km	Prayer Times
Khorramabad	214.2° southwest	1,582 km	Prayer Times
Shahrīār	217.6° southwest	1,923 km	Prayer Times
Qods	217.6° southwest	1,931 km	Prayer Times
Kashan	222.1° southwest	1,801 km	Prayer Times
Khomeynī Shahr	225.6° southwest	1,704 km	Prayer Times
Dezful	217° southwest	1,485 km	Prayer Times
Marāgheh	200.9° south	1,880 km	Prayer Times
Marāgheh	235.5° southwest	2,502 km	Prayer Times
Sari	220.8° southwest	2,114 km	Prayer Times
Borūjerd	214.6° southwest	1,640 km	Prayer Times
Qarchak	219.4° southwest	1,932 km	Prayer Times
Gorgān	223.5° southwest	2,220 km	Prayer Times
Sabzevar	231.3° southwest	2,386 km	Prayer Times
Golestān	218.2° southwest	1,917 km	Prayer Times
Āmol	219.3° southwest	2,066 km	Prayer Times
Pākdasht	219.6° southwest	1,942 km	Prayer Times
Najafābād	225.3° southwest	1,689 km	Prayer Times
Abadan	222.5° southwest	1,304 km	Prayer Times
Varāmīn	219.8° southwest	1,927 km	Prayer Times
Neyshābūr	233.3° southwest	2,465 km	Prayer Times
Sāveh	217° southwest	1,828 km	Prayer Times
Naz̧arābād	215.8° southwest	1,925 km	Prayer Times
Qā’em Shahr	220.6° southwest	2,095 km	Prayer Times
Bābol	220° southwest	2,091 km	Prayer Times
Nasīm Shahr	218.1° southwest	1,920 km	Prayer Times
Sirjan	244.3° southwest	1,823 km	Prayer Times
Khūy	195.9° south	1,967 km	Prayer Times
Bīrjand	241.2° southwest	2,296 km	Prayer Times
Būkān	201.9° south	1,789 km	Prayer Times
Bojnūrd	228.2° southwest	2,453 km	Prayer Times
Fardīs	217.2° southwest	1,928 km	Prayer Times
Shāhīn Shahr	225.2° southwest	1,719 km	Prayer Times
Malāyer	213.9° southwest	1,681 km	Prayer Times
Piranshahr	198.3° south	1,775 km	Prayer Times
Mahābād	200.1° south	1,798 km	Prayer Times
Bushehr	235.3° southwest	1,388 km	Prayer Times
Saqqez	202.5° south	1,763 km	Prayer Times
Shahrud	225.4° southwest	2,220 km	Prayer Times
Bandar-e Māhshahr	224.8° southwest	1,380 km	Prayer Times
Gonbad-e Kāvūs	224.3° southwest	2,297 km	Prayer Times
Marvdasht	237.1° southwest	1,603 km	Prayer Times
Rafsanjān	242.1° southwest	1,897 km	Prayer Times
Kamālshahr	216.7° southwest	1,931 km	Prayer Times
Jahrom	243.4° southwest	1,591 km	Prayer Times
Īlām	207.2° southwest	1,505 km	Prayer Times
Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh	235.9° southwest	2,436 km	Prayer Times
Marīvān	203.2° southwest	1,685 km	Prayer Times
Andīmeshk	216.6° southwest	1,489 km	Prayer Times
Shahreẕā	228.3° southwest	1,675 km	Prayer Times
Mīāndoāb	201.1° south	1,832 km	Prayer Times
Kāshmar	234.7° southwest	2,377 km	Prayer Times
Iranshahr	257.6° west	2,206 km	Prayer Times
Jīroft	249.9° west	1,974 km	Prayer Times
Shahr-e Kord	224.7° southwest	1,631 km	Prayer Times
Semnan	223.6° southwest	2,053 km	Prayer Times
Marand	198.4° south	1,975 km	Prayer Times
Behbahān	228° southwest	1,456 km	Prayer Times
Shahr-e Ṣadrā	236.7° southwest	1,574 km	Prayer Times
Zābol	248.8° west	2,405 km	Prayer Times
Dorūd	216.4° southwest	1,620 km	Prayer Times
Moḩammad Shahr	217° southwest	1,924 km	Prayer Times
Īz̄eh	223.2° southwest	1,527 km	Prayer Times
Bandar-e Anzalī	210.1° southwest	2,011 km	Prayer Times
Andīsheh	218° southwest	1,943 km	Prayer Times
Pardīs	219.4° southwest	1,973 km	Prayer Times
Kāzerūn	235.2° southwest	1,495 km	Prayer Times
Qūchān	231.1° southwest	2,506 km	Prayer Times
Borāzjān	235.2° southwest	1,438 km	Prayer Times
Bāneh	201.6° south	1,724 km	Prayer Times
Chālūs	216.7° southwest	2,031 km	Prayer Times
Bahārestān	226.8° southwest	1,705 km	Prayer Times
Mīāneh	205.3° southwest	1,934 km	Prayer Times
Robāţ Karīm	218° southwest	1,909 km	Prayer Times
Pārsābād	203.1° southwest	2,167 km	Prayer Times
Shūshtar	219.3° southwest	1,481 km	Prayer Times
Lāhījān	212° southwest	2,010 km	Prayer Times
Ahar	202.1° south	2,019 km	Prayer Times
Masjed Soleymān	221.1° southwest	1,500 km	Prayer Times
Shahrak-e Pardīsān	219.2° southwest	1,812 km	Prayer Times

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the qibla direction in Iran?

There is no single angle for a whole country — the qibla depends on your coordinates. In Tehran, for instance, the qibla is 218° 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.