Russia Qibla Direction & Prayer Times
The qibla direction in Russia 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 103 cities. In Kazan, for example, the qibla is 195° (south). Tap a city for the live compass and its prayer times.
Cities in Russia — qibla angle and prayer times
| City | Qibla angle | To the Kaaba | Prayer times |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazan | 195.2° south | 3,899 km | Prayer Times |
| Ufa | 206.5° southwest | 3,944 km | Prayer Times |
| Makhachkala | 199° south | 2,501 km | Prayer Times |
| Grozny | 194.4° south | 2,495 km | Prayer Times |
| Moscow | 176.4° south | 3,823 km | Prayer Times |
| Saint Petersburg | 165.9° south | 4,348 km | Prayer Times |
| Naberezhnye Chelny | 200.4° south | 3,956 km | Prayer Times |
| Sterlitamak | 207.2° southwest | 3,833 km | Prayer Times |
| Derbent | 201.6° south | 2,427 km | Prayer Times |
| Nalchik | 189.3° south | 2,479 km | Prayer Times |
| Astrakhan | 197.8° south | 2,870 km | Prayer Times |
| Orenburg | 207.1° southwest | 3,623 km | Prayer Times |
| Tyumen | 218.6° southwest | 4,489 km | Prayer Times |
| Chelyabinsk | 214.3° southwest | 4,160 km | Prayer Times |
| Samara | 198° south | 3,641 km | Prayer Times |
| Nizhnekamsk | 199.5° south | 3,932 km | Prayer Times |
| Almetyevsk | 200.6° south | 3,866 km | Prayer Times |
| Khasavyurt | 196.6° south | 2,507 km | Prayer Times |
| Vladikavkaz | 192.2° south | 2,443 km | Prayer Times |
| Nazran | 192.3° south | 2,467 km | Prayer Times |
| Cherkessk | 185.4° south | 2,544 km | Prayer Times |
| Surgut | 225.6° southwest | 5,128 km | Prayer Times |
| Nizhnevartovsk | 229.6° southwest | 5,230 km | Prayer Times |
| Novosibirsk | 241.4° southwest | 5,166 km | Prayer Times |
| Yekaterinburg | 212° southwest | 4,291 km | Prayer Times |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | 186.8° south | 3,897 km | Prayer Times |
| Omsk | 230.4° southwest | 4,659 km | Prayer Times |
| Rostov-on-Don | 179.7° south | 2,869 km | Prayer Times |
| Krasnoyarsk | 250.8° west | 5,786 km | Prayer Times |
| Voronezh | 178.8° south | 3,364 km | Prayer Times |
| Volgograd | 189.4° south | 3,063 km | Prayer Times |
| Perm | 205° southwest | 4,279 km | Prayer Times |
| Krasnodar | 178° south | 2,628 km | Prayer Times |
| Saratov | 191.4° south | 3,391 km | Prayer Times |
| Tolyatti | 196.5° south | 3,661 km | Prayer Times |
| Izhevsk | 201.1° south | 4,089 km | Prayer Times |
| Barnaul | 243.6° southwest | 5,127 km | Prayer Times |
| Ulyanovsk | 194.5° south | 3,729 km | Prayer Times |
| Irkutsk | 263.6° west | 6,416 km | Prayer Times |
| Khabarovsk | 288.3° west | 8,616 km | Prayer Times |
| Yaroslavl | 180.1° south | 4,026 km | Prayer Times |
| Vladivostok | 287.3° west | 8,560 km | Prayer Times |
| Tomsk | 242.3° southwest | 5,357 km | Prayer Times |
| Kemerovo | 244.4° southwest | 5,362 km | Prayer Times |
| Novokuznetsk | 246.8° southwest | 5,349 km | Prayer Times |
| Ryazan’ | 179.8° south | 3,692 km | Prayer Times |
| Penza | 189.1° south | 3,561 km | Prayer Times |
| Lipetsk | 179.5° south | 3,465 km | Prayer Times |
| Kirov | 195° south | 4,208 km | Prayer Times |
| Kalininskiy | 166° south | 4,353 km | Prayer Times |
| Cheboksary | 192.1° south | 3,908 km | Prayer Times |
| Tula | 176.2° south | 3,649 km | Prayer Times |
| Kaliningrad | 148.7° southeast | 4,039 km | Prayer Times |
| Kursk | 173.3° south | 3,384 km | Prayer Times |
| Stavropol | 185° south | 2,633 km | Prayer Times |
| Bryansk | 170.3° south | 3,572 km | Prayer Times |
| Tver | 173.7° south | 3,953 km | Prayer Times |
| Magnitogorsk | 212.1° southwest | 3,911 km | Prayer Times |
| Ivanovo | 181.8° south | 3,957 km | Prayer Times |
| Nizhny Tagil | 210.4° southwest | 4,372 km | Prayer Times |
| Ulan-Ude | 266.6° west | 6,637 km | Prayer Times |
| Vladimir | 180.9° south | 3,861 km | Prayer Times |
| Arkhangel’sk | 181° south | 4,795 km | Prayer Times |
| Chita | 271.2° west | 7,041 km | Prayer Times |
| Belgorod | 173.8° south | 3,257 km | Prayer Times |
| Kaluga | 173.9° south | 3,694 km | Prayer Times |
| Krasnogvargeisky | 166.1° south | 4,350 km | Prayer Times |
| Smolensk | 166.9° south | 3,766 km | Prayer Times |
| Sochi | 179.7° south | 2,466 km | Prayer Times |
| Volzhsky | 190° south | 3,074 km | Prayer Times |
| Saransk | 189.2° south | 3,671 km | Prayer Times |
| Cherepovets | 177.1° south | 4,196 km | Prayer Times |
| Vologda | 180.1° south | 4,203 km | Prayer Times |
| Kurgan | 219.6° southwest | 4,335 km | Prayer Times |
| Orël | 173.3° south | 3,522 km | Prayer Times |
| Murmansk | 171.5° south | 5,307 km | — |
| Tambov | 182.9° south | 3,485 km | — |
| Petrozavodsk | 172.1° south | 4,508 km | — |
| Taganrog | 178° south | 2,872 km | — |
| Kostroma | 181.7° south | 4,042 km | — |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 289.2° west | 8,672 km | — |
| Yoshkar-Ola | 192.9° south | 3,971 km | — |
| Bratsk | 258.8° west | 6,309 km | — |
| Orsk | 213° southwest | 3,689 km | — |
| Syktyvkar | 195.7° south | 4,554 km | — |
| Angarsk | 263.1° west | 6,394 km | — |
| Mar’ino | 176.5° south | 3,810 km | — |
| Novorossiysk | 175.2° south | 2,599 km | — |
| Khimki | 176.1° south | 3,839 km | — |
| Yakutsk | 280.3° west | 7,910 km | — |
| Dzerzhinsk | 185.9° south | 3,884 km | — |
| Staryy Oskol | 176.3° south | 3,327 km | — |
| Blagoveshchensk | 282.4° west | 8,034 km | — |
| Velikiy Novgorod | 166.9° south | 4,182 km | — |
| Shakhty | 180.8° south | 2,924 km | — |
| Prokop’yevsk | 246.3° southwest | 5,331 km | — |
| Rybinsk | 178.5° south | 4,073 km | — |
| Vykhino-Zhulebino | 176.7° south | 3,815 km | — |
| Zelenograd | 175.7° south | 3,849 km | — |
| Biysk | 245.9° southwest | 5,176 km | — |
| Centralniy | 165.9° south | 4,347 km | — |
| Pskov | 162.2° south | 4,153 km | — |
| Vasyl'evsky Ostrov | 165.8° south | 4,349 km | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the qibla direction in Russia?
There is no single angle for a whole country — the qibla depends on your coordinates. In Kazan, for instance, the qibla is 195° 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.