Ukraine Qibla Direction & Prayer Times

The qibla direction in Ukraine 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 40 cities. In Kyiv, for example, the qibla is 163° (south). Tap a city for the live compass and its prayer times.

Cities in Ukraine — qibla angle and prayer times

CityQibla angleTo the KaabaPrayer times
Kyiv162.5° south3,329 kmPrayer Times
Kharkiv173.1° south3,191 kmPrayer Times
Odesa160.5° south2,905 kmPrayer Times
Dnipro170.3° south3,037 km
Donetsk175.8° south2,963 km
Lviv150.5° southeast3,451 km
Zaporizhzhya170.2° south2,969 km
Kryvyy Rih166.7° south3,000 km
Sevastopol165.3° south2,642 km
Mykolayiv163.4° south2,928 km
Vinnytsya158° south3,251 km
Saltivka173.3° south3,195 km
Luhansk178.9° south3,019 km
Desna162.8° south3,333 km
Dniprovskyi162.6° south3,327 km
Pravyi Bereh175.2° south2,864 km
Darnytsya162.7° south3,321 km
Makiyivka176.1° south2,965 km
Simferopol166.8° south2,669 km
Chernihiv164.3° south3,426 km
Poltava169.7° south3,166 km
Khmelnytskyi155.4° southeast3,313 km
Cherkasy164.8° south3,190 km
Chernivtsi152.6° southeast3,234 km
Zhytomyr159° south3,352 km
Sumy170.5° south3,309 km
Rivne154.9° southeast3,456 km
Vyhurivshchyna-Troyeshchyna162.6° south3,333 km
Horlivka176.3° south2,993 km
Obolon162.4° south3,336 km
Ivano-Frankivsk151° southeast3,338 km
Mariupol175.1° south2,862 km
Kamyanske169.4° south3,048 km
Ternopil153° southeast3,370 km
Kremenchuk167.2° south3,126 km
Shevchenkivskyi173° south3,196 km
Shevchenkivskyi162.4° south3,331 km
Kropyvnytskyi164.8° south3,086 km
Lutsk153.5° southeast3,497 km
Bila Tserkva161.3° south3,269 km

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the qibla direction in Ukraine?

There is no single angle for a whole country — the qibla depends on your coordinates. In Kyiv, for instance, the qibla is 163° 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.