From the Mississauga, Ontario reference point at 43.5890, -79.6441, the Qibla is 54.4° clockwise from true north, which is northeast. This approximate city reference is not your address; set your own place in the finder on this page.
What the Mississauga bearing tells you
The figure 54.4° is an angle measured clockwise from true north, starting at the Mississauga reference point. Northeast covers a range of directions rather than one angle. This bearing sits about 9.4° clockwise from the exact 45° diagonal, so it leans slightly towards east.
The 10,517 km figure is measured over the surface of a sphere. It is not a flight or road distance.
On a common north-up Mercator-style world map, Makkah appears below and to the right of Mississauga, so a straight line across the screen points south of east. That line does not show the direction to face. The shortest path over the globe leaves Mississauga heading northeast, and that kind of map draws the path as a curve. In the finder, Nearby shows the starting direction around your point, and Full route shows the whole path for context. For the geometry, see why Qibla routes curve on maps.
Mississauga and Toronto are separate starting points
Mississauga neighbours Toronto within the Greater Toronto Area, but each city has its own reference point. From Mississauga's point the bearing is 54.4° and the distance is 10,517 km. From the Toronto reference at 43.6532, -79.3832, the bearing is 54.6° and the distance is 10,496 km. Mississauga's bearing is about 0.2° smaller, and its distance is about 21 km greater.
Both bearings start northeast, and the gap between these two city references is small. Each number is still tied to its own point, and neither one stands for the whole region. Use the reference for the city you are in. For a specific address in either city, calculate from that address instead, as described in the next section. The paired diagram on this page draws both bearings north-up from their own points.
To load Toronto's reference in the finder, choose it under Search city presets. The full Toronto result has its own page: Qibla direction from Toronto.
Choose the place where you need the direction
The page does not know where you are. Set the starting point in one of these ways:
- Use my location makes one position request. Your browser may ask for permission, or it may already have permission from an earlier visit. The result uses the position your browser reports, and that position is not automatically exact.
- To avoid a device-location request, open Enter coordinates instead. Type decimal values in Latitude and Longitude, then press Find my Qibla.
- Alternatively, press Open map and stay on Nearby. Pan until your place is under the centre, then press Use map centre. Panning alone does not change the starting point.
Nearby is north-up and draws up to 3 km of the starting line from the chosen point. It shows a direction. It does not measure your room or the walls of a building. Use the city centre again returns the finder to the Mississauga reference. For help deciding between a city preset and your own position, read city preset or current location.
Use the matching north reference
The 54.4° figure is measured from true north. Many compasses read magnetic north instead. The angle between the two, called declination, varies with place and date. Choose the case that matches your instrument:
- Compass set to true north: use 54.4° unchanged.
- Unadjusted magnetic compass: subtract the current local declination from 54.4° once, counting east declination as positive. Look up a current value. Do not use an old figure from a printed map or another website.
- Enable live compass: on phones that provide supported magnetic data, the finder applies its own correction, so do not correct the number again. Hold the phone flat or nearly level in portrait. A magnetic case or nearby metal can still disturb the heading.
If your phone has no usable compass, the number and the Nearby map work without one. For full steps, see using a separate compass. For an arrow that keeps moving, see help when the compass is not working.
Keep the Mississauga reference or share the point you chose
Download reference card saves a fixed image of the Mississauga reference: 43.5890, -79.6441, 54.4° from true north and 10,517 km. The panel above the finder shows the same point. Neither one changes when you choose another place in the finder. Before you read the card, line up its N with true north.
For a place you selected yourself, use Printable reference. It prints that point's coordinates even if you leave the optional QR code off. A coordinate QR code is added only after you confirm it.
Share city creates a link that contains only the city and country of the preset selected when you press it. If you have switched the finder to Toronto, the new link is for Toronto. A link you copied earlier keeps the city it was made for. Share city is not available for your device position, typed coordinates or a map point. For those, Share location shows a preview first, and Create coordinate link then makes a link that contains the coordinates. Before you send a precise point, read about sharing a location.