Qibla direction in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon

How to face the Qibla in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards south and move a further 16.1° towards east: the result is the bearing of 163.9°. A small error of a few degrees is forgiven by most scholars, but aiming simply at south would leave you about 16° off.

Scholars agree that someone who can see the Kaaba must face it exactly, while someone far away faces its direction (jihat al-Ka‘bah) as precisely as reasonably possible. The simplest check in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon is a local mosque: its mihrab and prayer lines already point to the Qibla. See the mosques of Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon. At home, mark the direction once with tape or a small arrow so the whole family prays the same way.

Why a flat map shows a different direction

On a flat (Mercator) map, the straight line from Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon to Mecca points to 164.9°, only 1.0° away from the true Qibla. Here the two methods practically agree, so a map gives a usable first idea, although the 163.9° bearing remains the exact one.

The angle on this page is the initial bearing of the great circle from 34.4335° N, 35.8442° E to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). It is the method used by mosque architects and by every serious Qibla calculator, and it gives one exact answer for each point on Earth.

Distance from Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 1,498 km from Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 1,166 km away. The distance is short enough that many pilgrims from Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon travel to the Hijaz by road.

Clocks in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon run 1 hour behind Mecca in winter and the same time as Mecca in summer, because of daylight saving time. Prayer times, however, depend on the sun at your own location, so always use the prayer times of Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon

On 365 days of 2027, the sun passes exactly through the Qibla direction of Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon while it is well above the horizon. At that moment, facing the sun means facing Mecca. The effect is most frequent in January (31 days); for example, on 1 January 2027 it happens at 10:40 local time.

The sun is never opposite the Qibla of Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon during daylight, so the shadow method does not apply here; the left-hand column is the one to use.

Twice a year the sun passes directly over the Kaaba, on 28 May 2027 and 16 July 2027. Both moments are in daylight in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon: at 12:18 and 12:27 local time, face the sun and you face the Qibla exactly, anywhere in the city.

Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon compared with other cities

Compared with Beirut, 68 km away, the Qibla in Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon is turned 2.0° further clockwise (163.9° against 161.9°), and Mecca is 48 km farther away. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Beirut (68 km), prays towards 161.9°, a difference of 2.0°.

Among the 5 cities in Lebanon on this site, Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon has the largest Qibla bearing; the smallest is 159.7° in Tyre. Across the country the direction varies by 4.2°.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Lebanon.

Qibla in cities near Tripoli, North Lebanon, Lebanon

• Beirut161.9° · 68 km
• Sidon160.9° · 107 km
• Nabatiye et Tahta161.1° · 122 km
• Tyre159.7° · 142 km