Qibla direction in Constanța

How to face the Qibla in Constanța

Stand where you will pray and find north first. Then turn towards south and move a further 25.8° towards east: the result is the bearing of 154.2°. A small error of a few degrees is forgiven by most scholars, but aiming simply at south would leave you about 26° 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 Constanța is a local mosque: its mihrab and prayer lines already point to the Qibla. See the mosques of Constanța. 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

A straight line drawn on a flat (Mercator) map from Constanța to Mecca points to 157.8° (south), 3.5° away from the correct 154.2°. That map line is a rhumb line: it keeps the same compass heading all the way, but it is 1 km longer than the true shortest route. The Qibla follows the great circle, the shortest path on the curved Earth, which is why the bearing differs.

The angle on this page is the initial bearing of the great circle from 44.1807° N, 28.6343° 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 Constanța to Mecca and Medina

Mecca is 2,732 km from Constanța as the crow flies, and Medina, the city of the Prophet ﷺ, is 2,407 km away. A direct flight would take roughly 3 h 43 min, although most pilgrims from Constanța connect through Jeddah or Medina airport.

Clocks in Constanța 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 Constanța rather than those of Mecca.

Finding the Qibla with the sun in Constanța

On 365 days of 2027, the sun passes exactly through the Qibla direction of Constanța 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 10:22 local time.

The sun is never opposite the Qibla of Constanța 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 Constanța: at 12:18 and 12:27 local time, face the sun and you face the Qibla exactly, anywhere in the city.

Constanța compared with other cities

Compared with Bucharest, 203 km away, the Qibla in Constanța is turned 4.9° further clockwise (154.2° against 149.3°), and Mecca is 120 km closer. The nearest city with its own Qibla page, Brăila (132 km), prays towards 153.9°, a difference of 0.3°.

Across the 20 cities in Romania on this site, the Qibla ranges from 141.8° in Timișoara to 154.8° in Iași, a spread of 13.0°. That is too large to use one national direction, so each city has its own bearing.

See all cities on the Qibla page for Romania.

Qibla in cities near Constanța

• Brăila153.9° · 132 km
• Galati154.2° · 147 km
• Buzău151.5° · 179 km
• Bucharest149.3° · 203 km
• Ploieşti149.7° · 224 km
• Brasov149.6° · 289 km