Melilla Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Melilla, Spain

Prayer times in Melilla are worked out each day from the city's coordinates (35.29°N). We use the Muslim World League method, the one followed across Spain. The five times shift by a minute or two each day as the sun moves. The full month is listed below.

Melilla's times use the Muslim World League method. That is the standard followed by most mosques in Spain. They are drawn from Melilla's own coordinates (35.2937°N, 2.9383°W). The schedule updates automatically at midnight, with no manual setting.

How Melilla's prayer times are worked out

From Melilla, the Qibla is 99° from true north. Face east to pray toward the Kaaba. It lies 4,420 km (2,746 miles) away in a straight line across the globe. Every time on this page is worked out from Melilla's own coordinates (35.29°N, 2.94°W), not a national average. That is why Melilla's times and its Qibla differ a little from cities a short distance away.

One local quirk shapes the Melilla timetable: midday prayer does not land at 12:00. Melilla lies well west inside its Ceuta time zone. So the sun peaks about 80 minutes after clock noon. Dhuhr follows the sun, not the clock — today it falls at 2:10 PM. Across the year, the fast here runs from about 16h 21m near June down to 11h 18m in December.

The Fajr and Isha angles for Melilla come from the Muslim World League. The Muslim World League method sets Fajr when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and Isha at 17°. Use ISNA's 15° instead and Fajr here would move by several minutes. So the method — not the coordinates alone — settles the final time. We also publish times for nearby Beni Enzar, Nador and Al Aaroui. Each is only a few minutes off Melilla's clock.

Nearby: Beni Enzar prayer times · Nador prayer times · Al Aaroui prayer times · Berkane prayer times · Al Hoceïma prayer times

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Mosques in Melilla

Mosques in and around Melilla include Mezquita Central, Mezquita del Buen Acuerdo, Mezquita Carretera Hidúm, Mezquita Al-Mohsinin, Mezquita Sidi Guariach and Zawiya Alawiya. The times on this page are worked out from Melilla's own coordinates, and they apply across these mosques. Check the exact iqama time with your local mosque. That is the congregation, called a few minutes after each prayer starts.