Prayer Times in Surabaya, Indonesia

Praying in Surabaya

Surabaya, the capital of East Java, is Indonesia's second city — a sprawling port metropolis of around 3 million people where the Brantas river meets the Madura Strait. Known as the City of Heroes for its role in the 1945 independence battle, Surabaya blends Javanese tradition with a hard-working maritime character: container ships queue at Tanjung Perak port while students fill the campuses of Airlangga University and the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology.

The city's Islamic landmark is Masjid Al-Akbar, the Al-Akbar National Mosque, whose 99-metre minaret and vast blue dome make it the second-largest mosque in Southeast Asia. Completed in 2000 on the site of a former Dutch fortress, it can hold tens of thousands of worshippers and its courtyard hosts one of the region's biggest Eid congregations. Like all of Java, Surabaya runs on Western Indonesia Time with very stable prayer times year-round — Fajr around 4:15 AM, Dhuhr near 11:30 AM — and during Ramadan the Ampel quarter, home to the 15th-century Sunan Ampel Mosque and Arab-Indonesian food stalls, becomes the city's spiritual and culinary centre after Taraweeh.

🧭 Qibla Direction from Surabaya

From Surabaya, Indonesia, the Qibla points 294.0° clockwise from true north — facing west-northwest (WNW). This is the great-circle bearing computed from Surabaya's coordinates (-7.2575°, 112.7521°) to the Kaaba in Mecca (21.4225°N, 39.8262°E).

294.0° WNW

Hold your phone flat with a compass app: turn until the needle points 294.0° clockwise from north. Keep metal objects away for an accurate reading.

Surabaya — key facts

City

Surabaya, Indonesia

Coordinates

-7.2575° N, 112.7521° E

Timezone

Asia/Jakarta

Population

around 3 million in the city, nearly 10 million in the metro area

Notable mosque

Masjid Al-Akbar (Al-Akbar National Mosque)

Landmark

Tunjungan Street and the Heroes Monument (Tugu Pahlawan)

Qibla direction

294.0° (WNW, west-northwest)

Calculation method

Muslim World League (default; changeable above)

Hijri date today

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Calculation method & data source

Times on this page are computed by the Aladhan prayer-times API (free, no key required) for Surabaya's coordinates (-7.2575, 112.7521), using the Muslim World League method (method 3) by default. You can switch to another convention — Karachi, ISNA, Egypt, Makkah, Turkey (Diyanet), Singapore and more — with the dropdown above; your choice is remembered on this device.

Published timetables and local mosques in Surabaya may differ by a few minutes because they sometimes apply their own adjustments or a different method. When in doubt, follow your local mosque.

FAQs — prayer times in Surabaya

Which direction is the Qibla from Surabaya?

From Surabaya, the Qibla is 294.0° clockwise from true north — facing west-northwest (WNW). It is computed as the great-circle bearing from Surabaya's coordinates (-7.2575°, 112.7521°) to the Kaaba in Mecca (21.4225°N, 39.8262°E).

Where do people go for Taraweeh in Surabaya during Ramadan?

Masjid Al-Akbar hosts the city's largest Taraweeh congregations, but many locals prefer the historic Masjid Sunan Ampel in the Arab quarter, founded around the tomb of Sunan Ampel — one of the nine Wali Songo saints who spread Islam in Java. The streets around it turn into a night market of dates, kolak and Middle Eastern sweets after prayers.

What calculation method is used for Surabaya prayer times?

This page uses the Muslim World League method by default, computed via the free Aladhan API from Surabaya's coordinates. You can switch to Karachi, ISNA, Egypt, Makkah, Turkey (Diyanet) and other methods with the dropdown above — your choice is saved on your device.

Why do these times differ slightly from my local mosque in Surabaya?

Mosques sometimes apply their own adjustments — a different calculation method, added safety minutes, or a fixed timetable. A difference of a few minutes is normal; when in doubt, follow your local mosque in Surabaya.