A method for the determination of heading by magnetic sensors, in which a magnetic field is measured by magnetometers and using recursive processing calculating for a given sampling time. An estimation of a heading prediction which is a function of the heading is determined at the preceding sampling time. A resetting of the predicted heading is then estimated as a function of a magnetic heading determined from magnetometer measurements. During the resetting, the calculating estimates the amplitude of the resetting as a function of a model of the change in magnetic disturbances between two sampling times, and of an a priori estimation of the amplitude of the disturbances.