Kotayk · Armenia · 40.27° N · 44.63° E
Solar position in Abovyan
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Abovyan — computed for 40.27° N, 44.63° E, 1450 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Abovyan today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:50 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:22 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:53 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:21 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:59 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:45 | 37.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:31 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:09 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:36 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:08 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 47 min | |
Sun path diagram for Abovyan
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 73.2° at solar noon in Abovyan; on the December solstice only 26.3°. Sunrise swings from 58° ENE in June to 121° ESE in December — a 63° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:19 | 13:12 | 18:06 | 9 h 47 min | 29.9° |
| February | 07:47 | 13:15 | 18:43 | 10 h 57 min | 39.2° |
| March | 07:03 | 13:08 | 19:14 | 12 h 11 min | 50.0° |
| April | 06:14 | 13:00 | 19:46 | 13 h 31 min | 61.7° |
| May | 05:40 | 12:58 | 20:15 | 14 h 35 min | 70.0° |
| June | 05:31 | 13:03 | 20:34 | 15 h 03 min | 73.2° |
| July | 05:49 | 13:07 | 20:26 | 14 h 37 min | 70.2° |
| August | 06:18 | 13:04 | 19:50 | 13 h 32 min | 61.8° |
| September | 06:47 | 12:54 | 19:00 | 12 h 13 min | 50.4° |
| October | 07:18 | 12:45 | 18:13 | 10 h 55 min | 39.0° |
| November | 07:53 | 12:47 | 17:40 | 9 h 47 min | 29.8° |
| December | 08:20 | 12:59 | 17:38 | 9 h 18 min | 26.3° |
A year of daylight in Abovyan
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Abovyan
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
34°collects the most energy over a year: 1512 kWh per kWp.
66°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | December kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1302 | 86% | 1.47 | 3.8× |
| 15° | 1446 | 96% | 2.05 | 2.7× |
| 30° | 1509 | 100% | 2.53 | 2.1× |
| 34° year-round best | 1512 | 100% | 2.63 | 2.0× |
| 40° = latitude | 1505 | 100% | 2.76 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1489 | 98% | 2.85 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1387 | 92% | 3.02 | 1.5× |
| 66° off-grid best | 1325 | 88% | 3.03 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1278 | 85% | 3.03 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 979 | 65% | 2.81 | 1.8× |
A fixed array in Abovyan produces the most over a year at 34°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 66° it makes 3.03 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 34°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Abovyan at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 34° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 34° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.25 | 3.99 | 3.66 | 3.18 | -3.8 °C |
| February snow | 3.14 | 4.29 | 3.90 | 3.81 | -1.7 °C |
| March | 3.66 | 3.76 | 3.35 | 3.79 | 3.3 °C |
| April | 4.57 | 3.66 | 3.19 | 4.12 | 8.1 °C |
| May | 5.72 | 3.72 | 3.17 | 4.63 | 13.4 °C |
| June | 6.84 | 3.88 | 3.24 | 5.15 | 18.6 °C |
| July | 6.79 | 4.02 | 3.32 | 5.15 | 21.9 °C |
| August | 6.25 | 4.52 | 3.75 | 5.19 | 21.9 °C |
| September | 5.06 | 4.98 | 4.21 | 4.96 | 17.4 °C |
| October | 3.40 | 4.41 | 3.83 | 3.93 | 10.9 °C |
| November | 2.28 | 3.83 | 3.42 | 3.15 | 3.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.77 | 3.33 | 3.03 | 2.63 | -1.9 °C |
| Year | 4.32 avg | 4.03 avg | 1278 kWh | 1512 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 450 Wp at 34°. The steep array is 13% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Abovyan
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
5.1 mrow pitch at 70°
4.3 mrow pitch at 34°
How Abovyan compares in Armenia
Against the other 18 places in Armenia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
10thof 19 places in Armenia for sunshine, shared: 4.32 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Armenia: 1,512 against 1,508 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Yerevan: 15 h 03 min against 15 h 02 min.
34°best year-round tilt here; across Armenia it runs from 33° in Kapan to 35° in Gyumri.
Of the 19 places in Armenia, Ararat gets the most sun (4.49 peak sun hours a day) and Ijevan the least (4.06); Abovyan ranks joint 10th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.03 kWh a day here, against 3.10 kWh on average in Armenia. The shortest day lasts 9 h 18 min, −1 min compared with Yerevan.
Solar forecast for Abovyan, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.