Sharqia · Egypt · 30.57° N · 32.11° E
Solar position in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta — computed for 30.57° N, 32.11° E, 12 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:39 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:07 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:35 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:00 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:32 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:35 | 47.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:38 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:11 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:35 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:03 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 11 min | |
Sun path diagram for Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta
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 82.9° at solar noon in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta; on the December solstice only 36.0°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 06:47 | 12:02 | 17:17 | 10 h 30 min | 39.6° |
| February | 06:26 | 12:05 | 17:44 | 11 h 18 min | 49.0° |
| March | 05:54 | 11:58 | 18:03 | 12 h 09 min | 59.8° |
| April | 05:17 | 11:50 | 18:23 | 13 h 05 min | 71.4° |
| May | 05:53 | 12:48 | 19:42 | 13 h 49 min | 79.7° |
| June | 05:49 | 12:53 | 19:57 | 14 h 08 min | 82.9° |
| July | 06:02 | 12:57 | 19:52 | 13 h 50 min | 79.9° |
| August | 06:21 | 12:54 | 19:27 | 13 h 06 min | 71.5° |
| September | 06:39 | 12:44 | 18:49 | 12 h 10 min | 60.1° |
| October | 06:57 | 12:36 | 18:14 | 11 h 16 min | 48.7° |
| November | 06:22 | 11:37 | 16:51 | 10 h 29 min | 39.5° |
| December | 06:44 | 11:49 | 16:54 | 10 h 10 min | 36.0° |
A year of daylight in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta
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 Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
26°collects the most energy over a year: 1848 kWh per kWp.
49°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° | 1686 | 91% | 2.60 | 2.5× |
| 15° | 1819 | 98% | 3.39 | 1.8× |
| 26° year-round best | 1848 | 100% | 3.84 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1844 | 100% | 3.97 | 1.4× |
| 31° = latitude | 1842 | 100% | 4.00 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1762 | 95% | 4.31 | 1.2× |
| 49° off-grid best | 1723 | 93% | 4.35 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1580 | 85% | 4.38 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1409 | 76% | 4.27 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 986 | 53% | 3.72 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 49° it makes 4.35 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 26°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 26° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.47 | 5.00 | 4.31 | 4.01 | 12.9 °C |
| February | 4.28 | 4.96 | 4.25 | 4.45 | 14.1 °C |
| March | 5.62 | 5.16 | 4.37 | 5.28 | 16.9 °C |
| April | 6.69 | 4.54 | 3.79 | 5.60 | 20.2 °C |
| May | 7.54 | 3.86 | 3.16 | 5.73 | 24.2 °C |
| June | 8.10 | 3.41 | 2.75 | 5.77 | 27.2 °C |
| July | 7.91 | 3.54 | 2.83 | 5.69 | 29.0 °C |
| August | 7.30 | 4.27 | 3.43 | 5.67 | 29.1 °C |
| September | 6.33 | 5.19 | 4.22 | 5.52 | 26.9 °C |
| October | 4.99 | 5.49 | 4.53 | 4.92 | 23.7 °C |
| November | 3.80 | 5.28 | 4.43 | 4.22 | 19.3 °C |
| December | 3.23 | 5.00 | 4.27 | 3.84 | 14.9 °C |
| Year | 5.78 avg | 4.64 avg | 1409 kWh | 1848 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through June on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 430 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 310 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta
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.
3.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.2 mrow pitch at 26°
How Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
126thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 5.78 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,848 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 14 h 08 min against 14 h 05 min.
26°best year-round tilt here; across Egypt it runs from 20° in Hala'ib to 26° in Cairo.
Of the 236 places in Egypt, Aswān gets the most sun (6.52 peak sun hours a day) and ‘Izbat al Burj the least (5.35); Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta ranks joint 126th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.75 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 10 min, −2 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for Abu Suweir-el-Mahatta, 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.