Ekiti State · Nigeria · 7.62° N · 5.22° E
Solar position in Ado-Ekiti
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ado-Ekiti — computed for 7.62° N, 5.22° E, 439 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ado-Ekiti today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:15 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:40 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:05 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:26 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:54 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:23 | 70.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:52 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:20 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:41 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:30 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 54 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ado-Ekiti
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 74.2° at solar noon in Ado-Ekiti; on the December solstice only 58.9°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:57 | 12:50 | 18:43 | 11 h 45 min | 62.5° |
| February | 06:55 | 12:52 | 18:50 | 11 h 55 min | 71.9° |
| March | 06:42 | 12:46 | 18:49 | 12 h 07 min | 82.7° |
| April | 06:27 | 12:37 | 18:47 | 12 h 20 min | 85.7° |
| May | 06:20 | 12:35 | 18:50 | 12 h 30 min | 77.4° |
| June | 06:23 | 12:40 | 18:57 | 12 h 34 min | 74.2° |
| July | 06:30 | 12:45 | 19:00 | 12 h 30 min | 77.2° |
| August | 06:32 | 12:42 | 18:52 | 12 h 20 min | 85.6° |
| September | 06:28 | 12:32 | 18:35 | 12 h 07 min | 83.0° |
| October | 06:26 | 12:23 | 18:21 | 11 h 55 min | 71.6° |
| November | 06:32 | 12:24 | 18:17 | 11 h 45 min | 62.4° |
| December | 06:46 | 12:37 | 18:27 | 11 h 41 min | 58.9° |
A year of daylight in Ado-Ekiti
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 Ado-Ekiti
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
9°collects the most energy over a year: 1388 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1374 | 99% | 3.03 | 1.4× |
| 8° = latitude | 1388 | 100% | 2.97 | 1.5× |
| 9° year-round best | 1388 | 100% | 2.96 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1383 | 100% | 2.89 | 1.6× |
| 30° | 1321 | 95% | 2.62 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1192 | 86% | 2.22 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1007 | 73% | 1.74 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 864 | 62% | 1.39 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 608 | 44% | 1.00 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Ado-Ekiti produces the most over a year at 9°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 3.03 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 9°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ado-Ekiti at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 9° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 9° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.04 | 4.42 | 3.63 | 4.25 | 24.4 °C |
| February | 4.91 | 3.63 | 2.96 | 4.01 | 26.2 °C |
| March | 5.09 | 3.08 | 2.49 | 4.06 | 26.9 °C |
| April | 5.12 | 2.36 | 1.89 | 4.00 | 26.6 °C |
| May | 5.01 | 1.80 | 1.43 | 3.84 | 25.8 °C |
| June | 4.56 | 1.58 | 1.25 | 3.47 | 24.9 °C |
| July | 4.05 | 1.54 | 1.22 | 3.10 | 24.2 °C |
| August | 3.80 | 1.74 | 1.39 | 2.96 | 23.9 °C |
| September | 4.23 | 2.36 | 1.91 | 3.37 | 24.2 °C |
| October | 4.76 | 3.28 | 2.68 | 3.89 | 24.8 °C |
| November | 5.18 | 4.44 | 3.64 | 4.37 | 25.1 °C |
| December | 5.08 | 4.78 | 3.94 | 4.34 | 24.4 °C |
| Year | 4.73 avg | 2.92 avg | 864 kWh | 1388 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 970 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 400 Wp at 9°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ado-Ekiti
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 9°
How Ado-Ekiti compares in Nigeria
Against the other 267 places in Nigeria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
157thof 268 places in Nigeria for sunshine, shared: 4.73 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Nigeria: 1,388 against 1,489 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lagos: 12 h 34 min against 12 h 30 min.
9°best year-round tilt here; across Nigeria it runs from 7° in Port Harcourt to 15° in Gamboru.
Of the 268 places in Nigeria, Kumagunnam and one other place get the most sun (6.17 peak sun hours a day) and Bonny the least (4.14); Ado-Ekiti ranks joint 157th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.22 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Nigeria. The shortest day lasts 11 h 41 min, −4 min compared with Lagos.
Solar forecast for Ado-Ekiti, 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.