Ogun State · Nigeria · 6.60° N · 2.94° E
Solar position in Ado-Odo
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ado-Odo — computed for 6.60° N, 2.94° E, 25 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ado-Odo today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+1
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:48 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:13 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:34 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:02 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:32 | 71.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 18:02 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:30 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:51 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:16 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:40 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ado-Odo
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 Ado-Odo; on the December solstice only 60.0°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 113° 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 | 07:05 | 12:59 | 18:53 | 11 h 48 min | 63.6° |
| February | 07:03 | 13:01 | 19:00 | 11 h 57 min | 73.0° |
| March | 06:51 | 12:55 | 18:58 | 12 h 07 min | 83.8° |
| April | 06:37 | 12:46 | 18:55 | 12 h 18 min | 84.6° |
| May | 06:31 | 12:44 | 18:58 | 12 h 27 min | 76.4° |
| June | 06:34 | 12:50 | 19:05 | 12 h 30 min | 73.2° |
| July | 06:41 | 12:54 | 19:08 | 12 h 27 min | 76.2° |
| August | 06:42 | 12:51 | 19:00 | 12 h 18 min | 84.6° |
| September | 06:37 | 12:41 | 18:44 | 12 h 07 min | 84.0° |
| October | 06:34 | 12:32 | 18:31 | 11 h 57 min | 72.6° |
| November | 06:40 | 12:34 | 18:28 | 11 h 48 min | 63.4° |
| December | 06:54 | 12:46 | 18:38 | 11 h 45 min | 60.0° |
A year of daylight in Ado-Odo
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-Odo
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
8°collects the most energy over a year: 1348 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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1338 | 99% | 3.15 | 1.3× |
| 7° = latitude | 1348 | 100% | 3.06 | 1.4× |
| 8° year-round best | 1348 | 100% | 3.04 | 1.4× |
| 15° | 1340 | 99% | 2.91 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1274 | 94% | 2.52 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1142 | 85% | 2.02 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 957 | 71% | 1.46 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 817 | 61% | 1.13 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 570 | 42% | 0.96 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Ado-Odo produces the most over a year at 8°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.15 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 8°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ado-Odo at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 8° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 8° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.87 | 4.17 | 3.40 | 4.04 | 26.2 °C |
| February | 4.82 | 3.51 | 2.84 | 3.91 | 27.4 °C |
| March | 5.04 | 2.99 | 2.41 | 4.01 | 27.7 °C |
| April | 5.08 | 2.25 | 1.79 | 3.95 | 27.5 °C |
| May | 4.73 | 1.65 | 1.30 | 3.61 | 27.1 °C |
| June | 4.04 | 1.43 | 1.12 | 3.07 | 26.1 °C |
| July | 3.97 | 1.44 | 1.13 | 3.04 | 25.1 °C |
| August | 4.14 | 1.74 | 1.38 | 3.23 | 24.7 °C |
| September | 4.27 | 2.32 | 1.86 | 3.39 | 25.3 °C |
| October | 4.68 | 3.17 | 2.57 | 3.80 | 26.0 °C |
| November | 5.03 | 4.19 | 3.41 | 4.17 | 26.7 °C |
| December | 4.92 | 4.48 | 3.66 | 4.12 | 26.6 °C |
| Year | 4.63 avg | 2.78 avg | 817 kWh | 1348 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 1,050 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 8°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ado-Odo
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 8°
How Ado-Odo compares in Nigeria
Against the other 267 places in Nigeria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
182ndof 268 places in Nigeria for sunshine, shared: 4.63 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Nigeria: 1,348 against 1,489 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Lagos: 12 h 30 min against 12 h 30 min.
8°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-Odo ranks joint 182nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.12 kWh a day here, against 1.26 kWh on average in Nigeria. The shortest day lasts 11 h 45 min, ±0 min compared with Lagos.
Solar forecast for Ado-Odo, 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.