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West Bank · Palestinian Territory · 31.91° N · 35.22° E

Solar position in Al Bīrah

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al Bīrah — computed for 31.91° N, 35.22° E, 852 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:49103° ESE
Sunset today16:57256° WSW
Best panel angle26°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle56°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation46.3°
At solar noon, 11:23Open on the sun map

Sun in Al Bīrah today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:27sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5512° below
Civil dawn05:246° below
Sunrise05:49103° ESE
Golden hour ends06:22sun 6° up
Solar noon11:2346.3° high
Golden hour starts16:23sun 6° up
Sunset16:57256° WSW
Civil dusk17:226° below
Nautical dusk17:5012° below
Astronomical dusk18:1818° below
Day length11 h 08 min

Sun path diagram for Al Bīrah

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice678910111213141516171819EquinoxDecember solstice78910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 81.5° at solar noon in Al Bīrah; on the December solstice only 34.7°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 56° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:3811:5017:0210 h 25 min38.3°
February06:1511:5217:3011 h 15 min47.6°
March05:4111:4617:5112 h 09 min58.4°
April06:0312:3719:1213 h 08 min70.0°
May05:3812:3519:3313 h 55 min78.3°
June05:3312:4019:4814 h 14 min81.5°
July05:4712:4519:4313 h 56 min78.5°
August06:0712:4219:1613 h 09 min70.1°
September06:2612:3218:3712 h 11 min58.7°
October06:4612:2318:0011 h 14 min47.3°
November06:1211:2416:3610 h 24 min38.2°
December06:3511:3716:3910 h 04 min34.7°

A year of daylight in Al Bīrah

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Al Bīrah

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: 1786 kWh per kWp.

56°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 26°Best worst-month 56°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°162691%2.292.8×
15°175698%3.022.1×
26° year-round best1786100%3.441.7×
30°1783100%3.561.6×
32° = latitude1778100%3.611.5×
45°170696%3.881.4×
56° off-grid best158789%3.961.2×
60°153186%3.961.3×
70°136777%3.871.6×
90°95954%3.392.9×

A fixed array in Al Bīrah produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 56° it makes 3.96 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 26°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Al Bīrah at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).

01234567January: 3.83 (70°)3.8JanFebruary: 3.94 (70°)3.9FebMarch: 4.20 (70°)4.2MarApril: 3.73 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.20 (70°)3.2MayJune: 2.82 (70°)2.8JunJuly: 2.92 (70°)2.9JulAugust: 3.50 (70°)3.5AugSeptember: 4.25 (70°)4.2SepOctober: 4.43 (70°)4.4OctNovember: 4.26 (70°)4.3NovDecember: 3.87 (70°)3.9Dec26°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 26°Mean temp.
January3.024.443.833.5312.0 °C
February3.864.583.944.0713.2 °C
March5.264.944.205.0016.0 °C
April6.434.463.735.4319.4 °C
May7.443.913.205.6923.7 °C
June8.183.492.825.8526.9 °C
July7.973.642.925.7728.8 °C
August7.294.353.505.7028.9 °C
September6.215.234.255.4727.2 °C
October4.765.394.434.7424.2 °C
November3.535.064.263.9918.7 °C
December2.854.523.873.4414.1 °C
Year5.58 avg4.50 avg1367 kWh1786 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 420 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Al Bīrah

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.

3.8 mrow pitch at 70°

3.2 mrow pitch at 26°

Row spacing calculator

How Al Bīrah compares in the Palestinian Territory

Against the other 42 places in the Palestinian Territory with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

19thof 43 places in the Palestinian Territory for sunshine, shared: 5.58 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in the Palestinian Territory: 1,786 against 1,780 kWh per kWp.

+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Gaza: 14 h 14 min against 14 h 12 min.

26°best year-round tilt here; across the Palestinian Territory it runs from 26° in Gaza to 27° in Janīn.

Of the 43 places in the Palestinian Territory, As Samū‘ gets the most sun (5.65 peak sun hours a day) and Gaza and 3 other places the least (5.47); Al Bīrah ranks joint 19th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.82 kWh a day here, against 2.84 kWh on average in the Palestinian Territory. The shortest day lasts 10 h 04 min, −2 min compared with Gaza.

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Solar forecast for Al Bīrah, 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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Questions about the sun in Al Bīrah

What is the best solar panel angle in Al Bīrah?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Al Bīrah is 26°, worth about 1786 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 56°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Al Bīrah today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:49 and sets at 16:57 local time (UTC+2), giving 11 h 08 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:23.
How many peak sun hours does Al Bīrah get?
On a flat surface 5.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.9 in December to 8.2 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.5 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Al Bīrah?
At solar noon the sun stands 81.5° above the horizon on the June solstice and 34.7° on the December solstice.
Is Al Bīrah a good place for solar panels?
With 5.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Al Bīrah ranks joint 19th of 43 places in the Palestinian Territory for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (26°) makes about 1,786 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in the Palestinian Territory.

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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.