Al Qaḑārif · Sudan · 14.11° N · 34.09° E
Solar position in Al-Fāw
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Fāw — computed for 14.11° N, 34.09° E, 442 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Fāw today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:49 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:14 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:36 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:05 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:27 | 64.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:50 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:19 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:40 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 43 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Fāw
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 80.7° at solar noon in Al-Fāw; on the December solstice only 52.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:12 | 11:54 | 17:37 | 11 h 26 min | 56.0° |
| February | 06:04 | 11:57 | 17:50 | 11 h 46 min | 65.4° |
| March | 05:47 | 11:50 | 17:54 | 12 h 07 min | 76.2° |
| April | 05:26 | 11:42 | 17:58 | 12 h 31 min | 87.8° |
| May | 05:15 | 11:40 | 18:05 | 12 h 50 min | 83.9° |
| June | 05:16 | 11:45 | 18:14 | 12 h 58 min | 80.7° |
| July | 05:24 | 11:50 | 18:15 | 12 h 50 min | 83.7° |
| August | 05:30 | 11:46 | 18:02 | 12 h 31 min | 87.9° |
| September | 05:32 | 11:36 | 17:40 | 12 h 08 min | 76.5° |
| October | 05:35 | 11:28 | 17:20 | 11 h 45 min | 65.1° |
| November | 05:46 | 11:29 | 17:12 | 11 h 26 min | 56.0° |
| December | 06:02 | 11:41 | 17:20 | 11 h 18 min | 52.5° |
A year of daylight in Al-Fāw
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 Al-Fāw
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 1855 kWh per kWp.
2°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° | 1790 | 96% | 4.66 | 1.3× |
| 2° off-grid best | 1805 | 97% | 4.63 | 1.2× |
| 14° = latitude | 1854 | 100% | 4.36 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1855 | 100% | 4.33 | 1.3× |
| 16° year-round best | 1855 | 100% | 4.30 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1811 | 98% | 3.77 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1663 | 90% | 3.02 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1423 | 77% | 2.15 | 2.8× |
| 70° | 1223 | 66% | 1.58 | 3.7× |
| 90° | 829 | 45% | 1.13 | 4.0× |
A fixed array in Al-Fāw produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 2° it makes 4.63 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 16°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Fāw at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 16° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.84 | 6.55 | 5.36 | 5.47 | 25.2 °C |
| February | 6.45 | 5.76 | 4.67 | 5.64 | 27.7 °C |
| March | 6.97 | 4.60 | 3.70 | 5.65 | 30.1 °C |
| April | 7.15 | 3.20 | 2.52 | 5.37 | 32.9 °C |
| May | 6.86 | 2.23 | 1.73 | 4.90 | 33.6 °C |
| June | 6.56 | 1.91 | 1.48 | 4.63 | 32.0 °C |
| July | 5.92 | 2.01 | 1.58 | 4.30 | 28.8 °C |
| August | 5.71 | 2.47 | 1.98 | 4.34 | 27.0 °C |
| September | 6.11 | 3.55 | 2.87 | 4.86 | 28.0 °C |
| October | 6.17 | 4.90 | 3.93 | 5.19 | 30.3 °C |
| November | 5.91 | 6.22 | 5.02 | 5.37 | 28.6 °C |
| December | 5.60 | 6.69 | 5.45 | 5.32 | 26.2 °C |
| Year | 6.27 avg | 4.17 avg | 1223 kWh | 1855 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 800 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 270 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Fāw
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.
2.3 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Al-Fāw compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
49thof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine, shared: 6.27 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 1,855 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 12 h 58 min against 13 h 03 min.
16°best year-round tilt here; across Sudan it runs from 12° in Abyei to 19° in Atbara.
Of the 75 places in Sudan, Mellit gets the most sun (6.72 peak sun hours a day) and Port Sudan the least (5.78); Al-Fāw ranks joint 49th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.48 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Sudan. The shortest day lasts 11 h 18 min, +5 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Al-Fāw, 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.