Al-Hasakah · Syria · 36.50° N · 40.75° E
Solar position in Al Ḩasakah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al Ḩasakah — computed for 36.50° N, 40.75° E, 305 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al Ḩasakah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:05 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:35 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:06 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:32 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:07 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:01 | 41.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:54 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:29 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:55 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:26 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:55 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 57 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al Ḩasakah
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 76.9° at solar noon in Al Ḩasakah; on the December solstice only 30.1°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 59° 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 | 07:25 | 12:28 | 17:31 | 10 h 05 min | 33.7° |
| February | 06:58 | 12:30 | 18:03 | 11 h 05 min | 43.0° |
| March | 06:19 | 12:24 | 18:29 | 12 h 10 min | 53.8° |
| April | 05:35 | 12:15 | 18:56 | 13 h 20 min | 65.4° |
| May | 05:05 | 12:13 | 19:21 | 14 h 16 min | 73.7° |
| June | 04:59 | 12:18 | 19:38 | 14 h 39 min | 76.9° |
| July | 05:14 | 12:23 | 19:31 | 14 h 17 min | 73.9° |
| August | 05:39 | 12:20 | 19:00 | 13 h 21 min | 65.5° |
| September | 06:03 | 12:09 | 18:15 | 12 h 12 min | 54.1° |
| October | 06:29 | 12:01 | 17:33 | 11 h 04 min | 42.8° |
| November | 07:00 | 12:02 | 17:04 | 10 h 05 min | 33.6° |
| December | 07:25 | 12:15 | 17:05 | 9 h 40 min | 30.1° |
A year of daylight in Al Ḩasakah
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 Ḩasakah
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
30°collects the most energy over a year: 1710 kWh per kWp.
61°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° | 1505 | 88% | 1.81 | 3.5× |
| 15° | 1656 | 97% | 2.50 | 2.5× |
| 30° year-round best | 1710 | 100% | 3.03 | 1.9× |
| 37° = latitude | 1700 | 99% | 3.22 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1663 | 97% | 3.37 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1521 | 89% | 3.50 | 1.4× |
| 61° off-grid best | 1508 | 88% | 3.50 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1377 | 81% | 3.47 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 1002 | 59% | 3.11 | 2.3× |
A fixed array in Al Ḩasakah produces the most over a year at 30°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 61° it makes 3.50 kWh per kWp a day, 16% more than at 30°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al Ḩasakah at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 30° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 30° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.46 | 4.01 | 3.56 | 3.22 | 4.9 °C |
| February | 3.32 | 4.30 | 3.79 | 3.81 | 7.1 °C |
| March | 4.70 | 4.78 | 4.13 | 4.73 | 11.7 °C |
| April | 5.85 | 4.45 | 3.77 | 5.10 | 16.9 °C |
| May | 7.05 | 4.17 | 3.43 | 5.49 | 23.0 °C |
| June | 8.16 | 3.98 | 3.19 | 5.81 | 29.2 °C |
| July | 7.91 | 4.14 | 3.27 | 5.68 | 33.1 °C |
| August | 7.11 | 4.75 | 3.76 | 5.58 | 32.7 °C |
| September | 5.92 | 5.49 | 4.44 | 5.40 | 28.1 °C |
| October | 4.20 | 5.16 | 4.29 | 4.46 | 21.6 °C |
| November | 3.02 | 4.87 | 4.20 | 3.84 | 12.5 °C |
| December | 2.23 | 3.93 | 3.47 | 3.03 | 6.8 °C |
| Year | 5.17 avg | 4.50 avg | 1377 kWh | 1710 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 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 30°. The steep array is 5% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al Ḩasakah
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.
4.4 mrow pitch at 70°
3.7 mrow pitch at 30°
How Al Ḩasakah compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
50thof 88 places in Syria for sunshine: 5.17 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,710 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 39 min against 14 h 38 min.
30°best year-round tilt here; across Syria it runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī.
Of the 88 places in Syria, As-Suwayda gets the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Al Mālikīyah the least (5.02); Al Ḩasakah ranks 50th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.19 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 9 h 40 min, −2 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for Al Ḩasakah, 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.