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Al Hudaydah · Yemen · 14.80° N · 42.95° E

Solar position in Al Ḩudaydah

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al Ḩudaydah — computed for 14.80° N, 42.95° E, 10 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:01102° ESE
Sunset today17:43258° WSW
Best panel angle16°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle7°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation63.4°
At solar noon, 11:52Open on the sun map

Sun in Al Ḩudaydah today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:49sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:1412° below
Civil dawn05:396° below
Sunrise06:01102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:30sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5263.4° high
Golden hour starts17:14sun 6° up
Sunset17:43258° WSW
Civil dusk18:046° below
Nautical dusk18:3012° below
Astronomical dusk18:5518° below
Day length11 h 42 min

Sun path diagram for Al Ḩudaydah

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 solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 81.4° at solar noon in Al Ḩudaydah; on the December solstice only 51.8°. Sunrise swings from 65° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 49° 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
January06:3712:1918:0111 h 24 min55.4°
February06:2912:2118:1411 h 45 min64.7°
March06:1112:1518:1912 h 07 min75.5°
April05:5012:0618:2312 h 33 min87.1°
May05:3812:0418:3012 h 52 min84.6°
June05:3912:0918:4013 h 00 min81.4°
July05:4812:1418:4012 h 53 min84.4°
August05:5412:1118:2712 h 33 min87.2°
September05:5712:0118:0512 h 08 min75.8°
October06:0011:5217:4411 h 44 min64.5°
November06:1211:5317:3511 h 23 min55.3°
December06:2812:0617:4311 h 15 min51.8°

A year of daylight in Al Ḩudaydah

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 Ḩudaydah

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: 1803 kWh per kWp.

7°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 16°Best worst-month 7°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°174297%4.621.3×
7° off-grid best178399%4.521.2×
15° = latitude1803100%4.331.2×
16° year-round best1803100%4.301.2×
30°176098%3.811.4×
45°161690%3.101.8×
60°138377%2.252.4×
70°118966%1.693.2×
90°80545%1.193.7×

A fixed array in Al Ḩudaydah produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 7° it makes 4.52 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 16°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Al Ḩudaydah at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.79 (70°)4.8JanFebruary: 4.30 (70°)4.3FebMarch: 3.56 (70°)3.6MarApril: 2.51 (70°)2.5AprMay: 1.82 (70°)1.8MayJune: 1.61 (70°)1.6JunJuly: 1.69 (70°)1.7JulAugust: 2.06 (70°)2.1AugSeptember: 2.89 (70°)2.9SepOctober: 4.04 (70°)4.0OctNovember: 4.83 (70°)4.8NovDecember: 5.06 (70°)5.1Dec16°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 16°Mean temp.
January5.295.824.794.9324.4 °C
February5.905.244.305.2025.0 °C
March6.514.373.565.3726.5 °C
April6.853.132.515.2628.5 °C
May6.792.311.824.9530.2 °C
June6.472.061.614.6231.1 °C
July5.932.161.694.3031.0 °C
August5.912.612.064.4430.6 °C
September6.133.632.894.8331.1 °C
October6.235.014.045.2729.3 °C
November5.655.934.835.1626.8 °C
December5.246.185.064.9725.1 °C
Year6.07 avg4.03 avg1189 kWh1803 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 730 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 Ḩudaydah

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°

Row spacing calculator

How Al Ḩudaydah compares in Yemen

Against the other 24 places in Yemen with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

23rdof 25 places in Yemen for sunshine, shared: 6.07 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Yemen: 1,803 against 1,887 kWh per kWp.

−2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Sanaa: 13 h 00 min against 13 h 02 min.

16°best year-round tilt here; across Yemen it runs from 14° in Aden to 18° in Sa'dah.

Of the 25 places in Yemen, Ataq gets the most sun (6.67 peak sun hours a day) and Bayt al Faqīh the least (6.05); Al Ḩudaydah ranks joint 23rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.61 kWh a day here, against 1.63 kWh on average in Yemen. The shortest day lasts 11 h 15 min, +2 min compared with Sanaa.

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Solar forecast for Al Ḩudaydah, 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 Ḩudaydah

What is the best solar panel angle in Al Ḩudaydah?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Al Ḩudaydah is 16°, worth about 1803 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 7°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Al Ḩudaydah today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:01 and sets at 17:43 local time (UTC+3), giving 11 h 42 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:52.
How many peak sun hours does Al Ḩudaydah get?
On a flat surface 6.1 hours a day averaged over the year, from 5.2 in December to 6.8 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.1 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Al Ḩudaydah?
At solar noon the sun stands 81.4° above the horizon on the June solstice and 51.8° on the December solstice.
Is Al Ḩudaydah a good place for solar panels?
With 6.1 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Al Ḩudaydah ranks joint 23rd of 25 places in Yemen for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (16°) makes about 1,803 kWh a year here, 4% less than the average place in Yemen.

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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.