Western Darfur · Sudan · 13.45° N · 22.45° E
Solar position in Al-Junaynah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Junaynah — computed for 13.45° N, 22.45° E, 797 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Junaynah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:10 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:35 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:00 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:22 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:51 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:14 | 64.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:37 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:06 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:27 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:53 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:18 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Junaynah
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 80.0° at solar noon in Al-Junaynah; on the December solstice only 53.1°. 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 | 06:57 | 12:41 | 18:25 | 11 h 28 min | 56.7° |
| February | 06:50 | 12:43 | 18:37 | 11 h 47 min | 66.1° |
| March | 06:33 | 12:37 | 18:41 | 12 h 07 min | 76.9° |
| April | 06:13 | 12:28 | 18:44 | 12 h 30 min | 88.5° |
| May | 06:02 | 12:26 | 18:50 | 12 h 48 min | 83.2° |
| June | 06:04 | 12:32 | 18:59 | 12 h 55 min | 80.0° |
| July | 06:12 | 12:36 | 19:00 | 12 h 48 min | 83.0° |
| August | 06:18 | 12:33 | 18:48 | 12 h 30 min | 88.6° |
| September | 06:19 | 12:23 | 18:27 | 12 h 08 min | 77.2° |
| October | 06:21 | 12:14 | 18:07 | 11 h 46 min | 65.8° |
| November | 06:32 | 12:15 | 17:59 | 11 h 28 min | 56.6° |
| December | 06:48 | 12:28 | 18:08 | 11 h 20 min | 53.1° |
A year of daylight in Al-Junaynah
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-Junaynah
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: 1951 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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1888 | 97% | 4.68 | 1.2× |
| 13° = latitude | 1949 | 100% | 4.53 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1951 | 100% | 4.49 | 1.3× |
| 16° year-round best | 1951 | 100% | 4.46 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1900 | 97% | 4.05 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1740 | 89% | 3.39 | 2.1× |
| 60° | 1485 | 76% | 2.57 | 2.9× |
| 70° | 1275 | 65% | 1.97 | 3.9× |
| 90° | 866 | 44% | 1.11 | 4.2× |
A fixed array in Al-Junaynah produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 4.68 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 16°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Junaynah 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 | 6.18 | 6.84 | 5.69 | 5.86 | 21.2 °C |
| February | 6.68 | 5.83 | 4.79 | 5.87 | 24.4 °C |
| March | 7.13 | 4.65 | 3.78 | 5.81 | 27.2 °C |
| April | 7.36 | 3.30 | 2.63 | 5.59 | 29.6 °C |
| May | 7.11 | 2.29 | 1.80 | 5.13 | 30.8 °C |
| June | 6.84 | 1.90 | 1.48 | 4.84 | 29.7 °C |
| July | 6.18 | 1.98 | 1.57 | 4.50 | 26.7 °C |
| August | 5.84 | 2.44 | 1.97 | 4.46 | 24.6 °C |
| September | 6.34 | 3.61 | 2.94 | 5.09 | 25.3 °C |
| October | 6.40 | 5.01 | 4.10 | 5.47 | 25.6 °C |
| November | 6.26 | 6.52 | 5.38 | 5.79 | 23.4 °C |
| December | 5.98 | 7.04 | 5.85 | 5.77 | 21.2 °C |
| Year | 6.52 avg | 4.28 avg | 1275 kWh | 1951 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 790 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 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-Junaynah
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-Junaynah compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
18thof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine: 6.52 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 1,951 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
−8 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 12 h 55 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-Junaynah ranks 18th. 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 20 min, +8 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Al-Junaynah, 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.