Wasit · Iraq · 32.51° N · 45.82° E
Solar position in Al-Kut
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Kut — computed for 32.51° N, 45.82° E, 22 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Kut today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:44 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:13 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:42 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:07 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:41 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:40 | 45.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:40 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:14 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:39 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:07 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:36 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 07 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Kut
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 80.9° at solar noon in Al-Kut; on the December solstice only 34.1°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° 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.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:57 | 12:08 | 17:19 | 10 h 22 min | 37.6° |
| February | 06:33 | 12:10 | 17:47 | 11 h 14 min | 47.0° |
| March | 05:59 | 12:04 | 18:08 | 12 h 09 min | 57.8° |
| April | 05:20 | 11:55 | 18:30 | 13 h 10 min | 69.4° |
| May | 04:54 | 11:53 | 18:52 | 13 h 57 min | 77.7° |
| June | 04:49 | 11:58 | 19:07 | 14 h 17 min | 80.9° |
| July | 05:03 | 12:03 | 19:02 | 13 h 59 min | 77.9° |
| August | 05:24 | 11:59 | 18:34 | 13 h 11 min | 69.5° |
| September | 05:44 | 11:49 | 17:55 | 12 h 11 min | 58.1° |
| October | 06:04 | 11:41 | 17:17 | 11 h 12 min | 46.7° |
| November | 06:31 | 11:42 | 16:53 | 10 h 22 min | 37.6° |
| December | 06:54 | 11:54 | 16:55 | 10 h 01 min | 34.1° |
A year of daylight in Al-Kut
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-Kut
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
29°collects the most energy over a year: 1759 kWh per kWp.
52°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° | 1573 | 89% | 2.32 | 2.7× |
| 15° | 1717 | 98% | 3.12 | 1.9× |
| 29° year-round best | 1759 | 100% | 3.69 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1759 | 100% | 3.72 | 1.5× |
| 33° = latitude | 1755 | 100% | 3.81 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1698 | 97% | 4.08 | 1.3× |
| 52° off-grid best | 1636 | 93% | 4.16 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1540 | 88% | 4.19 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1385 | 79% | 4.11 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 991 | 56% | 3.62 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Al-Kut produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 52° it makes 4.16 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 29°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Kut at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 29° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.14 | 4.87 | 4.24 | 3.91 | 10.2 °C |
| February | 4.09 | 5.07 | 4.37 | 4.50 | 12.5 °C |
| March | 5.35 | 5.14 | 4.34 | 5.15 | 17.7 °C |
| April | 6.15 | 4.34 | 3.58 | 5.10 | 23.4 °C |
| May | 7.12 | 3.88 | 3.10 | 5.27 | 30.2 °C |
| June | 8.11 | 3.64 | 2.84 | 5.53 | 35.6 °C |
| July | 7.73 | 3.77 | 2.91 | 5.35 | 38.2 °C |
| August | 7.19 | 4.42 | 3.43 | 5.38 | 38.1 °C |
| September | 6.21 | 5.29 | 4.18 | 5.33 | 33.9 °C |
| October | 4.60 | 5.21 | 4.22 | 4.57 | 27.6 °C |
| November | 3.45 | 5.05 | 4.27 | 4.05 | 17.8 °C |
| December | 2.88 | 4.76 | 4.11 | 3.69 | 12.0 °C |
| Year | 5.51 avg | 4.62 avg | 1385 kWh | 1759 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 320 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Kut
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°
3.4 mrow pitch at 29°
How Al-Kut compares in Iraq
Against the other 100 places in Iraq with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
22ndof 101 places in Iraq for sunshine, shared: 5.51 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iraq: 1,759 against 1,733 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Baghdad: 14 h 17 min against 14 h 22 min.
29°best year-round tilt here; across Iraq it runs from 26° in Al Fāw to 31° in Mosul.
Of the 101 places in Iraq, Basrah and 2 other places get the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Dêrelûk Devera Nihêliya the least (4.99); Al-Kut ranks joint 22nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.84 kWh a day here, against 2.99 kWh on average in Iraq. The shortest day lasts 10 h 01 min, +4 min compared with Baghdad.
Solar forecast for Al-Kut, 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.