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Najran Region · Saudi Arabia · 17.76° N · 44.47° E

Solar position in Al Mash‘ilīyah

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al Mash‘ilīyah — computed for 17.76° N, 44.47° E, 1134 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:58102° ESE
Sunset today17:33257° WSW
Best panel angle19°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle14°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation60.1°
At solar noon, 11:46Open on the sun map

Sun in Al Mash‘ilīyah today

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:45sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:1012° below
Civil dawn05:366° below
Sunrise05:58102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:27sun 6° up
Solar noon11:4660.1° high
Golden hour starts17:04sun 6° up
Sunset17:33257° WSW
Civil dusk17:566° below
Nautical dusk18:2112° below
Astronomical dusk18:4718° below
Day length11 h 35 min

Sun path diagram for Al Mash‘ilīyah

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 84.3° at solar noon in Al Mash‘ilīyah; on the December solstice only 48.8°. 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
January06:3612:1317:5011 h 14 min52.4°
February06:2512:1518:0511 h 40 min61.8°
March06:0512:0918:1312 h 08 min72.6°
April05:4112:0018:1912 h 38 min84.2°
May05:2711:5818:2913 h 02 min87.5°
June05:2812:0318:3913 h 12 min84.3°
July05:3712:0818:3913 h 02 min87.3°
August05:4612:0518:2412 h 38 min84.3°
September05:5011:5517:5912 h 08 min72.9°
October05:5711:4617:3611 h 39 min61.5°
November06:1011:4717:2411 h 14 min52.3°
December06:2812:0017:3211 h 04 min48.8°

A year of daylight in Al Mash‘ilīyah

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 Mash‘ilīyah

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

19°collects the most energy over a year: 1999 kWh per kWp.

14°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 19°Best worst-month 14°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°191196%5.441.4×
14° off-grid best1993100%5.141.1×
15°1995100%5.111.1×
18° = latitude1999100%5.011.2×
19° year-round best1999100%4.971.2×
30°196598%4.511.3×
45°182191%3.671.6×
60°157779%2.682.2×
70°136868%2.012.9×
90°93247%1.283.8×

A fixed array in Al Mash‘ilīyah produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 14° it makes 5.14 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 19°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Al Mash‘ilīyah at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).

01234567January: 5.37 (70°)5.4JanFebruary: 4.87 (70°)4.9FebMarch: 4.04 (70°)4.0MarApril: 2.91 (70°)2.9AprMay: 2.22 (70°)2.2MayJune: 1.95 (70°)1.9JunJuly: 2.01 (70°)2.0JulAugust: 2.47 (70°)2.5AugSeptember: 3.52 (70°)3.5SepOctober: 4.72 (70°)4.7OctNovember: 5.35 (70°)5.3NovDecember: 5.62 (70°)5.6Dec19°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 19°Mean temp.
January5.416.365.375.4017.4 °C
February6.155.824.875.6820.1 °C
March6.844.904.045.7723.7 °C
April7.173.592.915.5526.7 °C
May7.512.792.225.4429.2 °C
June7.512.481.955.2631.0 °C
July7.022.562.014.9732.2 °C
August6.933.122.475.1331.7 °C
September7.044.373.525.6428.7 °C
October6.645.724.725.9023.5 °C
November5.726.405.355.5720.2 °C
December5.296.665.625.4217.3 °C
Year6.60 avg4.56 avg1368 kWh1999 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 610 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 240 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Al Mash‘ilīyah

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.

2.5 mrow pitch at 70°

2.5 mrow pitch at 19°

Row spacing calculator

How Al Mash‘ilīyah compares in Saudi Arabia

Against the other 95 places in Saudi Arabia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

1stof 96 places in Saudi Arabia for sunshine: 6.60 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Saudi Arabia: 1,999 against 1,871 kWh per kWp.

−15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Jeddah: 13 h 12 min against 13 h 27 min.

19°best year-round tilt here; across Saudi Arabia it runs from 17° in Şabyā to 28° in Ţurayf.

Al Mash‘ilīyah gets the most sun of the 96 places in Saudi Arabia (6.60 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Al Khafjī with 5.24. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.95 kWh a day here, against 2.26 kWh on average in Saudi Arabia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 04 min, +15 min compared with Jeddah.

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Solar forecast for Al Mash‘ilīyah, 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 Mash‘ilīyah

What is the best solar panel angle in Al Mash‘ilīyah?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Al Mash‘ilīyah is 19°, worth about 1999 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 14°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Al Mash‘ilīyah today?
On 25 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:58 and sets at 17:33 local time (UTC+3), giving 11 h 35 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:46.
How many peak sun hours does Al Mash‘ilīyah get?
On a flat surface 6.6 hours a day averaged over the year, from 5.3 in December to 7.5 in May. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.5 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Al Mash‘ilīyah?
At solar noon the sun stands 84.3° above the horizon on the June solstice and 48.8° on the December solstice.
Is Al Mash‘ilīyah a good place for solar panels?
With 6.6 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Al Mash‘ilīyah ranks 1st of 96 places in Saudi Arabia for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (19°) makes about 1,999 kWh a year here, 7% more than the average place in Saudi Arabia.

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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.