Minya · Egypt · 28.09° N · 30.81° E
Solar position in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah — computed for 28.09° N, 30.81° E, 128 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:43 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:11 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:38 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:02 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:34 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:40 | 50.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:46 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:18 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:42 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:10 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:37 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 16 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah
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 85.4° at solar noon in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah; on the December solstice only 38.5°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 54° 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 | 06:48 | 12:08 | 17:27 | 10 h 39 min | 42.1° |
| February | 06:29 | 12:10 | 17:51 | 11 h 22 min | 51.4° |
| March | 05:59 | 12:04 | 18:08 | 12 h 09 min | 62.2° |
| April | 05:25 | 11:55 | 18:25 | 12 h 59 min | 73.8° |
| May | 06:03 | 12:53 | 19:42 | 13 h 39 min | 82.1° |
| June | 06:00 | 12:58 | 19:56 | 13 h 56 min | 85.4° |
| July | 06:13 | 13:03 | 19:53 | 13 h 40 min | 82.3° |
| August | 06:29 | 12:59 | 19:29 | 13 h 00 min | 74.0° |
| September | 06:44 | 12:49 | 18:54 | 12 h 10 min | 62.5° |
| October | 07:00 | 12:41 | 18:21 | 11 h 21 min | 51.2° |
| November | 06:23 | 11:42 | 17:01 | 10 h 39 min | 42.0° |
| December | 06:43 | 11:54 | 17:05 | 10 h 22 min | 38.5° |
A year of daylight in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah
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-Minyā al-Jadīdah
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
26°collects the most energy over a year: 1991 kWh per kWp.
38°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° | 1819 | 91% | 3.13 | 2.1× |
| 15° | 1962 | 99% | 4.08 | 1.5× |
| 26° year-round best | 1991 | 100% | 4.62 | 1.3× |
| 28° = latitude | 1990 | 100% | 4.70 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1986 | 100% | 4.78 | 1.2× |
| 38° off-grid best | 1951 | 98% | 5.02 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1893 | 95% | 5.16 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1690 | 85% | 5.23 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1501 | 75% | 5.09 | 2.0× |
| 90° | 1040 | 52% | 4.40 | 4.0× |
A fixed array in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 38° it makes 5.02 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 26°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 26° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.12 | 5.96 | 5.15 | 4.83 | 11.5 °C |
| February | 5.05 | 5.84 | 5.01 | 5.30 | 13.6 °C |
| March | 6.30 | 5.60 | 4.73 | 5.86 | 17.5 °C |
| April | 7.25 | 4.62 | 3.83 | 5.93 | 21.8 °C |
| May | 7.82 | 3.70 | 3.00 | 5.78 | 26.4 °C |
| June | 8.25 | 3.17 | 2.53 | 5.71 | 29.3 °C |
| July | 8.08 | 3.30 | 2.63 | 5.67 | 30.3 °C |
| August | 7.56 | 4.09 | 3.28 | 5.73 | 30.2 °C |
| September | 6.70 | 5.21 | 4.23 | 5.74 | 27.6 °C |
| October | 5.48 | 5.83 | 4.80 | 5.35 | 23.7 °C |
| November | 4.41 | 6.09 | 5.13 | 4.94 | 18.1 °C |
| December | 3.84 | 5.94 | 5.09 | 4.62 | 13.3 °C |
| Year | 6.25 avg | 4.94 avg | 1501 kWh | 1991 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 470 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah
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.
3.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 26°
How Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
56thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 6.25 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,991 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 13 h 56 min against 14 h 05 min.
26°best year-round tilt here; across Egypt it runs from 20° in Hala'ib to 26° in Cairo.
Of the 236 places in Egypt, Aswān gets the most sun (6.52 peak sun hours a day) and ‘Izbat al Burj the least (5.35); Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah ranks joint 56th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.53 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 22 min, +9 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah, 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.