Qalyubia · Egypt · 30.23° N · 31.48° E
Solar position in Al-'Ubūr
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-'Ubūr — computed for 30.23° N, 31.48° E, 30 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-'Ubūr today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:41 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:09 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:37 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:02 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:34 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:38 | 48.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:41 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:13 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:38 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:34 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 12 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-'Ubūr
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 83.2° at solar noon in Al-'Ubūr; on the December solstice only 36.4°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 06:49 | 12:05 | 17:21 | 10 h 31 min | 39.9° |
| February | 06:28 | 12:07 | 17:47 | 11 h 18 min | 49.3° |
| March | 05:56 | 12:01 | 18:05 | 12 h 09 min | 60.1° |
| April | 05:20 | 11:52 | 18:25 | 13 h 04 min | 71.7° |
| May | 05:57 | 12:50 | 19:44 | 13 h 48 min | 80.0° |
| June | 05:52 | 12:55 | 19:58 | 14 h 06 min | 83.2° |
| July | 06:06 | 13:00 | 19:54 | 13 h 49 min | 80.2° |
| August | 06:24 | 12:57 | 19:29 | 13 h 05 min | 71.8° |
| September | 06:41 | 12:47 | 18:52 | 12 h 10 min | 60.4° |
| October | 07:00 | 12:38 | 18:16 | 11 h 17 min | 49.0° |
| November | 06:24 | 11:39 | 16:55 | 10 h 31 min | 39.8° |
| December | 06:46 | 11:52 | 16:57 | 10 h 12 min | 36.4° |
A year of daylight in Al-'Ubūr
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-'Ubūr
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: 1863 kWh per kWp.
47°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° | 1697 | 91% | 2.66 | 2.4× |
| 15° | 1832 | 98% | 3.49 | 1.8× |
| 26° year-round best | 1863 | 100% | 3.95 | 1.4× |
| 30° = latitude | 1860 | 100% | 4.09 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1778 | 95% | 4.44 | 1.2× |
| 47° off-grid best | 1759 | 94% | 4.46 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1594 | 86% | 4.51 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1421 | 76% | 4.40 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 994 | 53% | 3.83 | 3.2× |
A fixed array in Al-'Ubūr produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 47° it makes 4.46 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 26°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-'Ubūr 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 | 3.54 | 5.15 | 4.45 | 4.13 | 12.0 °C |
| February | 4.36 | 5.08 | 4.36 | 4.57 | 13.5 °C |
| March | 5.69 | 5.22 | 4.42 | 5.36 | 16.8 °C |
| April | 6.73 | 4.53 | 3.78 | 5.62 | 20.4 °C |
| May | 7.53 | 3.79 | 3.10 | 5.69 | 24.8 °C |
| June | 8.07 | 3.34 | 2.68 | 5.71 | 27.9 °C |
| July | 7.88 | 3.47 | 2.77 | 5.64 | 29.4 °C |
| August | 7.26 | 4.22 | 3.39 | 5.62 | 29.4 °C |
| September | 6.39 | 5.20 | 4.23 | 5.56 | 27.0 °C |
| October | 5.07 | 5.59 | 4.62 | 5.02 | 23.4 °C |
| November | 3.88 | 5.43 | 4.57 | 4.35 | 18.5 °C |
| December | 3.30 | 5.14 | 4.40 | 3.95 | 14.0 °C |
| Year | 5.81 avg | 4.68 avg | 1421 kWh | 1863 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 440 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 300 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-'Ubūr
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.
3.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.1 mrow pitch at 26°
How Al-'Ubūr compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
119thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 5.81 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,863 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 14 h 06 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-'Ubūr ranks joint 119th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.68 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 12 min, −1 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for Al-'Ubūr, 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.