Damascus Governorate · Syria · 33.47° N · 36.30° E
Solar position in Al-Yarmūk
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Al-Yarmūk — computed for 33.47° N, 36.30° E, 684 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Al-Yarmūk today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:23 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:52 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:21 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:46 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:20 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:18 | 44.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:16 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:51 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:16 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:45 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:14 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 05 min | |
Sun path diagram for Al-Yarmūk
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-Yarmūk; on the December solstice only 33.1°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 57° 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 | 07:37 | 12:46 | 17:55 | 10 h 18 min | 36.7° |
| February | 07:12 | 12:48 | 18:24 | 11 h 12 min | 46.1° |
| March | 06:37 | 12:42 | 18:46 | 12 h 09 min | 56.9° |
| April | 05:57 | 12:33 | 19:09 | 13 h 12 min | 68.5° |
| May | 05:30 | 12:31 | 19:32 | 14 h 02 min | 76.8° |
| June | 05:25 | 12:36 | 19:47 | 14 h 22 min | 80.0° |
| July | 05:39 | 12:41 | 19:42 | 14 h 03 min | 77.0° |
| August | 06:01 | 12:37 | 19:14 | 13 h 13 min | 68.6° |
| September | 06:22 | 12:27 | 18:33 | 12 h 11 min | 57.2° |
| October | 06:44 | 12:19 | 17:54 | 11 h 10 min | 45.8° |
| November | 07:11 | 12:20 | 17:29 | 10 h 18 min | 36.6° |
| December | 07:34 | 12:32 | 17:30 | 9 h 56 min | 33.1° |
A year of daylight in Al-Yarmūk
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-Yarmūk
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1803 kWh per kWp.
55°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° | 1630 | 90% | 2.12 | 3.1× |
| 15° | 1768 | 98% | 2.82 | 2.3× |
| 27° year-round best | 1803 | 100% | 3.26 | 1.9× |
| 30° | 1801 | 100% | 3.35 | 1.8× |
| 33° = latitude | 1795 | 100% | 3.43 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1729 | 96% | 3.66 | 1.5× |
| 55° off-grid best | 1625 | 90% | 3.75 | 1.4× |
| 60° | 1557 | 86% | 3.75 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1394 | 77% | 3.69 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 982 | 54% | 3.25 | 2.7× |
A fixed array in Al-Yarmūk produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 55° it makes 3.75 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 27°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Al-Yarmūk at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.75 | 4.09 | 3.62 | 3.33 | 6.0 °C |
| February | 3.59 | 4.33 | 3.81 | 3.91 | 7.5 °C |
| March | 5.11 | 4.94 | 4.29 | 5.03 | 10.9 °C |
| April | 6.35 | 4.55 | 3.88 | 5.51 | 15.0 °C |
| May | 7.48 | 4.05 | 3.37 | 5.83 | 20.2 °C |
| June | 8.35 | 3.68 | 3.00 | 6.03 | 24.6 °C |
| July | 8.15 | 3.84 | 3.10 | 5.94 | 27.3 °C |
| August | 7.41 | 4.57 | 3.71 | 5.88 | 27.1 °C |
| September | 6.28 | 5.49 | 4.51 | 5.69 | 24.2 °C |
| October | 4.67 | 5.47 | 4.59 | 4.84 | 19.6 °C |
| November | 3.35 | 4.95 | 4.27 | 3.97 | 12.6 °C |
| December | 2.60 | 4.20 | 3.69 | 3.26 | 8.0 °C |
| Year | 5.52 avg | 4.51 avg | 1394 kWh | 1803 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 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Al-Yarmūk
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.
3.9 mrow pitch at 70°
3.4 mrow pitch at 27°
How Al-Yarmūk compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
10thof 88 places in Syria for sunshine, shared: 5.52 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,803 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
−15 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 22 min against 14 h 38 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Syria it runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī.
Of the 88 places in Syria, As-Suwayda gets the most sun (5.64 peak sun hours a day) and Al Mālikīyah the least (5.02); Al-Yarmūk ranks joint 10th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.00 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 9 h 56 min, +14 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for Al-Yarmūk, 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.