Faranah · Guinea · 9.55° N · 10.10° W
Solar position in Albadéria
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Albadéria — computed for 9.55° N, 10.10° W, 496 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Albadéria today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:18 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:43 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:07 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:29 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:57 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:24 | 68.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:51 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:19 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:41 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:06 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:30 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 51 min | |
Sun path diagram for Albadéria
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 76.1° at solar noon in Albadéria; on the December solstice only 57.0°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 07:01 | 12:51 | 18:41 | 11 h 39 min | 60.6° |
| February | 06:57 | 12:54 | 18:50 | 11 h 53 min | 70.0° |
| March | 06:44 | 12:47 | 18:51 | 12 h 07 min | 80.8° |
| April | 06:27 | 12:39 | 18:50 | 12 h 23 min | 87.6° |
| May | 06:19 | 12:36 | 18:54 | 12 h 36 min | 79.3° |
| June | 06:21 | 12:42 | 19:02 | 12 h 41 min | 76.1° |
| July | 06:28 | 12:46 | 19:04 | 12 h 36 min | 79.2° |
| August | 06:31 | 12:43 | 18:55 | 12 h 23 min | 87.6° |
| September | 06:29 | 12:33 | 18:37 | 12 h 07 min | 81.0° |
| October | 06:28 | 12:24 | 18:20 | 11 h 52 min | 69.6° |
| November | 06:36 | 12:26 | 18:15 | 11 h 39 min | 60.5° |
| December | 06:51 | 12:38 | 18:25 | 11 h 34 min | 57.0° |
A year of daylight in Albadéria
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 Albadéria
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
12°collects the most energy over a year: 1567 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1542 | 98% | 3.75 | 1.3× |
| 10° = latitude | 1567 | 100% | 3.60 | 1.3× |
| 12° year-round best | 1567 | 100% | 3.55 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1565 | 100% | 3.49 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1504 | 96% | 3.05 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1364 | 87% | 2.47 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1155 | 74% | 1.81 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 989 | 63% | 1.39 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 684 | 44% | 1.12 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Albadéria produces the most over a year at 12°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.75 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 12°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Albadéria at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 12° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 12° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.38 | 5.09 | 4.21 | 4.72 | 23.4 °C |
| February | 5.71 | 4.46 | 3.65 | 4.79 | 25.7 °C |
| March | 5.91 | 3.61 | 2.92 | 4.74 | 27.4 °C |
| April | 5.85 | 2.62 | 2.10 | 4.51 | 28.0 °C |
| May | 5.53 | 1.95 | 1.55 | 4.16 | 27.0 °C |
| June | 5.02 | 1.72 | 1.36 | 3.75 | 25.5 °C |
| July | 4.69 | 1.74 | 1.39 | 3.55 | 24.1 °C |
| August | 4.62 | 2.07 | 1.67 | 3.59 | 23.5 °C |
| September | 5.04 | 2.81 | 2.29 | 4.03 | 24.0 °C |
| October | 5.37 | 3.83 | 3.14 | 4.45 | 25.0 °C |
| November | 5.32 | 4.77 | 3.92 | 4.59 | 24.8 °C |
| December | 5.27 | 5.29 | 4.38 | 4.68 | 23.3 °C |
| Year | 5.31 avg | 3.33 avg | 989 kWh | 1567 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 870 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 12°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Albadéria
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.
2.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.3 mrow pitch at 12°
How Albadéria compares in Guinea
Against the other 46 places in Guinea with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
30thof 47 places in Guinea for sunshine, shared: 5.31 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Guinea: 1,567 against 1,594 kWh per kWp.
±0 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Conakry: 12 h 41 min against 12 h 41 min.
12°best year-round tilt here; across Guinea it runs from 10° in Nzérékoré to 14° in Kintinian.
Of the 47 places in Guinea, Kintinian gets the most sun (5.75 peak sun hours a day) and Nzérékoré the least (4.86); Albadéria ranks joint 30th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.36 kWh a day here, against 1.35 kWh on average in Guinea. The shortest day lasts 11 h 34 min, ±0 min compared with Conakry.
Solar forecast for Albadéria, 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.