Matruh · Egypt · 31.41° N · 26.58° E
Solar position in An-Najaylah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for An-Najaylah — computed for 31.41° N, 26.58° E, 112 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in An-Najaylah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:29 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:58 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:23 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:56 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:57 | 46.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:59 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:32 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:57 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:53 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 09 min | |
Sun path diagram for An-Najaylah
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 82.0° at solar noon in An-Najaylah; on the December solstice only 35.2°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 56° 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 | 07:11 | 12:25 | 17:38 | 10 h 27 min | 38.8° |
| February | 06:49 | 12:27 | 18:05 | 11 h 16 min | 48.1° |
| March | 06:16 | 12:20 | 18:25 | 12 h 09 min | 58.9° |
| April | 05:38 | 12:12 | 18:46 | 13 h 07 min | 70.5° |
| May | 06:14 | 13:10 | 20:06 | 13 h 53 min | 78.8° |
| June | 06:09 | 13:15 | 20:21 | 14 h 12 min | 82.0° |
| July | 06:23 | 13:20 | 20:16 | 13 h 54 min | 79.0° |
| August | 06:42 | 13:16 | 19:50 | 13 h 08 min | 70.6° |
| September | 07:01 | 13:06 | 19:11 | 12 h 11 min | 59.2° |
| October | 07:20 | 12:58 | 18:35 | 11 h 15 min | 47.8° |
| November | 06:46 | 11:59 | 17:12 | 10 h 26 min | 38.7° |
| December | 07:08 | 12:11 | 17:14 | 10 h 06 min | 35.2° |
A year of daylight in An-Najaylah
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 An-Najaylah
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
25°collects the most energy over a year: 1744 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° | 1600 | 92% | 2.20 | 2.8× |
| 15° | 1720 | 99% | 2.83 | 2.1× |
| 25° year-round best | 1744 | 100% | 3.15 | 1.8× |
| 30° | 1739 | 100% | 3.28 | 1.7× |
| 31° = latitude | 1736 | 100% | 3.30 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1657 | 95% | 3.54 | 1.5× |
| 55° off-grid best | 1550 | 89% | 3.59 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1481 | 85% | 3.58 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1319 | 76% | 3.49 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 919 | 53% | 3.03 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in An-Najaylah produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 55° it makes 3.59 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 25°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in An-Najaylah at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 25° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 25° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.05 | 4.30 | 3.69 | 3.43 | 13.9 °C |
| February | 3.86 | 4.44 | 3.80 | 3.97 | 14.1 °C |
| March | 5.26 | 4.88 | 4.15 | 4.97 | 15.7 °C |
| April | 6.47 | 4.46 | 3.75 | 5.50 | 18.0 °C |
| May | 7.19 | 3.79 | 3.14 | 5.59 | 21.2 °C |
| June | 7.80 | 3.41 | 2.78 | 5.71 | 24.3 °C |
| July | 7.73 | 3.56 | 2.88 | 5.70 | 26.4 °C |
| August | 7.14 | 4.24 | 3.44 | 5.64 | 27.0 °C |
| September | 6.07 | 5.05 | 4.13 | 5.34 | 25.8 °C |
| October | 4.62 | 5.11 | 4.23 | 4.56 | 23.1 °C |
| November | 3.38 | 4.65 | 3.90 | 3.70 | 19.4 °C |
| December | 2.76 | 4.10 | 3.49 | 3.15 | 15.9 °C |
| Year | 5.45 avg | 4.33 avg | 1319 kWh | 1744 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 420 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 25°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in An-Najaylah
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.
3.7 mrow pitch at 70°
3.2 mrow pitch at 25°
How An-Najaylah compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
223rdof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 5.45 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,744 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
+7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 14 h 12 min against 14 h 05 min.
25°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); An-Najaylah ranks joint 223rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.78 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 06 min, −6 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for An-Najaylah, 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.