Mersin · Turkey · 36.08° N · 32.84° E
Solar position in Anamur
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Anamur — computed for 36.08° N, 32.84° E, 28 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Anamur today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:07 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:37 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:03 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:38 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:32 | 42.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:26 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:01 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:27 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:57 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:27 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 58 min | |
Sun path diagram for Anamur
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 77.4° at solar noon in Anamur; on the December solstice only 30.5°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 59° 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 | 07:56 | 13:00 | 18:03 | 10 h 07 min | 34.1° |
| February | 07:29 | 13:02 | 18:35 | 11 h 06 min | 43.5° |
| March | 06:51 | 12:56 | 19:01 | 12 h 10 min | 54.3° |
| April | 06:08 | 12:47 | 19:27 | 13 h 19 min | 65.9° |
| May | 05:38 | 12:45 | 19:52 | 14 h 14 min | 74.2° |
| June | 05:31 | 12:50 | 20:08 | 14 h 37 min | 77.4° |
| July | 05:47 | 12:55 | 20:02 | 14 h 15 min | 74.4° |
| August | 06:11 | 12:51 | 19:31 | 13 h 20 min | 66.0° |
| September | 06:35 | 12:41 | 18:47 | 12 h 12 min | 54.6° |
| October | 07:00 | 12:33 | 18:05 | 11 h 05 min | 43.2° |
| November | 07:31 | 12:34 | 17:37 | 10 h 06 min | 34.0° |
| December | 07:55 | 12:46 | 17:37 | 9 h 42 min | 30.5° |
A year of daylight in Anamur
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 Anamur
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
29°collects the most energy over a year: 1651 kWh per kWp.
57°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° | 1470 | 89% | 1.70 | 3.7× |
| 15° | 1608 | 97% | 2.32 | 2.7× |
| 29° year-round best | 1651 | 100% | 2.76 | 2.1× |
| 30° | 1651 | 100% | 2.78 | 2.0× |
| 36° = latitude | 1641 | 99% | 2.92 | 1.9× |
| 45° | 1597 | 97% | 3.08 | 1.7× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1488 | 90% | 3.18 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1452 | 88% | 3.18 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1309 | 79% | 3.14 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 941 | 57% | 2.80 | 2.2× |
A fixed array in Anamur produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 57° it makes 3.18 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 29°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Anamur at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 29° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.25 | 3.50 | 3.06 | 2.79 | 8.9 °C |
| February | 3.10 | 3.91 | 3.40 | 3.44 | 9.5 °C |
| March | 4.50 | 4.53 | 3.92 | 4.50 | 11.7 °C |
| April | 5.76 | 4.35 | 3.71 | 5.07 | 14.6 °C |
| May | 6.82 | 4.00 | 3.35 | 5.42 | 18.6 °C |
| June | 7.76 | 3.79 | 3.11 | 5.72 | 22.9 °C |
| July | 7.71 | 3.95 | 3.21 | 5.70 | 26.4 °C |
| August | 6.89 | 4.55 | 3.70 | 5.56 | 26.8 °C |
| September | 5.74 | 5.28 | 4.34 | 5.31 | 24.0 °C |
| October | 4.13 | 5.05 | 4.23 | 4.40 | 19.8 °C |
| November | 2.90 | 4.53 | 3.87 | 3.56 | 15.0 °C |
| December | 2.13 | 3.62 | 3.14 | 2.76 | 11.0 °C |
| Year | 4.98 avg | 4.26 avg | 1309 kWh | 1651 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through January on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 430 Wp at 29°. The steep array is 10% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Anamur
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.
4.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.6 mrow pitch at 29°
How Anamur compares in Turkey
Against the other 415 places in Turkey with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
57thof 416 places in Turkey for sunshine, shared: 4.98 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Turkey: 1,651 against 1,567 kWh per kWp.
−31 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Istanbul: 14 h 37 min against 15 h 08 min.
29°best year-round tilt here; across Turkey it runs from 29° in Antakya to 36° in Ardahan.
Of the 416 places in Turkey, Sarigerme and 2 other places get the most sun (5.11 peak sun hours a day) and Hopa the least (3.80); Anamur ranks joint 57th. In its darkest month, January, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.06 kWh a day here, against 2.84 kWh on average in Turkey. The shortest day lasts 9 h 42 min, +29 min compared with Istanbul.
Solar forecast for Anamur, 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.