North Kordofan · Sudan · 12.72° N · 30.65° E
Solar position in Ar Rahad
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ar Rahad — computed for 12.72° N, 30.65° E, 506 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ar Rahad today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+2
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:37 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:02 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:27 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:48 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:17 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:41 | 65.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:05 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:34 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:55 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:20 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:45 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 45 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ar Rahad
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 79.3° at solar noon in Ar Rahad; on the December solstice only 53.9°. 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 | 06:23 | 12:08 | 17:53 | 11 h 30 min | 57.4° |
| February | 06:17 | 12:11 | 18:04 | 11 h 48 min | 66.8° |
| March | 06:01 | 12:04 | 18:08 | 12 h 07 min | 77.6° |
| April | 05:41 | 11:56 | 18:10 | 12 h 29 min | 89.2° |
| May | 05:31 | 11:53 | 18:16 | 12 h 45 min | 82.5° |
| June | 05:32 | 11:59 | 18:25 | 12 h 53 min | 79.3° |
| July | 05:40 | 12:03 | 18:26 | 12 h 46 min | 82.3° |
| August | 05:46 | 12:00 | 18:14 | 12 h 29 min | 89.3° |
| September | 05:46 | 11:50 | 17:54 | 12 h 08 min | 77.9° |
| October | 05:48 | 11:41 | 17:35 | 11 h 47 min | 66.5° |
| November | 05:58 | 11:43 | 17:28 | 11 h 30 min | 57.3° |
| December | 06:14 | 11:55 | 17:36 | 11 h 23 min | 53.9° |
A year of daylight in Ar Rahad
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 Ar Rahad
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
16°collects the most energy over a year: 1874 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 | 1814 | 97% | 4.49 | 1.3× |
| 13° = latitude | 1872 | 100% | 4.21 | 1.4× |
| 15° | 1874 | 100% | 4.16 | 1.4× |
| 16° year-round best | 1874 | 100% | 4.13 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1825 | 97% | 3.60 | 1.7× |
| 45° | 1671 | 89% | 2.86 | 2.2× |
| 60° | 1425 | 76% | 2.02 | 3.0× |
| 70° | 1222 | 65% | 1.47 | 4.0× |
| 90° | 828 | 44% | 1.10 | 4.1× |
A fixed array in Ar Rahad produces the most over a year at 16°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 4.49 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 16°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ar Rahad at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 16° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 16° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.12 | 6.68 | 5.54 | 5.76 | 22.0 °C |
| February | 6.67 | 5.77 | 4.73 | 5.85 | 25.0 °C |
| March | 7.08 | 4.53 | 3.67 | 5.75 | 27.9 °C |
| April | 7.29 | 3.12 | 2.48 | 5.49 | 30.8 °C |
| May | 6.85 | 2.13 | 1.66 | 4.90 | 32.1 °C |
| June | 6.22 | 1.82 | 1.41 | 4.40 | 30.8 °C |
| July | 5.69 | 1.88 | 1.47 | 4.13 | 28.3 °C |
| August | 5.50 | 2.31 | 1.85 | 4.16 | 26.9 °C |
| September | 6.01 | 3.40 | 2.74 | 4.76 | 27.9 °C |
| October | 6.18 | 4.75 | 3.84 | 5.19 | 28.8 °C |
| November | 6.19 | 6.34 | 5.18 | 5.65 | 25.7 °C |
| December | 5.90 | 6.88 | 5.68 | 5.65 | 22.8 °C |
| Year | 6.30 avg | 4.13 avg | 1222 kWh | 1874 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 840 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 16°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ar Rahad
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.
2.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.4 mrow pitch at 16°
How Ar Rahad compares in Sudan
Against the other 74 places in Sudan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
42ndof 75 places in Sudan for sunshine, shared: 6.30 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Sudan: 1,874 against 1,880 kWh per kWp.
−11 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Khartoum: 12 h 52 min against 13 h 03 min.
16°best year-round tilt here; across Sudan it runs from 12° in Abyei to 19° in Atbara.
Of the 75 places in Sudan, Mellit gets the most sun (6.72 peak sun hours a day) and Port Sudan the least (5.78); Ar Rahad ranks joint 42nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.41 kWh a day here, against 1.52 kWh on average in Sudan. The shortest day lasts 11 h 23 min, +10 min compared with Khartoum.
Solar forecast for Ar Rahad, 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.