Damietta · Egypt · 31.32° N · 31.76° E
Solar position in Ar-Rawḍah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ar-Rawḍah — computed for 31.32° N, 31.76° E, 13 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ar-Rawḍah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:40 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:09 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:37 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:02 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:35 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:36 | 46.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:38 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:11 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:36 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:04 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:32 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 09 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ar-Rawḍah
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 82.1° at solar noon in Ar-Rawḍah; on the December solstice only 35.3°. 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 | 06:50 | 12:04 | 17:17 | 10 h 27 min | 38.8° |
| February | 06:28 | 12:06 | 17:44 | 11 h 16 min | 48.2° |
| March | 05:55 | 12:00 | 18:04 | 12 h 09 min | 59.0° |
| April | 05:18 | 11:51 | 18:25 | 13 h 07 min | 70.6° |
| May | 05:53 | 12:49 | 19:45 | 13 h 52 min | 78.9° |
| June | 05:49 | 12:54 | 20:00 | 14 h 11 min | 82.1° |
| July | 06:02 | 12:59 | 19:55 | 13 h 53 min | 79.1° |
| August | 06:22 | 12:56 | 19:29 | 13 h 08 min | 70.7° |
| September | 06:40 | 12:45 | 18:51 | 12 h 11 min | 59.3° |
| October | 07:00 | 12:37 | 18:14 | 11 h 15 min | 47.9° |
| November | 06:25 | 11:38 | 16:51 | 10 h 26 min | 38.7° |
| December | 06:47 | 11:50 | 16:54 | 10 h 07 min | 35.3° |
A year of daylight in Ar-Rawḍah
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-Rawḍah
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: 1726 kWh per kWp.
56°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° | 1584 | 92% | 2.27 | 2.7× |
| 15° | 1702 | 99% | 2.92 | 2.1× |
| 25° year-round best | 1726 | 100% | 3.25 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1722 | 100% | 3.39 | 1.6× |
| 31° = latitude | 1720 | 100% | 3.41 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1643 | 95% | 3.66 | 1.4× |
| 56° off-grid best | 1526 | 88% | 3.71 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1472 | 85% | 3.70 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1312 | 76% | 3.61 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 921 | 53% | 3.14 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Ar-Rawḍah produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 56° it makes 3.71 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 25°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ar-Rawḍah 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 | 3.12 | 4.42 | 3.78 | 3.51 | 14.9 °C |
| February | 3.91 | 4.50 | 3.84 | 4.00 | 15.2 °C |
| March | 5.23 | 4.82 | 4.08 | 4.90 | 16.9 °C |
| April | 6.34 | 4.39 | 3.67 | 5.36 | 19.1 °C |
| May | 7.20 | 3.81 | 3.14 | 5.58 | 22.4 °C |
| June | 7.76 | 3.42 | 2.78 | 5.67 | 25.5 °C |
| July | 7.58 | 3.56 | 2.87 | 5.59 | 27.4 °C |
| August | 6.95 | 4.20 | 3.39 | 5.48 | 28.0 °C |
| September | 5.96 | 4.93 | 4.01 | 5.20 | 26.6 °C |
| October | 4.60 | 5.00 | 4.12 | 4.47 | 24.3 °C |
| November | 3.44 | 4.65 | 3.88 | 3.70 | 20.8 °C |
| December | 2.85 | 4.26 | 3.61 | 3.25 | 17.0 °C |
| Year | 5.42 avg | 4.33 avg | 1312 kWh | 1726 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 360 Wp at 25°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ar-Rawḍah
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 Ar-Rawḍah compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
227thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine: 5.42 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,726 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
+6 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 14 h 11 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); Ar-Rawḍah ranks 227th. 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 07 min, −6 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for Ar-Rawḍah, 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.