Oromiya · Ethiopia · 5.97° N · 41.03° E
Solar position in Ara Ali
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ara Ali — computed for 5.97° N, 41.03° E, 777 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ara Ali today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:51 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:15 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:40 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:01 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:29 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:59 | 71.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:29 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:19 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:44 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:08 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 56 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ara Ali
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 72.5° at solar noon in Ara Ali; on the December solstice only 60.6°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 113° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:32 | 12:27 | 18:22 | 11 h 50 min | 64.2° |
| February | 06:30 | 12:29 | 18:28 | 11 h 58 min | 73.5° |
| March | 06:19 | 12:23 | 18:26 | 12 h 07 min | 84.3° |
| April | 06:06 | 12:14 | 18:23 | 12 h 17 min | 84.0° |
| May | 06:00 | 12:12 | 18:24 | 12 h 25 min | 75.7° |
| June | 06:03 | 12:17 | 18:31 | 12 h 28 min | 72.5° |
| July | 06:09 | 12:22 | 18:34 | 12 h 25 min | 75.5° |
| August | 06:10 | 12:19 | 18:27 | 12 h 17 min | 83.9° |
| September | 06:05 | 12:08 | 18:12 | 12 h 07 min | 84.7° |
| October | 06:01 | 12:00 | 17:59 | 11 h 58 min | 73.3° |
| November | 06:06 | 12:01 | 17:56 | 11 h 50 min | 64.1° |
| December | 06:20 | 12:13 | 18:07 | 11 h 47 min | 60.6° |
A year of daylight in Ara Ali
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 Ara Ali
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
10°collects the most energy over a year: 1728 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 | 1708 | 99% | 3.82 | 1.4× |
| 6° = latitude | 1725 | 100% | 3.70 | 1.5× |
| 10° year-round best | 1728 | 100% | 3.61 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1722 | 100% | 3.48 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1638 | 95% | 2.96 | 2.1× |
| 45° | 1463 | 85% | 2.30 | 2.6× |
| 60° | 1212 | 70% | 1.59 | 3.6× |
| 70° | 1021 | 59% | 1.20 | 4.3× |
| 90° | 684 | 40% | 1.05 | 3.6× |
A fixed array in Ara Ali produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.82 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 10°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ara Ali at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 10° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.50 | 6.16 | 5.08 | 5.65 | 24.0 °C |
| February | 6.90 | 5.18 | 4.25 | 5.77 | 25.5 °C |
| March | 6.74 | 3.66 | 2.98 | 5.41 | 26.2 °C |
| April | 5.89 | 2.26 | 1.82 | 4.59 | 24.8 °C |
| May | 5.88 | 1.62 | 1.28 | 4.46 | 24.1 °C |
| June | 5.18 | 1.51 | 1.19 | 3.89 | 24.2 °C |
| July | 4.77 | 1.52 | 1.20 | 3.61 | 24.1 °C |
| August | 5.34 | 1.88 | 1.50 | 4.12 | 24.6 °C |
| September | 5.88 | 2.85 | 2.31 | 4.66 | 25.4 °C |
| October | 5.41 | 3.62 | 2.97 | 4.45 | 24.3 °C |
| November | 5.69 | 4.85 | 4.01 | 4.87 | 23.2 °C |
| December | 6.14 | 6.11 | 5.05 | 5.40 | 23.2 °C |
| Year | 5.86 avg | 3.43 avg | 1021 kWh | 1728 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 990 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ara Ali
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 10°
How Ara Ali compares in Ethiopia
Against the other 232 places in Ethiopia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
156thof 233 places in Ethiopia for sunshine, shared: 5.86 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−4%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ethiopia: 1,728 against 1,799 kWh per kWp.
−11 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Addis Ababa: 12 h 28 min against 12 h 39 min.
10°best year-round tilt here; across Ethiopia it runs from 7° in Kahandhale to 17° in Inda Silasē.
Of the 233 places in Ethiopia, Hartīshēk gets the most sun (6.56 peak sun hours a day) and Tēpī the least (5.08); Ara Ali ranks joint 156th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.19 kWh a day here, against 1.32 kWh on average in Ethiopia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 47 min, +11 min compared with Addis Ababa.
Solar forecast for Ara Ali, 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.