Haifa · Israel · 32.50° N · 35.09° E
Solar position in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara — computed for 32.50° N, 35.09° E, 150 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:27 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:56 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:25 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:50 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:23 | 45.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:23 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:57 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:22 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:50 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:19 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 07 min | |
Sun path diagram for ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
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 80.9° at solar noon in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara; on the December solstice only 34.1°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° 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 | 06:39 | 11:51 | 17:02 | 10 h 22 min | 37.7° |
| February | 06:16 | 11:53 | 17:30 | 11 h 14 min | 47.0° |
| March | 05:42 | 11:46 | 17:51 | 12 h 09 min | 57.8° |
| April | 06:03 | 12:38 | 19:13 | 13 h 10 min | 69.4° |
| May | 05:37 | 12:36 | 19:35 | 13 h 57 min | 77.7° |
| June | 05:32 | 12:41 | 19:50 | 14 h 17 min | 80.9° |
| July | 05:46 | 12:46 | 19:45 | 13 h 58 min | 77.9° |
| August | 06:07 | 12:42 | 19:17 | 13 h 10 min | 69.5° |
| September | 06:27 | 12:32 | 18:37 | 12 h 11 min | 58.1° |
| October | 06:47 | 12:24 | 18:00 | 11 h 12 min | 46.8° |
| November | 06:14 | 11:25 | 16:36 | 10 h 22 min | 37.6° |
| December | 06:37 | 11:37 | 16:38 | 10 h 01 min | 34.1° |
A year of daylight in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
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-‘Ar‘ara
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1759 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° | 1598 | 91% | 2.15 | 3.0× |
| 15° | 1728 | 98% | 2.84 | 2.2× |
| 27° year-round best | 1759 | 100% | 3.26 | 1.8× |
| 30° | 1756 | 100% | 3.34 | 1.7× |
| 32° = latitude | 1752 | 100% | 3.40 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1681 | 96% | 3.64 | 1.4× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1552 | 88% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1510 | 86% | 3.72 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1348 | 77% | 3.64 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 945 | 54% | 3.19 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 57° it makes 3.72 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 27°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.86 | 4.21 | 3.63 | 3.37 | 12.1 °C |
| February | 3.71 | 4.44 | 3.82 | 3.95 | 12.9 °C |
| March | 5.14 | 4.88 | 4.16 | 4.93 | 15.3 °C |
| April | 6.30 | 4.44 | 3.73 | 5.37 | 18.3 °C |
| May | 7.36 | 3.91 | 3.23 | 5.66 | 22.3 °C |
| June | 8.10 | 3.51 | 2.85 | 5.81 | 25.6 °C |
| July | 7.89 | 3.66 | 2.95 | 5.73 | 27.6 °C |
| August | 7.20 | 4.36 | 3.53 | 5.66 | 27.9 °C |
| September | 6.13 | 5.24 | 4.27 | 5.46 | 26.4 °C |
| October | 4.64 | 5.32 | 4.39 | 4.68 | 23.7 °C |
| November | 3.41 | 4.93 | 4.15 | 3.90 | 18.6 °C |
| December | 2.69 | 4.25 | 3.64 | 3.26 | 14.2 °C |
| Year | 5.46 avg | 4.43 avg | 1348 kWh | 1759 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 410 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 360 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara
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.
3.8 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 27°
How ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara compares in Israel
Against the other 102 places in Israel with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
63rdof 103 places in Israel for sunshine, shared: 5.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Israel: 1,759 against 1,771 kWh per kWp.
+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Jerusalem: 14 h 17 min against 14 h 14 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Israel it runs from 26° in Jerusalem to 27° in Haifa.
Of the 103 places in Israel, Eilat gets the most sun (6.21 peak sun hours a day) and Nahariyya and 2 other places the least (5.40); ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara ranks joint 63rd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.85 kWh a day here, against 2.86 kWh on average in Israel. The shortest day lasts 10 h 01 min, −4 min compared with Jerusalem.
Solar forecast for ‘Ara-‘Ar‘ara, 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.