Suwayda · Syria · 32.71° N · 36.57° E
Solar position in As-Suwayda
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for As-Suwayda — computed for 32.71° N, 36.57° E, 1068 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in As-Suwayda today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:21 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:50 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:19 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:44 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:18 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:17 | 45.5° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:17 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:50 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:15 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:44 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:13 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 06 min | |
Sun path diagram for As-Suwayda
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 80.7° at solar noon in As-Suwayda; on the December solstice only 33.9°. 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 | 07:34 | 12:45 | 17:55 | 10 h 21 min | 37.5° |
| February | 07:10 | 12:47 | 18:24 | 11 h 13 min | 46.8° |
| March | 06:36 | 12:41 | 18:45 | 12 h 09 min | 57.6° |
| April | 05:57 | 12:32 | 19:07 | 13 h 10 min | 69.2° |
| May | 05:31 | 12:30 | 19:29 | 13 h 58 min | 77.5° |
| June | 05:26 | 12:35 | 19:44 | 14 h 18 min | 80.7° |
| July | 05:40 | 12:40 | 19:39 | 13 h 59 min | 77.7° |
| August | 06:01 | 12:36 | 19:12 | 13 h 11 min | 69.3° |
| September | 06:21 | 12:26 | 18:32 | 12 h 11 min | 57.9° |
| October | 06:42 | 12:18 | 17:54 | 11 h 12 min | 46.5° |
| November | 07:08 | 12:19 | 17:29 | 10 h 21 min | 37.4° |
| December | 07:31 | 12:31 | 17:31 | 10 h 00 min | 33.9° |
A year of daylight in As-Suwayda
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 As-Suwayda
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: 1834 kWh per kWp.
55°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° | 1659 | 90% | 2.29 | 2.9× |
| 15° | 1799 | 98% | 3.06 | 2.1× |
| 27° year-round best | 1834 | 100% | 3.54 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1832 | 100% | 3.64 | 1.6× |
| 33° = latitude | 1826 | 100% | 3.73 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1758 | 96% | 3.98 | 1.4× |
| 55° off-grid best | 1651 | 90% | 4.08 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1582 | 86% | 4.08 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1415 | 77% | 4.01 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 995 | 54% | 3.53 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in As-Suwayda produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 55° it makes 4.08 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 27°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in As-Suwayda 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 | 2.97 | 4.47 | 3.94 | 3.61 | 6.9 °C |
| February | 3.77 | 4.55 | 3.99 | 4.10 | 8.5 °C |
| March | 5.23 | 5.01 | 4.32 | 5.10 | 12.3 °C |
| April | 6.42 | 4.51 | 3.83 | 5.51 | 16.4 °C |
| May | 7.53 | 3.98 | 3.29 | 5.80 | 21.6 °C |
| June | 8.41 | 3.57 | 2.90 | 5.99 | 25.5 °C |
| July | 8.19 | 3.73 | 3.01 | 5.90 | 27.7 °C |
| August | 7.48 | 4.49 | 3.64 | 5.88 | 27.5 °C |
| September | 6.37 | 5.49 | 4.49 | 5.72 | 25.1 °C |
| October | 4.81 | 5.60 | 4.67 | 4.95 | 20.7 °C |
| November | 3.51 | 5.18 | 4.44 | 4.14 | 13.7 °C |
| December | 2.81 | 4.58 | 4.01 | 3.54 | 8.9 °C |
| Year | 5.63 avg | 4.60 avg | 1415 kWh | 1834 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 330 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in As-Suwayda
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 As-Suwayda compares in Syria
Against the other 87 places in Syria with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
1stof 88 places in Syria for sunshine: 5.64 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Syria: 1,834 against 1,731 kWh per kWp.
−19 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Aleppo: 14 h 18 min against 14 h 38 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Syria it runs from 27° in Damascus to 31° in Al Qāmishlī.
As-Suwayda gets the most sun of the 88 places in Syria (5.64 peak sun hours a day); the least sunny is Al Mālikīyah with 5.02. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.90 kWh a day here, against 3.06 kWh on average in Syria. The shortest day lasts 10 h 00 min, +18 min compared with Aleppo.
Solar forecast for As-Suwayda, 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.