Abai Region · Kazakhstan · 47.96° N · 80.43° E
Solar position in Ayagoz
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Ayagoz — computed for 47.96° N, 80.43° E, 665 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Ayagoz today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+5
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:27 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:03 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:40 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:11 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:55 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:22 | 29.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 15:48 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 16:32 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:03 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 17:40 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Ayagoz
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 65.5° at solar noon in Ayagoz; on the December solstice only 18.6°. Sunrise swings from 52° NE in June to 125° SE in December — a 73° 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 | 07:18 | 11:49 | 16:20 | 9 h 02 min | 22.2° |
| February | 06:34 | 11:52 | 17:09 | 10 h 35 min | 31.5° |
| March | 05:39 | 11:45 | 17:51 | 12 h 12 min | 42.3° |
| April | 04:38 | 11:37 | 18:36 | 13 h 58 min | 53.9° |
| May | 03:53 | 11:34 | 19:17 | 15 h 24 min | 62.2° |
| June | 03:38 | 11:40 | 19:41 | 16 h 03 min | 65.5° |
| July | 04:00 | 11:44 | 19:27 | 15 h 27 min | 62.5° |
| August | 04:40 | 11:41 | 18:41 | 14 h 00 min | 54.1° |
| September | 05:23 | 11:31 | 17:38 | 12 h 16 min | 42.7° |
| October | 06:05 | 11:22 | 16:39 | 10 h 33 min | 31.3° |
| November | 06:52 | 11:23 | 15:54 | 9 h 02 min | 22.1° |
| December | 07:24 | 11:36 | 15:47 | 8 h 23 min | 18.6° |
A year of daylight in Ayagoz
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 Ayagoz
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
43°collects the most energy over a year: 1639 kWh per kWp.
73°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 | November kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1270 | 77% | 1.30 | 5.0× |
| 15° | 1479 | 90% | 1.92 | 3.2× |
| 30° | 1604 | 98% | 2.45 | 2.4× |
| 43° year-round best | 1639 | 100% | 2.80 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1638 | 100% | 2.84 | 1.9× |
| 48° = latitude | 1634 | 100% | 2.90 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1580 | 96% | 3.08 | 1.7× |
| 70° | 1492 | 91% | 3.14 | 1.7× |
| 73° off-grid best | 1458 | 89% | 3.14 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 1213 | 74% | 3.02 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Ayagoz produces the most over a year at 43°. The design month for an off-grid system is November: at 73° it makes 3.14 kWh per kWp a day, 12% more than at 43°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Ayagoz at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 43° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 43° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.89 | 4.23 | 4.03 | 3.53 | -13.9 °C |
| February snow | 3.00 | 5.57 | 5.23 | 4.85 | -11.2 °C |
| March snow | 4.18 | 5.44 | 4.95 | 5.11 | -1.9 °C |
| April | 5.14 | 4.82 | 4.22 | 5.01 | 7.4 °C |
| May | 6.63 | 4.86 | 4.15 | 5.46 | 14.3 °C |
| June | 6.86 | 4.47 | 3.70 | 5.12 | 20.8 °C |
| July | 6.49 | 4.45 | 3.66 | 4.96 | 22.6 °C |
| August | 6.02 | 5.08 | 4.22 | 5.26 | 21.0 °C |
| September | 4.59 | 5.39 | 4.62 | 5.08 | 14.0 °C |
| October | 2.79 | 4.42 | 3.91 | 3.89 | 5.5 °C |
| November snow | 1.59 | 3.42 | 3.14 | 2.80 | -3.7 °C |
| December snow | 1.37 | 3.50 | 3.30 | 2.85 | -11.2 °C |
| Year | 4.22 avg | 4.63 avg | 1492 kWh | 1639 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through November on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 420 Wp at 43°. The steep array is 11% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Ayagoz
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.
7.5 mrow pitch at 70°
6.4 mrow pitch at 43°
How Ayagoz compares in Kazakhstan
Against the other 82 places in Kazakhstan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
40thof 83 places in Kazakhstan for sunshine, shared: 4.22 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Kazakhstan: 1,639 against 1,524 kWh per kWp.
+39 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Almaty: 16 h 03 min against 15 h 24 min.
43°best year-round tilt here; across Kazakhstan it runs from 32° in Zhetysay to 47° in Petropavl.
Of the 83 places in Kazakhstan, Shardara gets the most sun (4.67 peak sun hours a day) and Petropavl the least (3.26); Ayagoz ranks joint 40th. In its darkest month, November, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.14 kWh a day here, against 2.54 kWh on average in Kazakhstan. The shortest day lasts 8 h 23 min, −36 min compared with Almaty.
Solar forecast for Ayagoz, 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.