Northeastern Governorate · Oman · 22.45° N · 58.80° E
Solar position in Badīyah
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Badīyah — computed for 22.45° N, 58.80° E, 298 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Badīyah today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+4
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:15 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:42 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:05 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:35 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:48 | 55.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:02 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:32 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:55 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:21 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:47 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 28 min | |
Sun path diagram for Badīyah
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 89.0° at solar noon in Badīyah; on the December solstice only 44.1°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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 | 06:46 | 12:16 | 17:45 | 10 h 59 min | 47.7° |
| February | 06:32 | 12:18 | 18:04 | 11 h 32 min | 57.1° |
| March | 06:08 | 12:12 | 18:16 | 12 h 08 min | 67.8° |
| April | 05:40 | 12:03 | 18:27 | 12 h 47 min | 79.5° |
| May | 05:22 | 12:01 | 18:40 | 13 h 18 min | 87.8° |
| June | 05:21 | 12:06 | 18:51 | 13 h 31 min | 89.0° |
| July | 05:31 | 12:11 | 18:50 | 13 h 19 min | 88.0° |
| August | 05:43 | 12:07 | 18:31 | 12 h 48 min | 79.6° |
| September | 05:53 | 11:57 | 18:02 | 12 h 09 min | 68.2° |
| October | 06:03 | 11:49 | 17:34 | 11 h 31 min | 56.8° |
| November | 06:21 | 11:50 | 17:19 | 10 h 59 min | 47.6° |
| December | 06:39 | 12:02 | 17:25 | 10 h 46 min | 44.1° |
A year of daylight in Badīyah
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 Badīyah
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
23°collects the most energy over a year: 1866 kWh per kWp.
20°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° | 1741 | 93% | 4.99 | 1.6× |
| 15° | 1851 | 99% | 4.79 | 1.2× |
| 20° off-grid best | 1864 | 100% | 4.67 | 1.2× |
| 22° = latitude | 1866 | 100% | 4.61 | 1.2× |
| 23° year-round best | 1866 | 100% | 4.59 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1854 | 99% | 4.35 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1749 | 94% | 3.68 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1545 | 83% | 2.84 | 1.9× |
| 70° | 1362 | 73% | 2.23 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 942 | 50% | 1.30 | 3.8× |
A fixed array in Badīyah produces the most over a year at 23°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 20° it makes 4.67 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 23°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Badīyah at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 23° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 23° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.72 | 6.13 | 5.13 | 5.00 | 19.6 °C |
| February | 5.54 | 5.77 | 4.80 | 5.34 | 21.3 °C |
| March | 6.41 | 5.07 | 4.16 | 5.56 | 24.8 °C |
| April | 7.03 | 3.96 | 3.18 | 5.44 | 29.4 °C |
| May | 7.46 | 3.08 | 2.42 | 5.30 | 32.9 °C |
| June | 7.12 | 2.70 | 2.10 | 4.90 | 34.0 °C |
| July | 6.48 | 2.86 | 2.23 | 4.59 | 33.6 °C |
| August | 6.54 | 3.39 | 2.68 | 4.86 | 32.6 °C |
| September | 6.42 | 4.43 | 3.54 | 5.21 | 30.9 °C |
| October | 5.90 | 5.58 | 4.51 | 5.35 | 28.4 °C |
| November | 4.94 | 6.05 | 4.96 | 5.01 | 24.4 °C |
| December | 4.47 | 6.15 | 5.11 | 4.82 | 21.1 °C |
| Year | 6.09 avg | 4.59 avg | 1362 kWh | 1866 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 560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 260 Wp at 23°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Badīyah
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.
2.8 mrow pitch at 70°
2.7 mrow pitch at 23°
How Badīyah compares in Oman
Against the other 25 places in Oman with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
9thof 26 places in Oman for sunshine: 6.09 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Oman: 1,866 against 1,840 kWh per kWp.
−5 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Muscat: 13 h 31 min against 13 h 35 min.
23°best year-round tilt here; across Oman it runs from 19° in Şalālah to 24° in Şaḩam.
Of the 26 places in Oman, Adam gets the most sun (6.24 peak sun hours a day) and Khasab the least (5.71); Badīyah ranks 9th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.10 kWh a day here, against 2.15 kWh on average in Oman. The shortest day lasts 10 h 46 min, +5 min compared with Muscat.
Solar forecast for Badīyah, 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.