Khuzestan · Iran · 31.52° N · 49.89° E
Solar position in Bāgh-e Malek
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bāgh-e Malek — computed for 31.52° N, 49.89° E, 711 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bāgh-e Malek today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:58 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:26 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:55 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:19 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:53 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:54 | 46.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:55 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:28 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:53 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:50 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 09 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bāgh-e Malek
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 81.9° at solar noon in Bāgh-e Malek; on the December solstice only 35.1°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° 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 | 07:08 | 12:21 | 17:34 | 10 h 26 min | 38.6° |
| February | 06:46 | 12:24 | 18:02 | 11 h 16 min | 48.0° |
| March | 06:13 | 12:17 | 18:22 | 12 h 09 min | 58.8° |
| April | 05:35 | 12:09 | 18:43 | 13 h 07 min | 70.4° |
| May | 05:10 | 12:07 | 19:03 | 13 h 53 min | 78.7° |
| June | 05:06 | 12:12 | 19:18 | 14 h 12 min | 81.9° |
| July | 05:19 | 12:16 | 19:13 | 13 h 54 min | 78.9° |
| August | 05:39 | 12:13 | 18:47 | 13 h 08 min | 70.5° |
| September | 05:57 | 12:03 | 18:08 | 12 h 11 min | 59.1° |
| October | 06:17 | 11:54 | 17:32 | 11 h 14 min | 47.7° |
| November | 06:43 | 11:56 | 17:09 | 10 h 26 min | 38.6° |
| December | 07:05 | 12:08 | 17:11 | 10 h 06 min | 35.1° |
A year of daylight in Bāgh-e Malek
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 Bāgh-e Malek
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: 1794 kWh per kWp.
52°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° | 1620 | 90% | 2.37 | 2.7× |
| 15° | 1758 | 98% | 3.16 | 2.0× |
| 27° year-round best | 1794 | 100% | 3.64 | 1.6× |
| 30° | 1792 | 100% | 3.74 | 1.5× |
| 32° = latitude | 1789 | 100% | 3.80 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1722 | 96% | 4.08 | 1.3× |
| 52° off-grid best | 1654 | 92% | 4.16 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1552 | 86% | 4.17 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 1389 | 77% | 4.09 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 982 | 55% | 3.58 | 3.0× |
A fixed array in Bāgh-e Malek produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 52° it makes 4.16 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 27°, and costs 8% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bāgh-e Malek 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 | 3.07 | 4.61 | 4.03 | 3.72 | 8.9 °C |
| February | 3.99 | 4.80 | 4.17 | 4.31 | 10.8 °C |
| March | 5.22 | 4.91 | 4.18 | 5.00 | 15.4 °C |
| April | 6.03 | 4.16 | 3.46 | 5.04 | 20.7 °C |
| May | 7.34 | 3.85 | 3.11 | 5.50 | 27.5 °C |
| June | 8.37 | 3.57 | 2.82 | 5.79 | 32.8 °C |
| July | 7.84 | 3.71 | 2.90 | 5.51 | 35.2 °C |
| August | 7.40 | 4.41 | 3.46 | 5.61 | 34.8 °C |
| September | 6.52 | 5.46 | 4.37 | 5.65 | 30.7 °C |
| October | 5.01 | 5.71 | 4.68 | 5.03 | 24.8 °C |
| November | 3.56 | 5.22 | 4.44 | 4.16 | 15.9 °C |
| December | 2.92 | 4.71 | 4.09 | 3.64 | 10.9 °C |
| Year | 5.61 avg | 4.59 avg | 1389 kWh | 1794 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 420 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 27°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bāgh-e Malek
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.
3.7 mrow pitch at 70°
3.2 mrow pitch at 27°
How Bāgh-e Malek compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
144thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.61 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,794 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 12 min against 14 h 35 min.
27°best year-round tilt here; across Iran it runs from 24° in Kīsh to 33° in Khūy.
Of the 423 places in Iran, Jālq gets the most sun (6.10 peak sun hours a day) and Bandar-e Anzalī the least (3.92); Bāgh-e Malek ranks joint 144th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.82 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 06 min, +21 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Bāgh-e Malek, 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.