Galguduud · Somalia · 5.77° N · 45.76° E
Solar position in Balanbale
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Balanbale — computed for 5.77° N, 45.76° E, 330 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Balanbale today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:32 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 04:56 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:21 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:41 | 72.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:11 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:00 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:50 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 57 min | |
Sun path diagram for Balanbale
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 72.3° at solar noon in Balanbale; on the December solstice only 60.8°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 113° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:12 | 12:08 | 18:03 | 11 h 51 min | 64.4° |
| February | 06:11 | 12:10 | 18:09 | 11 h 58 min | 73.7° |
| March | 06:00 | 12:04 | 18:07 | 12 h 07 min | 84.5° |
| April | 05:47 | 11:55 | 18:03 | 12 h 17 min | 83.9° |
| May | 05:41 | 11:53 | 18:05 | 12 h 24 min | 75.6° |
| June | 05:44 | 11:58 | 18:12 | 12 h 27 min | 72.3° |
| July | 05:51 | 12:03 | 18:15 | 12 h 24 min | 75.3° |
| August | 05:51 | 12:00 | 18:08 | 12 h 17 min | 83.7° |
| September | 05:46 | 11:50 | 17:53 | 12 h 07 min | 84.9° |
| October | 05:42 | 11:41 | 17:40 | 11 h 58 min | 73.5° |
| November | 05:47 | 11:42 | 17:37 | 11 h 50 min | 64.3° |
| December | 06:01 | 11:54 | 17:48 | 11 h 47 min | 60.8° |
A year of daylight in Balanbale
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 Balanbale
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
7°collects the most energy over a year: 1849 kWh per kWp.
0°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° off-grid best | 1836 | 99% | 4.43 | 1.3× |
| 6° = latitude | 1848 | 100% | 4.28 | 1.3× |
| 7° year-round best | 1849 | 100% | 4.25 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1835 | 99% | 3.98 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1727 | 93% | 3.32 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1520 | 82% | 2.49 | 2.4× |
| 60° | 1233 | 67% | 1.61 | 3.7× |
| 70° | 1020 | 55% | 1.14 | 4.8× |
| 90° | 669 | 36% | 1.04 | 4.0× |
A fixed array in Balanbale produces the most over a year at 7°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 4.43 kWh per kWp a day, 4% more than at 7°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Balanbale at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 7° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 7° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.47 | 6.07 | 4.96 | 5.46 | 25.9 °C |
| February | 6.98 | 5.21 | 4.24 | 5.72 | 27.1 °C |
| March | 7.18 | 3.82 | 3.07 | 5.69 | 28.9 °C |
| April | 6.64 | 2.23 | 1.76 | 5.12 | 29.3 °C |
| May | 6.52 | 1.38 | 1.06 | 4.92 | 28.6 °C |
| June | 5.97 | 1.37 | 1.06 | 4.48 | 28.0 °C |
| July | 5.60 | 1.47 | 1.14 | 4.25 | 27.3 °C |
| August | 6.28 | 1.83 | 1.44 | 4.83 | 27.8 °C |
| September | 6.62 | 2.99 | 2.39 | 5.20 | 28.9 °C |
| October | 6.00 | 3.98 | 3.21 | 4.84 | 28.3 °C |
| November | 6.05 | 5.20 | 4.24 | 5.03 | 26.8 °C |
| December | 6.23 | 6.17 | 5.04 | 5.28 | 26.1 °C |
| Year | 6.37 avg | 3.47 avg | 1020 kWh | 1849 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 1,110 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 Wp at 7°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Balanbale
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.1 mrow pitch at 7°
How Balanbale compares in Somalia
Against the other 41 places in Somalia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
16thof 42 places in Somalia for sunshine: 6.37 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Somalia: 1,849 against 1,818 kWh per kWp.
+13 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mogadishu: 12 h 27 min against 12 h 14 min.
7°best year-round tilt here; across Somalia it runs from 0° in Kismayo to 12° in El Dibir.
Of the 42 places in Somalia, Burao gets the most sun (6.74 peak sun hours a day) and Bu’aale the least (5.81); Balanbale ranks 16th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.06 kWh a day here, against 1.13 kWh on average in Somalia. The shortest day lasts 11 h 47 min, −13 min compared with Mogadishu.
Solar forecast for Balanbale, 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.