Issyk-Kul · Kyrgyzstan · 42.46° N · 76.19° E
Solar position in Balykchy
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Balykchy — computed for 42.46° N, 76.19° E, 1641 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Balykchy today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:45 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:18 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:50 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:19 | 106° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:58 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:39 | 35.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:19 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:58 | 254° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:27 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:00 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:32 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 39 min | |
Sun path diagram for Balykchy
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 71.0° at solar noon in Balykchy; on the December solstice only 24.1°. Sunrise swings from 56° ENE in June to 122° ESE in December — a 65° 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 | 08:18 | 13:06 | 17:54 | 9 h 36 min | 27.7° |
| February | 07:43 | 13:09 | 18:34 | 10 h 51 min | 37.0° |
| March | 06:57 | 13:02 | 19:08 | 12 h 11 min | 47.8° |
| April | 06:05 | 12:54 | 19:43 | 13 h 38 min | 59.4° |
| May | 05:28 | 12:51 | 20:15 | 14 h 48 min | 67.7° |
| June | 05:18 | 12:57 | 20:35 | 15 h 18 min | 71.0° |
| July | 05:36 | 13:01 | 20:26 | 14 h 50 min | 68.0° |
| August | 06:08 | 12:58 | 19:47 | 13 h 40 min | 59.6° |
| September | 06:41 | 12:48 | 18:54 | 12 h 14 min | 48.2° |
| October | 07:14 | 12:39 | 18:04 | 10 h 49 min | 36.8° |
| November | 07:53 | 12:40 | 17:28 | 9 h 35 min | 27.6° |
| December | 08:21 | 12:53 | 17:25 | 9 h 04 min | 24.1° |
A year of daylight in Balykchy
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 Balykchy
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
38°collects the most energy over a year: 1559 kWh per kWp.
62°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° | 1292 | 83% | 1.52 | 3.4× |
| 15° | 1459 | 94% | 2.24 | 2.4× |
| 30° | 1546 | 99% | 2.85 | 1.8× |
| 38° year-round best | 1559 | 100% | 3.11 | 1.6× |
| 42° = latitude | 1556 | 100% | 3.23 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1549 | 99% | 3.31 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1469 | 94% | 3.57 | 1.3× |
| 62° off-grid best | 1452 | 93% | 3.60 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1371 | 88% | 3.64 | 1.4× |
| 90° | 1090 | 70% | 3.51 | 2.0× |
A fixed array in Balykchy produces the most over a year at 38°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 62° it makes 3.60 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 38°, and costs 7% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Balykchy at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 38° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 38° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.11 | 4.14 | 3.90 | 3.41 | -11.1 °C |
| February snow | 2.93 | 4.50 | 4.20 | 3.94 | -8.4 °C |
| March snow | 4.01 | 4.64 | 4.21 | 4.48 | -1.1 °C |
| April | 4.91 | 4.10 | 3.64 | 4.57 | 4.4 °C |
| May | 5.83 | 3.88 | 3.37 | 4.77 | 8.7 °C |
| June | 6.24 | 3.71 | 3.17 | 4.75 | 12.9 °C |
| July | 6.31 | 3.89 | 3.29 | 4.85 | 15.5 °C |
| August | 5.89 | 4.44 | 3.77 | 5.05 | 15.0 °C |
| September | 4.81 | 4.94 | 4.30 | 4.96 | 10.2 °C |
| October | 3.26 | 4.44 | 3.96 | 4.05 | 3.7 °C |
| November snow | 2.15 | 4.03 | 3.68 | 3.28 | -3.1 °C |
| December snow | 1.81 | 3.89 | 3.64 | 3.11 | -9.3 °C |
| Year | 4.19 avg | 4.21 avg | 1371 kWh | 1559 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 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 38°. The steep array is 2% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Balykchy
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.
5.6 mrow pitch at 70°
4.8 mrow pitch at 38°
How Balykchy compares in Kyrgyzstan
Against the other 30 places in Kyrgyzstan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
29thof 31 places in Kyrgyzstan for sunshine: 4.20 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Kyrgyzstan: 1,559 against 1,608 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bishkek: 15 h 18 min against 15 h 21 min.
38°best year-round tilt here; across Kyrgyzstan it runs from 32° in Razzakov to 38° in Balykchy.
Of the 31 places in Kyrgyzstan, Nookat and 2 other places get the most sun (4.66 peak sun hours a day) and Kyzyl-Suu the least (4.11); Balykchy ranks 29th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.17 kWh a day here, against 3.27 kWh on average in Kyrgyzstan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 04 min, +3 min compared with Bishkek.
Solar forecast for Balykchy, 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.