Khuzestan · Iran · 30.44° N · 49.10° E
Solar position in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni — computed for 30.44° N, 49.10° E, 3 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:01 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:29 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:58 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:22 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:55 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:57 | 47.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:59 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:32 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:56 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:25 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:52 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 10 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
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 83.0° at solar noon in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni; on the December solstice only 36.1°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° 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 | 07:09 | 12:24 | 17:40 | 10 h 30 min | 39.7° |
| February | 06:48 | 12:27 | 18:06 | 11 h 18 min | 49.1° |
| March | 06:16 | 12:20 | 18:25 | 12 h 09 min | 59.9° |
| April | 05:40 | 12:12 | 18:44 | 13 h 05 min | 71.5° |
| May | 05:16 | 12:10 | 19:04 | 13 h 48 min | 79.8° |
| June | 05:11 | 12:15 | 19:18 | 14 h 07 min | 83.0° |
| July | 05:25 | 12:20 | 19:14 | 13 h 50 min | 80.0° |
| August | 05:43 | 12:16 | 18:49 | 13 h 05 min | 71.6° |
| September | 06:01 | 12:06 | 18:11 | 12 h 11 min | 60.2° |
| October | 06:19 | 11:58 | 17:36 | 11 h 17 min | 48.8° |
| November | 06:44 | 11:59 | 17:14 | 10 h 30 min | 39.6° |
| December | 07:06 | 12:11 | 17:16 | 10 h 11 min | 36.1° |
A year of daylight in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
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 Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
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: 1757 kWh per kWp.
49°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° | 1597 | 91% | 2.48 | 2.5× |
| 15° | 1726 | 98% | 3.25 | 1.8× |
| 27° year-round best | 1757 | 100% | 3.72 | 1.5× |
| 30° = latitude | 1754 | 100% | 3.81 | 1.4× |
| 45° | 1682 | 96% | 4.14 | 1.2× |
| 49° off-grid best | 1646 | 94% | 4.18 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1514 | 86% | 4.21 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1355 | 77% | 4.11 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 959 | 55% | 3.58 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 49° it makes 4.18 kWh per kWp a day, 13% more than at 27°, and costs 6% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni 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 | 3.32 | 4.84 | 4.15 | 3.88 | 13.6 °C |
| February | 4.27 | 4.99 | 4.25 | 4.47 | 15.3 °C |
| March | 5.44 | 4.99 | 4.18 | 5.07 | 19.8 °C |
| April | 6.06 | 4.14 | 3.39 | 4.94 | 25.0 °C |
| May | 7.20 | 3.79 | 3.01 | 5.30 | 31.5 °C |
| June | 8.07 | 3.51 | 2.73 | 5.54 | 35.7 °C |
| July | 7.59 | 3.65 | 2.82 | 5.30 | 37.5 °C |
| August | 7.19 | 4.27 | 3.31 | 5.37 | 37.4 °C |
| September | 6.35 | 5.17 | 4.08 | 5.34 | 34.2 °C |
| October | 4.96 | 5.39 | 4.34 | 4.77 | 29.3 °C |
| November | 3.64 | 5.04 | 4.20 | 4.04 | 21.2 °C |
| December | 3.09 | 4.82 | 4.11 | 3.72 | 15.6 °C |
| Year | 5.61 avg | 4.55 avg | 1355 kWh | 1757 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 430 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 Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni
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.
3.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.2 mrow pitch at 27°
How Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
151stof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.61 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,757 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−28 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 07 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); Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni ranks joint 151st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.74 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 11 min, +26 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, 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.