Bushehr · Iran · 27.83° N · 52.06° E
Solar position in Bandar-e Kangān
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bandar-e Kangān — computed for 27.83° N, 52.06° E, 11 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bandar-e Kangān today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:48 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:15 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:43 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:07 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:39 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:45 | 50.4° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:52 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:24 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:48 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:15 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:42 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 17 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bandar-e Kangān
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 85.6° at solar noon in Bandar-e Kangān; on the December solstice only 38.7°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 53° 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 | 06:52 | 12:13 | 17:33 | 10 h 40 min | 42.3° |
| February | 06:34 | 12:15 | 17:56 | 11 h 23 min | 51.7° |
| March | 06:04 | 12:09 | 18:13 | 12 h 09 min | 62.5° |
| April | 05:31 | 12:00 | 18:30 | 12 h 59 min | 74.1° |
| May | 05:09 | 11:58 | 18:47 | 13 h 38 min | 82.4° |
| June | 05:06 | 12:03 | 19:00 | 13 h 54 min | 85.6° |
| July | 05:18 | 12:08 | 18:57 | 13 h 39 min | 82.6° |
| August | 05:35 | 12:04 | 18:34 | 12 h 59 min | 74.2° |
| September | 05:49 | 11:54 | 17:59 | 12 h 10 min | 62.8° |
| October | 06:05 | 11:46 | 17:27 | 11 h 22 min | 51.4° |
| November | 06:27 | 11:47 | 17:07 | 10 h 40 min | 42.2° |
| December | 06:48 | 11:59 | 17:11 | 10 h 23 min | 38.7° |
A year of daylight in Bandar-e Kangān
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 Kangān
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
25°collects the most energy over a year: 1807 kWh per kWp.
41°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° | 1660 | 92% | 2.80 | 2.2× |
| 15° | 1783 | 99% | 3.62 | 1.6× |
| 25° year-round best | 1807 | 100% | 4.04 | 1.4× |
| 28° = latitude | 1805 | 100% | 4.14 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1802 | 100% | 4.20 | 1.3× |
| 41° off-grid best | 1748 | 97% | 4.46 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1716 | 95% | 4.52 | 1.2× |
| 60° | 1532 | 85% | 4.56 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1362 | 75% | 4.43 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 950 | 53% | 3.81 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Bandar-e Kangān produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 41° it makes 4.46 kWh per kWp a day, 11% more than at 25°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bandar-e Kangān at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 25° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 25° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.73 | 5.25 | 4.46 | 4.20 | 16.0 °C |
| February | 4.52 | 5.09 | 4.32 | 4.60 | 17.0 °C |
| March | 5.61 | 4.89 | 4.10 | 5.11 | 19.9 °C |
| April | 6.33 | 4.10 | 3.36 | 5.14 | 24.2 °C |
| May | 7.44 | 3.59 | 2.88 | 5.48 | 29.4 °C |
| June | 7.94 | 3.19 | 2.51 | 5.52 | 32.3 °C |
| July | 7.34 | 3.35 | 2.62 | 5.21 | 33.8 °C |
| August | 7.00 | 3.94 | 3.10 | 5.26 | 34.0 °C |
| September | 6.43 | 4.97 | 3.95 | 5.37 | 32.1 °C |
| October | 5.41 | 5.71 | 4.61 | 5.13 | 28.6 °C |
| November | 4.05 | 5.40 | 4.47 | 4.33 | 22.9 °C |
| December | 3.52 | 5.26 | 4.43 | 4.04 | 18.4 °C |
| Year | 5.78 avg | 4.56 avg | 1362 kWh | 1807 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 470 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 290 Wp at 25°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bandar-e Kangān
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.
3.3 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 25°
How Bandar-e Kangān compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
78thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.78 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,807 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−40 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 13 h 54 min against 14 h 35 min.
25°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 Kangān ranks joint 78th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.51 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 23 min, +38 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Bandar-e Kangān, 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.