Hormozgan · Iran · 26.95° N · 55.59° E
Solar position in Bandar-e Khamīr
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bandar-e Khamīr — computed for 26.95° N, 55.59° E, 16 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bandar-e Khamīr today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:34 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:01 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:28 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:52 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:31 | 51.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:39 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:11 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:34 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:02 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:29 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 19 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bandar-e Khamīr
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 86.5° at solar noon in Bandar-e Khamīr; on the December solstice only 39.6°. 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 | 06:37 | 11:59 | 17:20 | 10 h 43 min | 43.2° |
| February | 06:19 | 12:01 | 17:43 | 11 h 24 min | 52.6° |
| March | 05:50 | 11:54 | 17:59 | 12 h 08 min | 63.3° |
| April | 05:18 | 11:46 | 18:14 | 12 h 57 min | 75.0° |
| May | 04:57 | 11:44 | 18:31 | 13 h 34 min | 83.3° |
| June | 04:54 | 11:49 | 18:44 | 13 h 50 min | 86.5° |
| July | 05:06 | 11:54 | 18:41 | 13 h 36 min | 83.5° |
| August | 05:21 | 11:50 | 18:19 | 12 h 57 min | 75.1° |
| September | 05:35 | 11:40 | 17:45 | 12 h 10 min | 63.7° |
| October | 05:50 | 11:32 | 17:13 | 11 h 23 min | 52.3° |
| November | 06:11 | 11:33 | 16:54 | 10 h 43 min | 43.1° |
| December | 06:32 | 11:45 | 16:58 | 10 h 27 min | 39.6° |
A year of daylight in Bandar-e Khamīr
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 Khamīr
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: 1808 kWh per kWp.
35°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° | 1661 | 92% | 2.97 | 2.0× |
| 15° | 1784 | 99% | 3.81 | 1.5× |
| 25° year-round best | 1808 | 100% | 4.24 | 1.3× |
| 27° = latitude | 1807 | 100% | 4.32 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1802 | 100% | 4.41 | 1.2× |
| 35° off-grid best | 1785 | 99% | 4.55 | 1.1× |
| 45° | 1717 | 95% | 4.74 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1533 | 85% | 4.77 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1364 | 75% | 4.63 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 954 | 53% | 3.96 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Bandar-e Khamīr produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 35° it makes 4.55 kWh per kWp a day, 7% more than at 25°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bandar-e Khamīr 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 | 3.93 | 5.47 | 4.62 | 4.38 | 17.4 °C |
| February | 4.70 | 5.21 | 4.38 | 4.71 | 18.8 °C |
| March | 5.76 | 4.95 | 4.11 | 5.18 | 22.1 °C |
| April | 6.62 | 4.18 | 3.39 | 5.29 | 26.6 °C |
| May | 7.50 | 3.53 | 2.80 | 5.44 | 31.4 °C |
| June | 7.63 | 3.12 | 2.44 | 5.28 | 34.0 °C |
| July | 7.03 | 3.26 | 2.55 | 4.97 | 34.7 °C |
| August | 6.79 | 3.81 | 2.99 | 5.08 | 34.3 °C |
| September | 6.26 | 4.74 | 3.77 | 5.18 | 32.4 °C |
| October | 5.42 | 5.59 | 4.50 | 5.08 | 29.2 °C |
| November | 4.32 | 5.71 | 4.70 | 4.59 | 23.9 °C |
| December | 3.73 | 5.52 | 4.63 | 4.24 | 19.6 °C |
| Year | 5.81 avg | 4.59 avg | 1364 kWh | 1808 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 480 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 280 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 Khamīr
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.
3.2 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 25°
How Bandar-e Khamīr compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
72ndof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.81 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,808 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−44 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 13 h 50 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 Khamīr ranks joint 72nd. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.44 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 27 min, +42 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Bandar-e Khamīr, 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.