Hormozgan · Iran · 26.60° N · 54.94° E
Solar position in Bandar-e Kong
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bandar-e Kong — computed for 26.60° N, 54.94° E, 9 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bandar-e Kong today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:36 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:03 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:30 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:54 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:26 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:34 | 51.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:42 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:14 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:37 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:04 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 20 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bandar-e Kong
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 86.8° at solar noon in Bandar-e Kong; on the December solstice only 40.0°. 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 | 06:39 | 12:01 | 17:23 | 10 h 45 min | 43.6° |
| February | 06:21 | 12:03 | 17:46 | 11 h 25 min | 52.9° |
| March | 05:53 | 11:57 | 18:01 | 12 h 08 min | 63.7° |
| April | 05:21 | 11:49 | 18:17 | 12 h 56 min | 75.3° |
| May | 05:00 | 11:46 | 18:33 | 13 h 33 min | 83.6° |
| June | 04:57 | 11:52 | 18:46 | 13 h 49 min | 86.8° |
| July | 05:09 | 11:56 | 18:43 | 13 h 34 min | 83.8° |
| August | 05:24 | 11:53 | 18:21 | 12 h 57 min | 75.5° |
| September | 05:38 | 11:43 | 17:48 | 12 h 10 min | 64.1° |
| October | 05:52 | 11:34 | 17:16 | 11 h 24 min | 52.7° |
| November | 06:13 | 11:35 | 16:58 | 10 h 44 min | 43.5° |
| December | 06:34 | 11:48 | 17:02 | 10 h 28 min | 40.0° |
A year of daylight in Bandar-e Kong
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 Kong
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: 1783 kWh per kWp.
37°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° | 1645 | 92% | 2.92 | 2.0× |
| 15° | 1762 | 99% | 3.73 | 1.5× |
| 25° year-round best | 1783 | 100% | 4.13 | 1.3× |
| 27° = latitude | 1782 | 100% | 4.20 | 1.3× |
| 30° | 1776 | 100% | 4.29 | 1.2× |
| 37° off-grid best | 1748 | 98% | 4.47 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1688 | 95% | 4.59 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1505 | 84% | 4.61 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1337 | 75% | 4.46 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 933 | 52% | 3.81 | 3.2× |
A fixed array in Bandar-e Kong produces the most over a year at 25°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 37° it makes 4.47 kWh per kWp a day, 8% more than at 25°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bandar-e Kong 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 | 3.91 | 5.33 | 4.48 | 4.29 | 18.7 °C |
| February | 4.68 | 5.13 | 4.30 | 4.65 | 19.7 °C |
| March | 5.67 | 4.83 | 4.00 | 5.07 | 22.4 °C |
| April | 6.49 | 4.08 | 3.32 | 5.18 | 26.4 °C |
| May | 7.41 | 3.48 | 2.77 | 5.39 | 30.7 °C |
| June | 7.56 | 3.08 | 2.42 | 5.25 | 33.0 °C |
| July | 7.00 | 3.23 | 2.53 | 4.96 | 34.1 °C |
| August | 6.68 | 3.75 | 2.95 | 5.00 | 34.1 °C |
| September | 6.23 | 4.68 | 3.72 | 5.13 | 32.4 °C |
| October | 5.42 | 5.55 | 4.46 | 5.05 | 29.7 °C |
| November | 4.28 | 5.59 | 4.58 | 4.50 | 25.1 °C |
| December | 3.69 | 5.36 | 4.46 | 4.13 | 21.0 °C |
| Year | 5.76 avg | 4.50 avg | 1337 kWh | 1783 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 490 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 Kong
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°
2.9 mrow pitch at 25°
How Bandar-e Kong compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
90thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.76 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,783 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−46 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 13 h 49 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 Kong ranks joint 90th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.42 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 10 h 28 min, +44 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Bandar-e Kong, 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.