Chon Buri · Thailand · 13.05° N · 100.93° E
Solar position in Bang Lamung
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bang Lamung — computed for 13.05° N, 100.93° E, 7 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bang Lamung today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+7
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:56 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:21 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:46 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:08 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:37 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:00 | 64.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:23 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:52 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:14 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:39 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 44 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bang Lamung
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 79.6° at solar noon in Bang Lamung; on the December solstice only 53.5°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 48° 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 | 06:43 | 12:27 | 18:12 | 11 h 29 min | 57.1° |
| February | 06:36 | 12:29 | 18:23 | 11 h 47 min | 66.4° |
| March | 06:20 | 12:23 | 18:27 | 12 h 07 min | 77.2° |
| April | 06:00 | 12:15 | 18:29 | 12 h 29 min | 88.8° |
| May | 05:49 | 12:12 | 18:36 | 12 h 46 min | 82.9° |
| June | 05:51 | 12:18 | 18:44 | 12 h 54 min | 79.6° |
| July | 05:59 | 12:22 | 18:46 | 12 h 47 min | 82.6° |
| August | 06:04 | 12:19 | 18:34 | 12 h 30 min | 89.1° |
| September | 06:05 | 12:09 | 18:13 | 12 h 08 min | 77.7° |
| October | 06:07 | 12:00 | 17:54 | 11 h 47 min | 66.3° |
| November | 06:17 | 12:01 | 17:46 | 11 h 29 min | 57.1° |
| December | 06:33 | 12:14 | 17:54 | 11 h 22 min | 53.5° |
A year of daylight in Bang Lamung
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 Bang Lamung
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
14°collects the most energy over a year: 1513 kWh per kWp.
8°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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1475 | 97% | 3.93 | 1.2× |
| 8° off-grid best | 1506 | 99% | 3.82 | 1.2× |
| 13° = latitude | 1513 | 100% | 3.73 | 1.2× |
| 14° year-round best | 1513 | 100% | 3.71 | 1.2× |
| 15° | 1513 | 100% | 3.69 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1469 | 97% | 3.26 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1347 | 89% | 2.68 | 1.8× |
| 60° | 1154 | 76% | 1.99 | 2.4× |
| 70° | 997 | 66% | 1.53 | 3.0× |
| 90° | 690 | 46% | 1.15 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Bang Lamung produces the most over a year at 14°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 8° it makes 3.82 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 14°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bang Lamung at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 14° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 14° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.99 | 5.13 | 4.19 | 4.47 | 26.0 °C |
| February | 5.40 | 4.53 | 3.67 | 4.59 | 27.6 °C |
| March | 5.60 | 3.67 | 2.95 | 4.53 | 28.8 °C |
| April | 5.88 | 2.76 | 2.20 | 4.52 | 29.7 °C |
| May | 5.33 | 2.06 | 1.62 | 3.97 | 29.2 °C |
| June | 5.11 | 1.86 | 1.46 | 3.77 | 28.3 °C |
| July | 4.98 | 1.94 | 1.53 | 3.71 | 27.8 °C |
| August | 4.97 | 2.36 | 1.88 | 3.80 | 27.6 °C |
| September | 4.79 | 2.87 | 2.31 | 3.80 | 27.3 °C |
| October | 4.72 | 3.55 | 2.88 | 3.92 | 27.0 °C |
| November | 4.88 | 4.64 | 3.79 | 4.28 | 26.3 °C |
| December | 4.88 | 5.28 | 4.33 | 4.43 | 25.3 °C |
| Year | 5.13 avg | 3.38 avg | 997 kWh | 1513 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 810 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 14°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bang Lamung
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.
2.2 mrow pitch at 70°
2.3 mrow pitch at 14°
How Bang Lamung compares in Thailand
Against the other 294 places in Thailand with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
127thof 295 places in Thailand for sunshine, shared: 5.13 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Thailand: 1,513 against 1,509 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bangkok: 12 h 54 min against 12 h 56 min.
14°best year-round tilt here; across Thailand it runs from 4° in Narathiwat to 23° in Mae Chan.
Of the 295 places in Thailand, Bangkok and 7 other places get the most sun (5.23 peak sun hours a day) and Mae Ramat the least (4.74); Bang Lamung ranks joint 127th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.46 kWh a day here, against 1.53 kWh on average in Thailand. The shortest day lasts 11 h 22 min, +3 min compared with Bangkok.
Solar forecast for Bang Lamung, 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.