Sühbaatar · Mongolia · 46.68° N · 113.28° E
Solar position in Baruun-Urt
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Baruun-Urt — computed for 46.68° N, 113.28° E, 991 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Baruun-Urt today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:16 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:51 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:27 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:58 | 107° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:40 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:10 | 31.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:40 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:23 | 253° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:54 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:29 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:04 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 25 min | |
Sun path diagram for Baruun-Urt
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 66.8° at solar noon in Baruun-Urt; on the December solstice only 19.9°. Sunrise swings from 53° NE in June to 124° SE in December — a 71° 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 | 08:03 | 12:38 | 17:13 | 9 h 11 min | 23.4° |
| February | 07:21 | 12:40 | 18:00 | 10 h 39 min | 32.8° |
| March | 06:28 | 12:34 | 18:40 | 12 h 11 min | 43.6° |
| April | 05:29 | 12:25 | 19:22 | 13 h 53 min | 55.2° |
| May | 04:46 | 12:23 | 20:01 | 15 h 15 min | 63.5° |
| June | 04:33 | 12:28 | 20:24 | 15 h 51 min | 66.8° |
| July | 04:54 | 12:33 | 20:11 | 15 h 18 min | 63.8° |
| August | 05:32 | 12:29 | 19:27 | 13 h 55 min | 55.4° |
| September | 06:11 | 12:19 | 18:27 | 12 h 16 min | 44.0° |
| October | 06:52 | 12:11 | 17:30 | 10 h 38 min | 32.7° |
| November | 07:37 | 12:12 | 16:47 | 9 h 11 min | 23.4° |
| December | 08:08 | 12:24 | 16:41 | 8 h 33 min | 19.9° |
A year of daylight in Baruun-Urt
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 Baruun-Urt
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
46°collects the most energy over a year: 1810 kWh per kWp.
62°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° | 1345 | 74% | 1.29 | 4.3× |
| 15° | 1595 | 88% | 2.17 | 2.7× |
| 30° | 1752 | 97% | 2.93 | 2.0× |
| 45° | 1810 | 100% | 3.52 | 1.8× |
| 46° year-round best | 1810 | 100% | 3.55 | 1.7× |
| 47° = latitude | 1809 | 100% | 3.58 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1764 | 97% | 3.89 | 1.6× |
| 62° off-grid best | 1750 | 97% | 3.92 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1678 | 93% | 4.01 | 1.8× |
| 90° | 1388 | 77% | 3.93 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Baruun-Urt produces the most over a year at 46°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 62° it makes 3.92 kWh per kWp a day, 11% more than at 46°, and costs 3% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Baruun-Urt at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 46° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 46° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.02 | 5.11 | 4.94 | 4.42 | -18.8 °C |
| February snow | 3.22 | 6.28 | 5.98 | 5.62 | -15.1 °C |
| March snow | 4.63 | 6.72 | 6.18 | 6.20 | -5.6 °C |
| April | 5.86 | 5.43 | 4.84 | 5.74 | 3.7 °C |
| May | 6.65 | 4.77 | 4.11 | 5.35 | 11.5 °C |
| June | 6.61 | 4.24 | 3.55 | 4.81 | 18.5 °C |
| July | 6.28 | 4.22 | 3.49 | 4.65 | 21.4 °C |
| August | 5.78 | 4.74 | 3.97 | 4.92 | 19.1 °C |
| September | 4.74 | 5.40 | 4.66 | 5.18 | 11.6 °C |
| October | 3.37 | 5.45 | 4.90 | 4.92 | 1.7 °C |
| November snow | 2.09 | 4.98 | 4.65 | 4.21 | -8.4 °C |
| December snow | 1.54 | 4.17 | 4.01 | 3.55 | -17.0 °C |
| Year | 4.41 avg | 5.12 avg | 1678 kWh | 1810 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 340 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 46°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Baruun-Urt
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.
6.9 mrow pitch at 70°
6.2 mrow pitch at 46°
How Baruun-Urt compares in Mongolia
Against the other 23 places in Mongolia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
7thof 24 places in Mongolia for sunshine: 4.41 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Mongolia: 1,810 against 1,757 kWh per kWp.
−11 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Ulan Bator: 15 h 51 min against 16 h 02 min.
46°best year-round tilt here; across Mongolia it runs from 43° in Ulaangom to 48° in Mörön.
Of the 24 places in Mongolia, Bogd gets the most sun (4.71 peak sun hours a day) and Sühbaatar the least (3.82); Baruun-Urt ranks 7th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.49 kWh a day here, against 3.47 kWh on average in Mongolia. The shortest day lasts 8 h 33 min, +10 min compared with Ulan Bator.
Solar forecast for Baruun-Urt, 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.