Sud-Ouest · Burkina Faso · 9.88° N · 2.92° W
Solar position in Batié
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Batié — computed for 9.88° N, 2.92° W, 307 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Batié today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:49 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:14 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:39 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:00 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:29 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:55 | 68.3° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:22 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:50 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:12 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:37 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:01 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 50 min | |
Sun path diagram for Batié
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 76.4° at solar noon in Batié; on the December solstice only 56.7°. 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 | 06:33 | 12:23 | 18:12 | 11 h 38 min | 60.3° |
| February | 06:29 | 12:25 | 18:21 | 11 h 52 min | 69.7° |
| March | 06:15 | 12:18 | 18:22 | 12 h 07 min | 80.5° |
| April | 05:58 | 12:10 | 18:22 | 12 h 24 min | 87.9° |
| May | 05:49 | 12:08 | 18:26 | 12 h 37 min | 79.6° |
| June | 05:52 | 12:13 | 18:34 | 12 h 42 min | 76.4° |
| July | 05:59 | 12:18 | 18:36 | 12 h 37 min | 79.5° |
| August | 06:02 | 12:14 | 18:26 | 12 h 24 min | 87.9° |
| September | 06:00 | 12:04 | 18:08 | 12 h 07 min | 80.7° |
| October | 06:00 | 11:56 | 17:52 | 11 h 52 min | 69.3° |
| November | 06:08 | 11:57 | 17:46 | 11 h 38 min | 60.2° |
| December | 06:23 | 12:09 | 17:56 | 11 h 33 min | 56.7° |
A year of daylight in Batié
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 Batié
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
11°collects the most energy over a year: 1562 kWh per kWp.
0°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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1537 | 98% | 3.59 | 1.3× |
| 10° = latitude | 1562 | 100% | 3.51 | 1.3× |
| 11° year-round best | 1562 | 100% | 3.49 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1559 | 100% | 3.43 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1497 | 96% | 3.10 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1355 | 87% | 2.62 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1145 | 73% | 2.02 | 2.7× |
| 70° | 979 | 63% | 1.59 | 3.3× |
| 90° | 677 | 43% | 1.06 | 3.1× |
A fixed array in Batié produces the most over a year at 11°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 3.59 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 11°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Batié at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 11° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 11° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.40 | 5.12 | 4.19 | 4.66 | 25.8 °C |
| February | 5.55 | 4.33 | 3.50 | 4.57 | 28.8 °C |
| March | 5.78 | 3.57 | 2.85 | 4.59 | 30.5 °C |
| April | 5.88 | 2.65 | 2.10 | 4.51 | 30.2 °C |
| May | 5.80 | 1.95 | 1.53 | 4.34 | 29.0 °C |
| June | 5.23 | 1.70 | 1.33 | 3.90 | 27.3 °C |
| July | 4.80 | 1.70 | 1.34 | 3.62 | 25.9 °C |
| August | 4.52 | 1.99 | 1.59 | 3.49 | 25.5 °C |
| September | 4.89 | 2.74 | 2.21 | 3.90 | 25.6 °C |
| October | 5.50 | 3.95 | 3.22 | 4.53 | 26.6 °C |
| November | 5.44 | 4.94 | 4.02 | 4.65 | 27.0 °C |
| December | 5.27 | 5.32 | 4.36 | 4.61 | 25.6 °C |
| Year | 5.34 avg | 3.33 avg | 979 kWh | 1562 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 890 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 11°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Batié
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.
2.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 11°
How Batié compares in Burkina Faso
Against the other 73 places in Burkina Faso with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
74thof 74 places in Burkina Faso for sunshine: 5.34 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−9%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Burkina Faso: 1,562 against 1,709 kWh per kWp.
−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Ouagadougou: 12 h 42 min against 12 h 51 min.
11°best year-round tilt here; across Burkina Faso it runs from 11° in Batié to 15° in Ouahigouya.
Batié gets the least sun of the 74 places in Burkina Faso (5.34 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest are Aribinda and one other place with 6.07. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.33 kWh a day here, against 1.47 kWh on average in Burkina Faso. The shortest day lasts 11 h 33 min, +9 min compared with Ouagadougou.
Solar forecast for Batié, 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.