Kyrgyzstan · 40.06° N · 70.82° E
Solar position in Batken
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Batken — computed for 40.06° N, 70.82° E, 1022 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Batken today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+6
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:06 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:38 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 07:09 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 07:37 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 08:15 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 13:00 | 37.8° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:45 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:23 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:51 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:22 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:54 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 46 min | |
Sun path diagram for Batken
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 73.4° at solar noon in Batken; on the December solstice only 26.5°. Sunrise swings from 58° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 63° 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 | 08:34 | 13:28 | 18:22 | 9 h 48 min | 30.1° |
| February | 08:02 | 13:30 | 18:59 | 10 h 57 min | 39.4° |
| March | 07:19 | 13:24 | 19:29 | 12 h 10 min | 50.2° |
| April | 06:30 | 13:15 | 20:01 | 13 h 31 min | 61.8° |
| May | 05:56 | 13:13 | 20:30 | 14 h 34 min | 70.1° |
| June | 05:47 | 13:18 | 20:49 | 15 h 01 min | 73.4° |
| July | 06:04 | 13:23 | 20:40 | 14 h 36 min | 70.4° |
| August | 06:33 | 13:19 | 20:05 | 13 h 32 min | 62.0° |
| September | 07:03 | 13:09 | 19:16 | 12 h 13 min | 50.6° |
| October | 07:33 | 13:01 | 18:28 | 10 h 56 min | 39.2° |
| November | 08:08 | 13:02 | 17:56 | 9 h 48 min | 30.0° |
| December | 08:35 | 13:14 | 17:54 | 9 h 19 min | 26.5° |
A year of daylight in Batken
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 Batken
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
33°collects the most energy over a year: 1616 kWh per kWp.
70°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° | 1403 | 87% | 1.46 | 4.1× |
| 15° | 1553 | 96% | 2.02 | 3.0× |
| 30° | 1614 | 100% | 2.49 | 2.3× |
| 33° year-round best | 1616 | 100% | 2.57 | 2.2× |
| 40° = latitude | 1605 | 99% | 2.73 | 2.1× |
| 45° | 1585 | 98% | 2.83 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1469 | 91% | 3.02 | 1.7× |
| 70° off-grid best | 1346 | 83% | 3.05 | 1.6× |
| 90° | 1016 | 63% | 2.91 | 1.9× |
A fixed array in Batken produces the most over a year at 33°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 70° it makes 3.05 kWh per kWp a day, 19% more than at 33°, and costs 17% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Batken at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 33° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 33° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 1.95 | 3.34 | 3.08 | 2.67 | -5.8 °C |
| February snow | 2.73 | 3.89 | 3.56 | 3.33 | -3.9 °C |
| March | 4.03 | 4.22 | 3.78 | 4.25 | 2.3 °C |
| April | 5.45 | 4.40 | 3.86 | 5.01 | 7.7 °C |
| May | 6.46 | 4.10 | 3.52 | 5.28 | 12.5 °C |
| June | 7.14 | 3.93 | 3.31 | 5.42 | 17.1 °C |
| July | 7.34 | 4.19 | 3.50 | 5.61 | 19.7 °C |
| August | 6.81 | 4.88 | 4.10 | 5.76 | 18.8 °C |
| September | 5.60 | 5.61 | 4.80 | 5.63 | 13.9 °C |
| October | 3.70 | 4.93 | 4.34 | 4.40 | 7.4 °C |
| November | 2.32 | 3.75 | 3.37 | 3.12 | 1.2 °C |
| December snow | 1.75 | 3.33 | 3.05 | 2.57 | -4.1 °C |
| Year | 4.62 avg | 4.22 avg | 1346 kWh | 1616 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through December on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 460 Wp at 33°. The steep array is 16% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Batken
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.
5.0 mrow pitch at 70°
4.2 mrow pitch at 33°
How Batken compares in Kyrgyzstan
Against the other 30 places in Kyrgyzstan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
6thof 31 places in Kyrgyzstan for sunshine, shared: 4.62 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Kyrgyzstan: 1,616 against 1,608 kWh per kWp.
−19 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Bishkek: 15 h 01 min against 15 h 21 min.
33°best year-round tilt here; across Kyrgyzstan it runs from 32° in Razzakov to 38° in Balykchy.
Of the 31 places in Kyrgyzstan, Nookat and 2 other places get the most sun (4.66 peak sun hours a day) and Kyzyl-Suu the least (4.11); Batken ranks joint 6th. In its darkest month, December, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.05 kWh a day here, against 3.27 kWh on average in Kyrgyzstan. The shortest day lasts 9 h 19 min, +18 min compared with Bishkek.
Solar forecast for Batken, 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.