Woroba · Ivory Coast · 8.49° N · 7.18° W
Solar position in Borotou-Koro
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Borotou-Koro — computed for 8.49° N, 7.18° W, 291 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Borotou-Koro today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:05 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:30 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:55 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:16 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:44 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:12 | 69.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:40 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:09 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:30 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:55 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:19 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 52 min | |
Sun path diagram for Borotou-Koro
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 75.1° at solar noon in Borotou-Koro; on the December solstice only 58.1°. Sunrise swings from 66° ENE in June to 114° ESE in December — a 47° 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 | 06:48 | 12:40 | 18:31 | 11 h 43 min | 61.7° |
| February | 06:45 | 12:42 | 18:39 | 11 h 54 min | 71.1° |
| March | 06:32 | 12:35 | 18:39 | 12 h 07 min | 81.9° |
| April | 06:16 | 12:27 | 18:38 | 12 h 21 min | 86.5° |
| May | 06:09 | 12:25 | 18:41 | 12 h 32 min | 78.2° |
| June | 06:11 | 12:30 | 18:49 | 12 h 37 min | 75.1° |
| July | 06:18 | 12:35 | 18:51 | 12 h 33 min | 78.1° |
| August | 06:21 | 12:31 | 18:42 | 12 h 21 min | 86.5° |
| September | 06:18 | 12:21 | 18:25 | 12 h 07 min | 82.1° |
| October | 06:16 | 12:13 | 18:10 | 11 h 54 min | 70.7° |
| November | 06:23 | 12:14 | 18:05 | 11 h 42 min | 61.5° |
| December | 06:37 | 12:26 | 18:15 | 11 h 38 min | 58.1° |
A year of daylight in Borotou-Koro
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 Borotou-Koro
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
10°collects the most energy over a year: 1551 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 | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1531 | 99% | 3.81 | 1.2× |
| 8° = latitude | 1550 | 100% | 3.68 | 1.3× |
| 10° year-round best | 1551 | 100% | 3.64 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1546 | 100% | 3.53 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1479 | 95% | 3.06 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1334 | 86% | 2.45 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 1122 | 72% | 1.76 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 956 | 62% | 1.34 | 3.2× |
| 90° | 661 | 43% | 1.11 | 2.9× |
A fixed array in Borotou-Koro produces the most over a year at 10°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.81 kWh per kWp a day, 5% more than at 10°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Borotou-Koro at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 10° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 10° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.46 | 5.09 | 4.17 | 4.68 | 25.5 °C |
| February | 5.51 | 4.21 | 3.41 | 4.53 | 27.9 °C |
| March | 5.66 | 3.40 | 2.74 | 4.51 | 28.6 °C |
| April | 5.66 | 2.49 | 1.99 | 4.38 | 28.1 °C |
| May | 5.60 | 1.92 | 1.52 | 4.24 | 27.2 °C |
| June | 5.06 | 1.68 | 1.33 | 3.81 | 25.9 °C |
| July | 4.78 | 1.69 | 1.34 | 3.64 | 24.7 °C |
| August | 4.68 | 2.00 | 1.60 | 3.65 | 24.2 °C |
| September | 5.00 | 2.73 | 2.22 | 3.99 | 24.5 °C |
| October | 5.39 | 3.78 | 3.09 | 4.44 | 25.1 °C |
| November | 5.34 | 4.70 | 3.84 | 4.54 | 25.6 °C |
| December | 5.26 | 5.16 | 4.24 | 4.56 | 24.8 °C |
| Year | 5.28 avg | 3.23 avg | 956 kWh | 1551 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 320 Wp at 10°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Borotou-Koro
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.
2.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.2 mrow pitch at 10°
How Borotou-Koro compares in Ivory Coast
Against the other 181 places in Ivory Coast with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
14thof 182 places in Ivory Coast for sunshine: 5.28 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+12%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ivory Coast: 1,550 against 1,384 kWh per kWp.
+11 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Abidjan: 12 h 37 min against 12 h 26 min.
10°best year-round tilt here; across Ivory Coast it runs from 5° in Tabou to 12° in Tengréla.
Of the 182 places in Ivory Coast, Tengréla gets the most sun (5.62 peak sun hours a day) and Gbabam the least (4.51); Borotou-Koro ranks 14th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.33 kWh a day here, against 1.19 kWh on average in Ivory Coast. The shortest day lasts 11 h 38 min, −11 min compared with Abidjan.
Solar forecast for Borotou-Koro, 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.