North Lebanon · Lebanon · 34.25° N · 36.01° E
Solar position in Bsharri
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bsharri — computed for 34.25° N, 36.01° E, 1442 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bsharri today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:24 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:53 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:23 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:48 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:19 | 43.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:16 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:51 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:16 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:46 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:15 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 03 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bsharri
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 79.2° at solar noon in Bsharri; on the December solstice only 32.3°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 58° 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 | 06:39 | 11:47 | 16:54 | 10 h 15 min | 35.9° |
| February | 06:14 | 11:49 | 17:24 | 11 h 10 min | 45.3° |
| March | 05:38 | 11:43 | 17:48 | 12 h 10 min | 56.1° |
| April | 05:57 | 12:34 | 19:12 | 13 h 14 min | 67.7° |
| May | 05:30 | 12:32 | 19:35 | 14 h 05 min | 76.0° |
| June | 05:24 | 12:37 | 19:51 | 14 h 27 min | 79.2° |
| July | 05:39 | 12:42 | 19:45 | 14 h 06 min | 76.2° |
| August | 06:01 | 12:39 | 19:16 | 13 h 15 min | 67.8° |
| September | 06:23 | 12:28 | 18:34 | 12 h 11 min | 56.4° |
| October | 06:46 | 12:20 | 17:54 | 11 h 09 min | 45.0° |
| November | 06:14 | 11:21 | 16:28 | 10 h 14 min | 35.8° |
| December | 06:37 | 11:33 | 16:29 | 9 h 52 min | 32.3° |
A year of daylight in Bsharri
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 Bsharri
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
27°collects the most energy over a year: 1722 kWh per kWp.
56°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° | 1559 | 91% | 1.91 | 3.4× |
| 15° | 1689 | 98% | 2.53 | 2.5× |
| 27° year-round best | 1722 | 100% | 2.92 | 2.0× |
| 30° | 1721 | 100% | 3.00 | 1.9× |
| 34° = latitude | 1712 | 99% | 3.09 | 1.8× |
| 45° | 1652 | 96% | 3.28 | 1.6× |
| 56° off-grid best | 1541 | 89% | 3.36 | 1.5× |
| 60° | 1489 | 86% | 3.36 | 1.5× |
| 70° | 1334 | 77% | 3.30 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 944 | 55% | 2.92 | 2.5× |
A fixed array in Bsharri produces the most over a year at 27°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 56° it makes 3.36 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 27°, and costs 11% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bsharri at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 27° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 27° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.51 | 3.71 | 3.24 | 2.98 | 9.1 °C |
| February | 3.37 | 4.09 | 3.56 | 3.63 | 10.0 °C |
| March | 4.85 | 4.73 | 4.08 | 4.75 | 12.6 °C |
| April | 6.13 | 4.44 | 3.77 | 5.31 | 15.8 °C |
| May | 7.29 | 4.02 | 3.34 | 5.70 | 20.1 °C |
| June | 8.14 | 3.69 | 3.02 | 5.92 | 23.9 °C |
| July | 7.95 | 3.84 | 3.11 | 5.84 | 26.3 °C |
| August | 7.20 | 4.52 | 3.68 | 5.75 | 26.6 °C |
| September | 6.05 | 5.36 | 4.40 | 5.50 | 24.5 °C |
| October | 4.43 | 5.26 | 4.38 | 4.59 | 20.9 °C |
| November | 3.14 | 4.67 | 3.99 | 3.68 | 15.3 °C |
| December | 2.37 | 3.81 | 3.30 | 2.92 | 11.1 °C |
| Year | 5.30 avg | 4.34 avg | 1334 kWh | 1722 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 390 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 400 Wp at 27°. The steep array is 3% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bsharri
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.
4.1 mrow pitch at 70°
3.4 mrow pitch at 27°
How Bsharri compares in Lebanon
Against the other 16 places in Lebanon with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
12thof 17 places in Lebanon for sunshine, shared: 5.30 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Lebanon: 1,722 against 1,738 kWh per kWp.
+2 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Beirut: 14 h 27 min against 14 h 25 min.
27°best year-round tilt here, the same everywhere in Lebanon.
Of the 17 places in Lebanon, En Nâqoûra gets the most sun (5.39 peak sun hours a day) and Tripoli the least (5.24); Bsharri ranks joint 12th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.02 kWh a day here, against 3.00 kWh on average in Lebanon. The shortest day lasts 9 h 52 min, −2 min compared with Beirut.
Solar forecast for Bsharri, 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.