Middle Juba · Somalia · 1.08° N · 42.58° E
Solar position in Bu’aale
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Bu’aale — computed for 1.08° N, 42.58° E, 44 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Bu’aale today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:41 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:05 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:30 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 05:51 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:19 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:53 | 77.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:28 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:56 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:17 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:41 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:06 | 18° below |
| Day length | 12 h 05 min | |
Sun path diagram for Bu’aale
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 67.7° at solar noon in Bu’aale; on the December solstice only 65.5°. Sunrise swings from 67° ENE in June to 113° 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 | 06:18 | 12:20 | 18:22 | 12 h 04 min | 69.1° |
| February | 06:20 | 12:23 | 18:25 | 12 h 05 min | 78.4° |
| March | 06:13 | 12:16 | 18:20 | 12 h 07 min | 89.2° |
| April | 06:04 | 12:08 | 18:12 | 12 h 09 min | 79.2° |
| May | 06:01 | 12:06 | 18:11 | 12 h 10 min | 70.9° |
| June | 06:05 | 12:11 | 18:17 | 12 h 11 min | 67.7° |
| July | 06:10 | 12:16 | 18:21 | 12 h 10 min | 70.7° |
| August | 06:08 | 12:12 | 18:17 | 12 h 09 min | 79.0° |
| September | 05:59 | 12:02 | 18:06 | 12 h 07 min | 89.5° |
| October | 05:51 | 11:54 | 17:56 | 12 h 05 min | 78.2° |
| November | 05:53 | 11:55 | 17:57 | 12 h 04 min | 69.0° |
| December | 06:05 | 12:07 | 18:09 | 12 h 04 min | 65.5° |
A year of daylight in Bu’aale
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 Bu’aale
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
4°collects the most energy over a year: 1673 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 | 1669 | 100% | 3.74 | 1.5× |
| 1° = latitude | 1671 | 100% | 3.72 | 1.5× |
| 4° year-round best | 1673 | 100% | 3.65 | 1.5× |
| 15° | 1648 | 98% | 3.33 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1533 | 92% | 2.75 | 2.2× |
| 45° | 1334 | 80% | 2.03 | 2.9× |
| 60° | 1071 | 64% | 1.31 | 4.2× |
| 70° | 892 | 53% | 1.08 | 4.6× |
| 90° | 585 | 35% | 0.97 | 3.3× |
A fixed array in Bu’aale produces the most over a year at 4°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.74 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 4°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Bu’aale at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 4° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 4° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.69 | 5.67 | 4.57 | 5.39 | 29.4 °C |
| February | 6.95 | 4.65 | 3.74 | 5.52 | 30.3 °C |
| March | 6.82 | 3.25 | 2.58 | 5.33 | 30.9 °C |
| April | 5.88 | 1.83 | 1.43 | 4.56 | 29.1 °C |
| May | 5.46 | 1.29 | 1.00 | 4.21 | 27.6 °C |
| June | 4.86 | 1.34 | 1.04 | 3.74 | 26.9 °C |
| July | 4.72 | 1.38 | 1.08 | 3.65 | 26.7 °C |
| August | 5.18 | 1.58 | 1.24 | 4.04 | 27.1 °C |
| September | 5.72 | 2.46 | 1.96 | 4.50 | 28.2 °C |
| October | 5.59 | 3.39 | 2.73 | 4.45 | 28.6 °C |
| November | 5.70 | 4.38 | 3.55 | 4.60 | 27.9 °C |
| December | 6.25 | 5.52 | 4.47 | 5.07 | 28.5 °C |
| Year | 5.81 avg | 3.05 avg | 892 kWh | 1673 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through May on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 1,190 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 320 Wp at 4°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Bu’aale
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.
1.7 mrow pitch at 70°
2.1 mrow pitch at 4°
How Bu’aale compares in Somalia
Against the other 41 places in Somalia with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
42ndof 42 places in Somalia for sunshine: 5.81 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−8%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Somalia: 1,673 against 1,818 kWh per kWp.
−3 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mogadishu: 12 h 11 min against 12 h 14 min.
4°best year-round tilt here; across Somalia it runs from 0° in Kismayo to 12° in El Dibir.
Bu’aale gets the least sun of the 42 places in Somalia (5.81 peak sun hours a day); the sunniest is Burao with 6.74. In its darkest month, May, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.00 kWh a day here, against 1.13 kWh on average in Somalia. The shortest day lasts 12 h 04 min, +3 min compared with Mogadishu.
Solar forecast for Bu’aale, 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.