Taiwan · Taiwan · 24.21° N · 120.57° E
Solar position in Buzi
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Buzi — computed for 24.21° N, 120.57° E, 63 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Buzi today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+8
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:43 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:10 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:36 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:00 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:31 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 11:41 | 53.7° high |
| Golden hour starts | 16:52 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:23 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 17:46 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:13 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:39 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 23 min | |
Sun path diagram for Buzi
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 89.2° at solar noon in Buzi; on the December solstice only 42.4°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 52° 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 | 06:42 | 12:09 | 17:35 | 10 h 53 min | 45.9° |
| February | 06:27 | 12:11 | 17:55 | 11 h 29 min | 55.2° |
| March | 06:01 | 12:05 | 18:09 | 12 h 08 min | 66.0° |
| April | 05:31 | 11:56 | 18:21 | 12 h 51 min | 77.6° |
| May | 05:12 | 11:54 | 18:36 | 13 h 24 min | 86.0° |
| June | 05:10 | 11:59 | 18:48 | 13 h 38 min | 89.2° |
| July | 05:21 | 12:04 | 18:46 | 13 h 25 min | 86.3° |
| August | 05:34 | 12:00 | 18:26 | 12 h 52 min | 77.9° |
| September | 05:45 | 11:50 | 17:55 | 12 h 10 min | 66.5° |
| October | 05:58 | 11:42 | 17:26 | 11 h 28 min | 55.1° |
| November | 06:16 | 11:43 | 17:09 | 10 h 53 min | 45.9° |
| December | 06:36 | 11:55 | 17:14 | 10 h 38 min | 42.4° |
A year of daylight in Buzi
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 Buzi
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
19°collects the most energy over a year: 1267 kWh per kWp.
40°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° | 1215 | 96% | 2.24 | 2.1× |
| 15° | 1265 | 100% | 2.64 | 1.7× |
| 19° year-round best | 1267 | 100% | 2.73 | 1.6× |
| 24° = latitude | 1263 | 100% | 2.82 | 1.5× |
| 30° | 1248 | 99% | 2.90 | 1.4× |
| 40° off-grid best | 1201 | 95% | 2.98 | 1.3× |
| 45° | 1167 | 92% | 2.99 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1026 | 81% | 2.92 | 1.4× |
| 70° | 905 | 71% | 2.78 | 1.7× |
| 90° | 634 | 50% | 2.30 | 2.1× |
A fixed array in Buzi produces the most over a year at 19°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 40° it makes 2.98 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 19°, and costs 5% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Buzi at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 19° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 19° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.87 | 3.20 | 2.70 | 2.75 | 16.6 °C |
| February | 3.19 | 3.01 | 2.53 | 2.90 | 17.2 °C |
| March | 3.67 | 2.86 | 2.38 | 3.14 | 19.2 °C |
| April | 4.16 | 2.65 | 2.17 | 3.35 | 22.3 °C |
| May | 4.73 | 2.49 | 2.01 | 3.64 | 24.9 °C |
| June | 5.19 | 2.38 | 1.90 | 3.88 | 26.6 °C |
| July | 5.85 | 2.60 | 2.08 | 4.37 | 27.7 °C |
| August | 5.27 | 2.94 | 2.36 | 4.10 | 27.7 °C |
| September | 4.82 | 3.46 | 2.80 | 3.98 | 26.8 °C |
| October | 4.26 | 3.85 | 3.16 | 3.76 | 24.5 °C |
| November | 3.24 | 3.49 | 2.89 | 3.02 | 22.1 °C |
| December | 2.80 | 3.31 | 2.78 | 2.73 | 18.5 °C |
| Year | 4.18 avg | 3.02 avg | 905 kWh | 1267 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 620 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 430 Wp at 19°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Buzi
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.
3.0 mrow pitch at 70°
2.7 mrow pitch at 19°
How Buzi compares in Taiwan
Against the other 66 places in Taiwan with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
36thof 67 places in Taiwan for sunshine, shared: 4.18 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+1%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Taiwan: 1,267 against 1,256 kWh per kWp.
−4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Taipei: 13 h 38 min against 13 h 42 min.
19°best year-round tilt here; across Taiwan it runs from 17° in Keelung to 21° in Chiayi City.
Of the 67 places in Taiwan, Donggang and one other place get the most sun (4.59 peak sun hours a day) and Sanzhi the least (3.74); Buzi ranks joint 36th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.90 kWh a day here, against 1.85 kWh on average in Taiwan. The shortest day lasts 10 h 38 min, +4 min compared with Taipei.
Solar forecast for Buzi, 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.