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Solar position in Cox’s Bāzār

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Cox’s Bāzār — computed for 21.44° N, 92.01° E, 2 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:51102° ESE
Sunset today17:20258° WSW
Best panel angle26°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle0°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation56.8°
At solar noon, 11:36Open on the sun map

Sun in Cox’s Bāzār today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+6

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:36sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:0212° below
Civil dawn05:286° below
Sunrise05:51102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:21sun 6° up
Solar noon11:3656.8° high
Golden hour starts16:50sun 6° up
Sunset17:20258° WSW
Civil dusk17:436° below
Nautical dusk18:0912° below
Astronomical dusk18:3518° below
Day length11 h 30 min

Sun path diagram for Cox’s Bāzār

Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.

15°30°45°60°75°N30°60°E120°150°S210°240°W300°330°June solstice6789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice7891011121314151617Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 88.0° at solar noon in Cox’s Bāzār; on the December solstice only 45.1°. Sunrise swings from 64° ENE in June to 115° ESE in December — a 51° 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:3212:0317:3411 h 02 min48.7°
February06:1812:0517:5211 h 34 min58.0°
March05:5511:5918:0312 h 08 min68.8°
April05:2811:5018:1312 h 45 min80.4°
May05:1111:4818:2513 h 14 min88.8°
June05:1011:5318:3613 h 26 min88.0°
July05:2011:5818:3513 h 15 min89.0°
August05:3211:5518:1712 h 46 min80.7°
September05:4011:4517:4912 h 09 min69.3°
October05:4911:3617:2311 h 33 min57.9°
November06:0611:3717:0811 h 02 min48.7°
December06:2511:4917:1410 h 50 min45.1°

A year of daylight in Cox’s Bāzār

Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.

00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:0000:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best solar panel angle in Cox’s Bāzār

Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.

26°collects the most energy over a year: 1520 kWh per kWp.

0°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 26°Best worst-month 0°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJuly kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0° off-grid best139892%3.121.5×
15°149999%3.031.6×
21° = latitude1516100%2.951.7×
26° year-round best1520100%2.871.8×
30°1516100%2.791.9×
45°145095%2.442.2×
60°130586%1.982.6×
70°116977%1.653.0×
90°84255%1.113.6×

A fixed array in Cox’s Bāzār produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 0° it makes 3.12 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 26°, and costs 8% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Cox’s Bāzār at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).

0123456January: 4.90 (70°)4.9JanFebruary: 4.57 (70°)4.6FebMarch: 3.72 (70°)3.7MarApril: 2.81 (70°)2.8AprMay: 2.09 (70°)2.1MayJune: 1.63 (70°)1.6JunJuly: 1.65 (70°)1.6JulAugust: 2.01 (70°)2.0AugSeptember: 2.50 (70°)2.5SepOctober: 3.31 (70°)3.3OctNovember: 4.53 (70°)4.5NovDecember: 4.81 (70°)4.8Dec26°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 26°Mean temp.
January4.645.854.904.9519.6 °C
February5.395.514.575.2122.1 °C
March5.894.553.725.0425.6 °C
April6.073.482.814.6627.8 °C
May5.492.632.093.9628.3 °C
June4.222.061.633.0027.9 °C
July3.982.081.652.8727.3 °C
August4.322.512.013.2327.2 °C
September4.513.102.503.6027.2 °C
October4.594.073.314.0826.6 °C
November4.645.504.534.7423.9 °C
December4.325.764.814.7120.7 °C
Year4.83 avg3.92 avg1169 kWh1520 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 730 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 410 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Cox’s Bāzār

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.

2.8 mrow pitch at 70°

2.8 mrow pitch at 26°

Row spacing calculator

How Cox’s Bāzār compares in Bangladesh

Against the other 132 places in Bangladesh with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

14thof 133 places in Bangladesh for sunshine, shared: 4.83 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Bangladesh: 1,520 against 1,428 kWh per kWp.

−10 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Dhaka: 13 h 26 min against 13 h 36 min.

26°best year-round tilt here; across Bangladesh it runs from 23° in Taluker Char Doani to 28° in Sylhet.

Of the 133 places in Bangladesh, Hāthazāri and one other place get the most sun (4.91 peak sun hours a day) and Panchagarh the least (4.36); Cox’s Bāzār ranks joint 14th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.63 kWh a day here, against 1.76 kWh on average in Bangladesh. The shortest day lasts 10 h 50 min, +9 min compared with Dhaka.

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Solar forecast for Cox’s Bāzār, 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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Questions about the sun in Cox’s Bāzār

What is the best solar panel angle in Cox’s Bāzār?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Cox’s Bāzār is 26°, worth about 1520 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through July does better at about 0°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Cox’s Bāzār today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:51 and sets at 17:20 local time (UTC+6), giving 11 h 30 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:36.
How many peak sun hours does Cox’s Bāzār get?
On a flat surface 4.8 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.0 in July to 6.1 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 2.1 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Cox’s Bāzār?
At solar noon the sun stands 88.0° above the horizon on the June solstice and 45.1° on the December solstice.
Is Cox’s Bāzār a good place for solar panels?
With 4.8 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Cox’s Bāzār ranks joint 14th of 133 places in Bangladesh for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (26°) makes about 1,520 kWh a year here, 6% more than the average place in Bangladesh.

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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.