Bas-Sassandra District · Ivory Coast · 5.56° N · 6.02° W
Solar position in Dagbao I
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Dagbao I — computed for 5.56° N, 6.02° W, 164 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Dagbao I today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:59 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:23 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 05:48 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:09 | 102° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:37 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:08 | 72.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:38 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:06 | 258° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:28 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:52 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:17 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 57 min | |
Sun path diagram for Dagbao I
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 72.1° at solar noon in Dagbao I; on the December solstice only 61.0°. Sunrise swings from 66° 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 | 06:39 | 12:35 | 18:30 | 11 h 51 min | 64.6° |
| February | 06:38 | 12:37 | 18:36 | 11 h 59 min | 74.0° |
| March | 06:27 | 12:31 | 18:34 | 12 h 07 min | 84.8° |
| April | 06:14 | 12:22 | 18:30 | 12 h 16 min | 83.6° |
| May | 06:08 | 12:20 | 18:32 | 12 h 24 min | 75.3° |
| June | 06:12 | 12:25 | 18:39 | 12 h 27 min | 72.1° |
| July | 06:18 | 12:30 | 18:42 | 12 h 24 min | 75.2° |
| August | 06:19 | 12:27 | 18:35 | 12 h 16 min | 83.6° |
| September | 06:13 | 12:17 | 18:20 | 12 h 07 min | 85.0° |
| October | 06:09 | 12:08 | 18:07 | 11 h 58 min | 73.6° |
| November | 06:14 | 12:09 | 18:05 | 11 h 51 min | 64.5° |
| December | 06:28 | 12:22 | 18:16 | 11 h 48 min | 61.0° |
A year of daylight in Dagbao I
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 Dagbao I
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
6°collects the most energy over a year: 1316 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 | August kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° off-grid best | 1309 | 100% | 3.12 | 1.3× |
| 6° year-round best = latitude | 1316 | 100% | 3.07 | 1.3× |
| 15° | 1305 | 99% | 2.95 | 1.4× |
| 30° | 1234 | 94% | 2.65 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1101 | 84% | 2.22 | 2.0× |
| 60° | 917 | 70% | 1.70 | 2.6× |
| 70° | 780 | 59% | 1.33 | 2.9× |
| 90° | 545 | 41% | 0.99 | 2.4× |
A fixed array in Dagbao I produces the most over a year at 6°. The design month for an off-grid system is August: at 0° it makes 3.12 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 6°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Dagbao I at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 6° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 6° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.76 | 4.00 | 3.26 | 3.90 | 26.3 °C |
| February | 4.70 | 3.38 | 2.74 | 3.79 | 26.9 °C |
| March | 5.07 | 2.95 | 2.39 | 4.04 | 26.7 °C |
| April | 5.18 | 2.24 | 1.79 | 4.06 | 26.4 °C |
| May | 4.73 | 1.67 | 1.32 | 3.66 | 26.0 °C |
| June | 4.01 | 1.44 | 1.13 | 3.09 | 25.0 °C |
| July | 4.01 | 1.46 | 1.15 | 3.11 | 24.2 °C |
| August | 3.91 | 1.68 | 1.33 | 3.07 | 24.2 °C |
| September | 4.20 | 2.25 | 1.81 | 3.34 | 24.7 °C |
| October | 4.48 | 2.99 | 2.43 | 3.62 | 25.4 °C |
| November | 4.65 | 3.77 | 3.08 | 3.81 | 25.9 °C |
| December | 4.56 | 4.01 | 3.27 | 3.76 | 26.1 °C |
| Year | 4.52 avg | 2.65 avg | 780 kWh | 1316 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 1,040 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 380 Wp at 6°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Dagbao I
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.
1.9 mrow pitch at 70°
2.1 mrow pitch at 6°
How Dagbao I compares in Ivory Coast
Against the other 181 places in Ivory Coast with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
181stof 182 places in Ivory Coast for sunshine: 4.52 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−5%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ivory Coast: 1,316 against 1,384 kWh per kWp.
+1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Abidjan: 12 h 27 min against 12 h 26 min.
6°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); Dagbao I ranks 181st. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.13 kWh a day here, against 1.19 kWh on average in Ivory Coast. The shortest day lasts 11 h 48 min, −1 min compared with Abidjan.
Solar forecast for Dagbao I, 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.