South Sinai · Egypt · 28.24° N · 33.62° E
Solar position in El-Tor
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for El-Tor — computed for 28.24° N, 33.62° E, 14 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in El-Tor today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:32 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:59 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:27 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:51 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:23 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:29 | 50.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:35 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:07 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:31 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:59 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:26 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 16 min | |
Sun path diagram for El-Tor
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 85.2° at solar noon in El-Tor; on the December solstice only 38.3°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° ESE in December — a 54° 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 | 06:37 | 11:56 | 17:16 | 10 h 39 min | 41.9° |
| February | 06:18 | 11:59 | 17:40 | 11 h 22 min | 51.3° |
| March | 05:48 | 11:52 | 17:57 | 12 h 09 min | 62.1° |
| April | 05:14 | 11:44 | 18:14 | 13 h 00 min | 73.7° |
| May | 05:52 | 12:42 | 19:32 | 13 h 40 min | 82.0° |
| June | 05:49 | 12:47 | 19:45 | 13 h 56 min | 85.2° |
| July | 06:01 | 12:51 | 19:42 | 13 h 41 min | 82.2° |
| August | 06:18 | 12:48 | 19:18 | 13 h 00 min | 73.8° |
| September | 06:33 | 12:38 | 18:43 | 12 h 10 min | 62.4° |
| October | 06:49 | 12:29 | 18:10 | 11 h 21 min | 51.0° |
| November | 06:12 | 11:31 | 16:50 | 10 h 38 min | 41.8° |
| December | 06:33 | 11:43 | 16:53 | 10 h 21 min | 38.3° |
A year of daylight in El-Tor
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 El-Tor
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: 1999 kWh per kWp.
37°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° | 1820 | 91% | 3.10 | 2.1× |
| 15° | 1967 | 98% | 4.09 | 1.5× |
| 26° year-round best | 1999 | 100% | 4.65 | 1.3× |
| 28° = latitude | 1998 | 100% | 4.73 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 1994 | 100% | 4.81 | 1.2× |
| 37° off-grid best | 1966 | 98% | 5.05 | 1.2× |
| 45° | 1903 | 95% | 5.23 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1700 | 85% | 5.31 | 1.6× |
| 70° | 1511 | 76% | 5.18 | 2.1× |
| 90° | 1047 | 52% | 4.48 | 4.3× |
A fixed array in El-Tor produces the most over a year at 26°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 37° it makes 5.05 kWh per kWp a day, 9% more than at 26°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in El-Tor at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 26° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 26° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.13 | 6.13 | 5.24 | 4.86 | 14.1 °C |
| February | 5.08 | 5.97 | 5.08 | 5.33 | 15.7 °C |
| March | 6.31 | 5.67 | 4.76 | 5.89 | 18.6 °C |
| April | 7.23 | 4.59 | 3.81 | 5.92 | 22.1 °C |
| May | 7.82 | 3.66 | 2.97 | 5.78 | 26.0 °C |
| June | 8.33 | 3.13 | 2.51 | 5.76 | 28.5 °C |
| July | 8.11 | 3.27 | 2.60 | 5.68 | 29.8 °C |
| August | 7.58 | 4.08 | 3.27 | 5.75 | 29.9 °C |
| September | 6.70 | 5.23 | 4.24 | 5.75 | 28.0 °C |
| October | 5.48 | 5.91 | 4.84 | 5.36 | 24.9 °C |
| November | 4.45 | 6.28 | 5.24 | 5.00 | 20.2 °C |
| December | 3.86 | 6.10 | 5.18 | 4.65 | 16.0 °C |
| Year | 6.26 avg | 5.00 avg | 1511 kWh | 1999 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 470 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 250 Wp at 26°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in El-Tor
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.
3.4 mrow pitch at 70°
3.0 mrow pitch at 26°
How El-Tor compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
54thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 6.26 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+6%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 1,999 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 13 h 56 min against 14 h 05 min.
26°best year-round tilt here; across Egypt it runs from 20° in Hala'ib to 26° in Cairo.
Of the 236 places in Egypt, Aswān gets the most sun (6.52 peak sun hours a day) and ‘Izbat al Burj the least (5.35); El-Tor ranks joint 54th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.51 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 21 min, +8 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for El-Tor, 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.