Kermanshah Province · Iran · 34.11° N · 46.53° E
Solar position in Eslāmābād-e Gharb
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Eslāmābād-e Gharb — computed for 34.11° N, 46.53° E, 1335 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Eslāmābād-e Gharb today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:12 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:41 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:10 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:36 | 104° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:10 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:07 | 44.1° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:05 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:04 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:34 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:03 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 03 min | |
Sun path diagram for Eslāmābād-e Gharb
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 79.3° at solar noon in Eslāmābād-e Gharb; on the December solstice only 32.5°. Sunrise swings from 61° ENE in June to 118° ESE in December — a 57° 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 | 07:27 | 12:35 | 17:43 | 10 h 16 min | 36.0° |
| February | 07:02 | 12:37 | 18:12 | 11 h 10 min | 45.4° |
| March | 06:26 | 12:31 | 18:36 | 12 h 10 min | 56.2° |
| April | 05:45 | 12:22 | 18:59 | 13 h 14 min | 67.8° |
| May | 05:18 | 12:20 | 19:22 | 14 h 04 min | 76.1° |
| June | 05:12 | 12:25 | 19:38 | 14 h 26 min | 79.3° |
| July | 05:27 | 12:30 | 19:33 | 14 h 06 min | 76.3° |
| August | 05:49 | 12:26 | 19:04 | 13 h 15 min | 67.9° |
| September | 06:11 | 12:16 | 18:22 | 12 h 11 min | 56.5° |
| October | 06:33 | 12:08 | 17:42 | 11 h 09 min | 45.2° |
| November | 07:02 | 12:09 | 17:17 | 10 h 15 min | 36.0° |
| December | 07:25 | 12:21 | 17:18 | 9 h 53 min | 32.5° |
A year of daylight in Eslāmābād-e Gharb
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 Eslāmābād-e Gharb
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
29°collects the most energy over a year: 1792 kWh per kWp.
57°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° | 1596 | 89% | 2.15 | 3.1× |
| 15° | 1745 | 97% | 2.94 | 2.2× |
| 29° year-round best | 1792 | 100% | 3.50 | 1.7× |
| 30° | 1791 | 100% | 3.53 | 1.7× |
| 34° = latitude | 1786 | 100% | 3.66 | 1.6× |
| 45° | 1733 | 97% | 3.91 | 1.4× |
| 57° off-grid best | 1614 | 90% | 4.03 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1575 | 88% | 4.03 | 1.3× |
| 70° | 1419 | 79% | 3.98 | 1.5× |
| 90° | 1020 | 57% | 3.53 | 2.6× |
A fixed array in Eslāmābād-e Gharb produces the most over a year at 29°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 57° it makes 4.03 kWh per kWp a day, 15% more than at 29°, and costs 10% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Eslāmābād-e Gharb at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 29° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 29° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.76 | 4.31 | 3.87 | 3.55 | 2.0 °C |
| February | 3.69 | 4.67 | 4.16 | 4.23 | 3.7 °C |
| March | 4.92 | 4.86 | 4.26 | 4.97 | 8.2 °C |
| April | 5.90 | 4.27 | 3.66 | 5.14 | 13.2 °C |
| May | 7.13 | 3.93 | 3.28 | 5.53 | 19.3 °C |
| June | 8.38 | 3.81 | 3.10 | 5.97 | 25.5 °C |
| July | 7.86 | 3.94 | 3.16 | 5.68 | 29.1 °C |
| August | 7.28 | 4.60 | 3.71 | 5.71 | 28.7 °C |
| September | 6.30 | 5.56 | 4.57 | 5.72 | 24.1 °C |
| October | 4.53 | 5.39 | 4.55 | 4.80 | 17.9 °C |
| November | 3.25 | 5.03 | 4.40 | 4.07 | 8.9 °C |
| December | 2.60 | 4.46 | 3.98 | 3.50 | 4.1 °C |
| Year | 5.39 avg | 4.57 avg | 1419 kWh | 1792 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 380 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 340 Wp at 29°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Eslāmābād-e Gharb
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.
4.0 mrow pitch at 70°
3.5 mrow pitch at 29°
How Eslāmābād-e Gharb compares in Iran
Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
205thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.39 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,792 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.
−9 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 26 min against 14 h 35 min.
29°best year-round tilt here; across Iran it runs from 24° in Kīsh to 33° in Khūy.
Of the 423 places in Iran, Jālq gets the most sun (6.10 peak sun hours a day) and Bandar-e Anzalī the least (3.92); Eslāmābād-e Gharb ranks joint 205th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.10 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 9 h 53 min, +8 min compared with Tehran.
Solar forecast for Eslāmābād-e Gharb, 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.