Qena · Egypt · 25.29° N · 32.55° E
Solar position in Esna
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Esna — computed for 25.29° N, 32.55° E, 86 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Esna today
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:35 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 06:02 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:29 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:52 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:24 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:33 | 52.9° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:43 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 18:14 | 257° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:38 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 19:05 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:31 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 22 min | |
Sun path diagram for Esna
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 88.1° at solar noon in Esna; on the December solstice only 41.3°. Sunrise swings from 63° ENE in June to 116° 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 | 06:36 | 12:01 | 17:25 | 10 h 49 min | 44.9° |
| February | 06:19 | 12:03 | 17:47 | 11 h 27 min | 54.2° |
| March | 05:52 | 11:57 | 18:01 | 12 h 08 min | 65.0° |
| April | 05:22 | 11:48 | 18:15 | 12 h 53 min | 76.6° |
| May | 06:02 | 12:46 | 19:30 | 13 h 28 min | 84.9° |
| June | 06:00 | 12:51 | 19:43 | 13 h 43 min | 88.1° |
| July | 06:11 | 12:56 | 19:40 | 13 h 29 min | 85.1° |
| August | 06:25 | 12:52 | 19:19 | 12 h 54 min | 76.7° |
| September | 06:37 | 12:42 | 18:47 | 12 h 10 min | 65.3° |
| October | 06:51 | 12:34 | 18:17 | 11 h 26 min | 54.0° |
| November | 06:11 | 11:35 | 17:00 | 10 h 49 min | 44.8° |
| December | 06:30 | 11:47 | 17:04 | 10 h 34 min | 41.3° |
A year of daylight in Esna
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 Esna
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
24°collects the most energy over a year: 2015 kWh per kWp.
31°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° | 1864 | 93% | 3.51 | 1.8× |
| 15° | 1995 | 99% | 4.50 | 1.3× |
| 24° year-round best | 2015 | 100% | 4.95 | 1.2× |
| 25° = latitude | 2015 | 100% | 4.99 | 1.2× |
| 30° | 2005 | 99% | 5.19 | 1.2× |
| 31° off-grid best | 2001 | 99% | 5.23 | 1.1× |
| 45° | 1897 | 94% | 5.56 | 1.3× |
| 60° | 1679 | 83% | 5.58 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1482 | 74% | 5.40 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 1016 | 50% | 4.59 | 4.5× |
A fixed array in Esna produces the most over a year at 24°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 31° it makes 5.23 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 24°, and costs 1% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Esna at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 24° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 24° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.60 | 6.35 | 5.44 | 5.16 | 13.4 °C |
| February | 5.52 | 6.08 | 5.17 | 5.57 | 16.1 °C |
| March | 6.61 | 5.56 | 4.65 | 5.96 | 20.3 °C |
| April | 7.45 | 4.44 | 3.63 | 5.94 | 25.0 °C |
| May | 7.86 | 3.44 | 2.75 | 5.70 | 29.4 °C |
| June | 8.17 | 2.92 | 2.30 | 5.60 | 32.0 °C |
| July | 7.96 | 3.04 | 2.39 | 5.53 | 32.6 °C |
| August | 7.50 | 3.82 | 3.03 | 5.59 | 32.6 °C |
| September | 6.83 | 4.99 | 4.00 | 5.67 | 30.2 °C |
| October | 5.75 | 5.77 | 4.70 | 5.38 | 26.5 °C |
| November | 4.85 | 6.38 | 5.33 | 5.20 | 20.1 °C |
| December | 4.32 | 6.35 | 5.40 | 4.95 | 15.2 °C |
| Year | 6.45 avg | 4.92 avg | 1482 kWh | 2015 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 510 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 240 Wp at 24°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Esna
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.
3.1 mrow pitch at 70°
2.9 mrow pitch at 24°
How Esna compares in Egypt
Against the other 235 places in Egypt with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
9thof 236 places in Egypt for sunshine, shared: 6.46 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Egypt: 2,015 against 1,878 kWh per kWp.
−22 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Cairo: 13 h 43 min against 14 h 05 min.
24°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); Esna ranks joint 9th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.30 kWh a day here, against 2.63 kWh on average in Egypt. The shortest day lasts 10 h 34 min, +21 min compared with Cairo.
Solar forecast for Esna, 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.