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Razavi Khorasan · Iran · 36.36° N · 59.66° E

Solar position in Gorjī-ye Soflá

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Gorjī-ye Soflá — computed for 36.36° N, 59.66° E, 957 m above sea level.

Sunrise today05:46104° ESE
Sunset today16:44256° WSW
Best panel angle31°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle61°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation41.9°
At solar noon, 11:15Open on the sun map

Sun in Gorjī-ye Soflá today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC+3:30

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:20sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn04:5012° below
Civil dawn05:206° below
Sunrise05:46104° ESE
Golden hour ends06:21sun 6° up
Solar noon11:1541.9° high
Golden hour starts16:08sun 6° up
Sunset16:44256° WSW
Civil dusk17:106° below
Nautical dusk17:4012° below
Astronomical dusk18:1018° below
Day length10 h 58 min

Sun path diagram for Gorjī-ye Soflá

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 solstice56789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice78910111213141516Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 77.1° at solar noon in Gorjī-ye Soflá; on the December solstice only 30.2°. Sunrise swings from 60° ENE in June to 119° ESE in December — a 59° 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
January06:3911:4216:4510 h 06 min33.8°
February06:1211:4517:1811 h 06 min43.1°
March05:3311:3817:4312 h 10 min53.9°
April04:5011:3018:1013 h 20 min65.6°
May04:2011:2718:3514 h 15 min73.9°
June04:1311:3318:5214 h 39 min77.1°
July04:2911:3718:4514 h 17 min74.1°
August04:5311:3418:1413 h 21 min65.7°
September05:1811:2417:3012 h 12 min54.3°
October05:4311:1516:4711 h 04 min42.9°
November06:1411:1716:1910 h 05 min33.7°
December06:3811:2916:199 h 41 min30.2°

A year of daylight in Gorjī-ye Soflá

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 Gorjī-ye Soflá

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

31°collects the most energy over a year: 1760 kWh per kWp.

61°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 31°Best worst-month 61°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearDecember kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0°154888%1.913.4×
15°170597%2.622.4×
30°1760100%3.171.9×
31° year-round best1760100%3.201.9×
36° = latitude1753100%3.331.8×
45°171297%3.521.6×
60°156689%3.641.5×
61° off-grid best155388%3.641.5×
70°141981%3.601.5×
90°103359%3.222.5×

A fixed array in Gorjī-ye Soflá produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is December: at 61° it makes 3.64 kWh per kWp a day, 14% more than at 31°, and costs 12% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Gorjī-ye Soflá at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).

02468January: 3.81 (70°)3.8JanFebruary: 3.81 (70°)3.8FebMarch: 3.86 (70°)3.9MarApril: 3.66 (70°)3.7AprMay: 3.38 (70°)3.4MayJune: 3.23 (70°)3.2JunJuly: 3.36 (70°)3.4JulAugust: 4.04 (70°)4.0AugSeptember: 4.84 (70°)4.8SepOctober: 4.86 (70°)4.9OctNovember: 4.20 (70°)4.2NovDecember: 3.60 (70°)3.6Dec31°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 31°Mean temp.
January snow2.504.213.813.380.2 °C
February3.264.253.813.852.1 °C
March4.354.393.864.447.2 °C
April5.634.263.664.9812.5 °C
May6.914.033.385.4218.4 °C
June8.063.923.235.8422.8 °C
July7.964.113.365.8524.5 °C
August7.434.894.046.0422.6 °C
September6.205.764.845.9118.4 °C
October4.475.644.865.0312.9 °C
November2.974.744.203.885.9 °C
December2.304.013.603.201.6 °C
Year5.18 avg4.52 avg1419 kWh1760 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 370 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 370 Wp at 31°. The steep array is 1% smaller for the same winter. Size your own system.

Row spacing in Gorjī-ye Soflá

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.

4.4 mrow pitch at 70°

3.7 mrow pitch at 31°

Row spacing calculator

How Gorjī-ye Soflá compares in Iran

Against the other 422 places in Iran with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

259thof 423 places in Iran for sunshine, shared: 5.18 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

±0%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Iran: 1,760 against 1,760 kWh per kWp.

+4 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Tehran: 14 h 39 min against 14 h 35 min.

31°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); Gorjī-ye Soflá ranks joint 259th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 3.23 kWh a day here, against 2.96 kWh on average in Iran. The shortest day lasts 9 h 41 min, −4 min compared with Tehran.

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Solar forecast for Gorjī-ye Soflá, 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 Gorjī-ye Soflá

What is the best solar panel angle in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Gorjī-ye Soflá is 31°, worth about 1760 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through December does better at about 61°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Gorjī-ye Soflá today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 16:44 local time (UTC+3:30), giving 10 h 58 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:15.
How many peak sun hours does Gorjī-ye Soflá get?
On a flat surface 5.2 hours a day averaged over the year, from 2.3 in December to 8.1 in June. Panels tilted at 70° receive 3.9 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Gorjī-ye Soflá?
At solar noon the sun stands 77.1° above the horizon on the June solstice and 30.2° on the December solstice.
Is Gorjī-ye Soflá a good place for solar panels?
With 5.2 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Gorjī-ye Soflá ranks joint 259th of 423 places in Iran for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (31°) makes about 1,760 kWh a year here, as much as the average place in Iran.

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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.