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Comoé District · Ivory Coast · 5.21° N · 3.74° W

Solar position in Grand-Bassam

Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Grand-Bassam — computed for 5.21° N, 3.74° W, 7 m above sea level.

Sunrise today06:00102° ESE
Sunset today17:58258° WSW
Best panel angle6°year-round, facing south
Off-grid angle0°best for the darkest month

The sun right now

Azimuth180.0°
Elevation72.9°
At solar noon, 11:59Open on the sun map

Sun in Grand-Bassam today

Saturday, 24 October 2026 · local time UTC

EventTimeDirection / height
Astronomical dawn04:49sun 18° below horizon
Nautical dawn05:1412° below
Civil dawn05:386° below
Sunrise06:00102° ESE
Golden hour ends06:28sun 6° up
Solar noon11:5972.9° high
Golden hour starts17:30sun 6° up
Sunset17:58258° WSW
Civil dusk18:196° below
Nautical dusk18:4312° below
Astronomical dusk19:0818° below
Day length11 h 58 min

Sun path diagram for Grand-Bassam

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 solstice789101112131415161718EquinoxDecember solstice789101112131415161718Today
  • June solstice
  • Equinox
  • December solstice
  • Today

On the June solstice the sun reaches 71.8° at solar noon in Grand-Bassam; on the December solstice only 61.4°. 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.

MonthSunriseSolar noonSunsetDay lengthNoon elevation
January06:3012:2618:2211 h 52 min65.0°
February06:2912:2818:2811 h 59 min74.3°
March06:1812:2218:2512 h 07 min85.1°
April06:0512:1318:2112 h 16 min83.3°
May06:0012:1118:2212 h 23 min75.0°
June06:0412:1618:2912 h 26 min71.8°
July06:1012:2118:3212 h 23 min74.8°
August06:1012:1818:2512 h 16 min83.2°
September06:0412:0818:1112 h 07 min85.4°
October06:0011:5917:5811 h 59 min74.0°
November06:0412:0017:5611 h 52 min64.8°
December06:1812:1318:0711 h 49 min61.4°

A year of daylight in Grand-Bassam

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 Grand-Bassam

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: 1360 kWh per kWp.

0°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.

30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%0°10°20°30°40°50°60°70°80°90°Best year-round 6°Best worst-month 0°70°Yearly energyWorst-month energy
  • Yearly energy
  • Worst-month energy
TiltkWh/kWp per yearShare of best yearJune kWh/kWp/dayBest ÷ worst month
0° off-grid best1354100%3.181.3×
5° = latitude1360100%3.111.3×
6° year-round best1360100%3.091.4×
15°134999%2.901.5×
30°127494%2.481.8×
45°113583%1.952.2×
60°94369%1.372.7×
70°80059%1.113.1×
90°55641%0.972.6×

A fixed array in Grand-Bassam produces the most over a year at 6°. The design month for an off-grid system is June: at 0° it makes 3.18 kWh per kWp a day, 3% more than at 6°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.

Off-grid solar in Grand-Bassam at 70°

Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 6° (year-round best).

012345January: 3.29 (70°)3.3JanFebruary: 2.78 (70°)2.8FebMarch: 2.39 (70°)2.4MarApril: 1.77 (70°)1.8AprMay: 1.27 (70°)1.3MayJune: 1.11 (70°)1.1JunJuly: 1.13 (70°)1.1JulAugust: 1.35 (70°)1.4AugSeptember: 1.85 (70°)1.8SepOctober: 2.61 (70°)2.6OctNovember: 3.38 (70°)3.4NovDecember: 3.40 (70°)3.4Dec6°
MonthSun hours, flatSun hours at 70°kWh/kWp/day at 70°at 6°Mean temp.
January4.854.063.293.9627.3 °C
February4.823.442.783.8727.8 °C
March5.152.982.394.0927.6 °C
April5.192.221.774.0627.3 °C
May4.731.621.273.6526.9 °C
June4.021.421.113.0925.8 °C
July4.201.441.133.2524.8 °C
August4.171.701.353.2724.4 °C
September4.392.301.853.4925.1 °C
October4.863.212.613.9326.0 °C
November5.094.153.384.1726.7 °C
December4.764.193.403.9127.0 °C
Year4.69 avg2.72 avg800 kWh1360 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 1,060 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 Grand-Bassam

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.

1.8 mrow pitch at 70°

2.1 mrow pitch at 6°

Row spacing calculator

How Grand-Bassam compares in Ivory Coast

Against the other 181 places in Ivory Coast with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.

77thof 182 places in Ivory Coast for sunshine, shared: 4.68 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.

−2%solar energy a year compared with the average place in Ivory Coast: 1,360 against 1,384 kWh per kWp.

−1 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Abidjan: 12 h 26 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); Grand-Bassam ranks joint 77th. In its darkest month, June, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 1.11 kWh a day here, against 1.19 kWh on average in Ivory Coast. The shortest day lasts 11 h 49 min, ±0 min compared with Abidjan.

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Solar forecast for Grand-Bassam, 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 Grand-Bassam

What is the best solar panel angle in Grand-Bassam?
For a fixed array facing south, the best year-round tilt in Grand-Bassam is 6°, worth about 1360 kWh per kWp a year. An off-grid system that has to get through June does better at about 0°.
What time is sunrise and sunset in Grand-Bassam today?
On 24 October 2026 the sun rises at 06:00 and sets at 17:58 local time (UTC), giving 11 h 58 min of daylight. Solar noon is at 11:59.
How many peak sun hours does Grand-Bassam get?
On a flat surface 4.7 hours a day averaged over the year, from 4.0 in June to 5.2 in April. Panels tilted at 70° receive 1.4 sun hours a day in June.
How high does the sun get in Grand-Bassam?
At solar noon the sun stands 71.8° above the horizon on the June solstice and 61.4° on the December solstice.
Is Grand-Bassam a good place for solar panels?
With 4.7 peak sun hours a day on flat ground, Grand-Bassam ranks joint 77th of 182 places in Ivory Coast for sunshine. A 1 kWp array at the best angle (6°) makes about 1,360 kWh a year here, 2% less than the average place in Ivory Coast.

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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.